Resend:Truck Rear Ends

[andy quaas]

I wouldn't want to try it.  Those gov-locks were known for blowing up.
 One wheel will get spinning and then the thing locks and breaks all
the little fingers off inside the diff.  Maybe you should just get a
new diff?  A swap to a full-floater is practically a bolt-in on your
truck.  They're cheap in So. WI, too.

Andy


---rbraun at mail.enter.net wrote:
>
> I have a 9.5" version, with 8 lug wheels on a HD 3/4 ton 8600# GVW 
> K2500 pick-up, now here's the thing, it had a posi, the kind with the 
> centrifugal weight, which broke and was removed by the last owner, 
> Can I just stick a spring in between the side gears and make a 
> standard posi out of it?  It already has the clutch packs on each 
> side.  Which spring will fit it?   I figure this will work if I can 
> find the correct spring. 
> 
> Respond to rbraun at enter.net not on the diy-efi list, thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> > They have been using the 14-bolt GM corporate rear-axle since like
> > 1972 or so.  It came in 3 versions that i know of... a 9.5"
semi-float
> > (no hub protruding from center of wheel), a 10.5" full-float (11"
> > drums), and a 10.5" full-float (13" drums).  They used the
> > full-floater in most 3/4 tons from 73 to 80.  They then started
using
> > the semi-floater in the lighter 3/4 tons.  Now they use this
> > semi-float in anything from a light 3/4 ton to a 1-ton.  You just
have
> > to look at what you find.  If its fro mthe 70s, its prolly the
> > full-floater.  If 85+, you'll just have to look.  There is also a
> > version of the 14-bolt semi-floater that has a new 1/2 ton, 6-lug
bolt
> > pattern.  If you have any questions, jsut ask.
> > 
> > Andy Q
> Randy Braun     rbraun at enter.net
> 30th Ann. T/A coming soon....
> 91  GTA   for sale
> 82 Firebird
> 

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