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Originally Posted by ElKotze
Sounds like the OP's axle should be disassembled anyway.......
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That's a possibility. I've never rebuilt a diff before so it may be safer in the long run to find a complete replacement and do a drop and swap. I've checked my closest wrecking yards and so far have come up empty handed.
I wouldn't mind tearing it apart if I had one to practice on first but this is the only one I've got. If I screw it up I could end up worse than when I started. From what little I know about rearends, if they are not done perfectly the whole thing is screwed
What year range would be are interchangable? I saw an 81 C-10 parked behind a house but no one answered the door.
I'm assuming not 70's-80's are 12 bolt?? Mine has a 2 pc driveshaft. I had a 77 LWB that had a 1 pc but don't remember much about the diff other than it had 3.08 gears and lasted 180,000 miles. That was a very long time ago.