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Originally Posted by Captainfab
My Suburban originally had 3.73 gears.
Mr. Seymore, I would like to hear your input regarding the standard top mount carrier bearing (as seen in post #5 above) versus the heavier duty carrier bearing that mounts on the bottom of the trailing arm crossmember, as more commonly seen in C20 and up trucks.
I'm not a fan of using the light duty top mount carrier bearing with small diameter shafts in a higher horsepower/performance based truck. I have always used the HD carrier bearing and larger diameter shafts with virtually no issues. There is a thread in the 'Racing and High Performance' section, discussing the durability of the LD carrier bearing and shafts in a racing application.
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To be honest, I don't have a lot of experience with 2 pc shafts in race/hi performance applications.
I have always converted to a one piece (when I could get away with it) for simplicity's sake.
Intuitively, though - bigger is going to be better when talking about center bearings and shafts, in this case....
K