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Old 07-02-2012, 12:26 AM   #5
ScottG
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Re: Driveshaft diameter

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Originally Posted by Captainfab View Post
The smaller diameter driveshafts typically use the carrier bearing that hangs from the top of the trailing arm crossmember. Those carrier bearings are junk IMO. They just don't hold up once you start upping the HP and Torque going thru them. I always go with the heavier duty carrier bearing that bolts to the bottom of the crossmember as you should have in your C20. The C10's were also available with that same HD driveshaft and carrier bearing.
That's what confused me. My d-shaft had the bearing you described, and the truck I'm parting out has that skinny shaft. Just seemed so dramatically different, I couldn't see how it would hold up.
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