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Re: rear axle
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Originally Posted by nxtruck
X3. The 12-bolts are good, reliable units. Everything will wear out, given enough time. Chances are good that yours may never have been touched.
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I've worked on 40+ year old truck 12-bolts that had never been touched. Ring gears looked like new on both of them, and backlash was in spec.
I added a limited slip to one of them and went from 6-lug to 5-lug axles on the other. Changed the big pinion bearing and race on the one that got the limited slip, just for the heck of it.
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Mike
1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 34 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes.
1982 C10 SWB -- sold
1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it!
1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming.
Retired as a factory automation products salesman.
Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop.
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