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kevinr1970 · 01-11-2011, 04:18 PM

I went to Randy's Ring & Pinion at lunch to schedule getting the rear-end done.
They told me that the axles for the 2wd are 1-3/4" different in length (I believe he said narrower?) on each side.
They said that with out having both assemblies in front of them that they couldn't tell me if what I wanted to do was possible.
They kept talking about "brake offset"?

BUT, when I look on RockAuto.com, the axles are listed as:
- 6 lugs; 28 spline; 10 cover bolts; 8.5 ring gear; 31-5/16" length
- 5 lugs; 28 spline; 10 cover bolts; 8.5 ring gear; 31-3/8" length
So that is a 1/16" difference.
They are also the same axles listed whether a 1986 or 1987.

???

01-11-2011, 04:18 PM	#16
kevinr1970 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 2,316	Re: 1/2 ton 4x4 vs 2wd rear-end I went to Randy's Ring & Pinion at lunch to schedule getting the rear-end done. They told me that the axles for the 2wd are 1-3/4" different in length (I believe he said narrower?) on each side. They said that with out having both assemblies in front of them that they couldn't tell me if what I wanted to do was possible. They kept talking about "brake offset"? BUT, when I look on RockAuto.com, the axles are listed as: - 6 lugs; 28 spline; 10 cover bolts; 8.5 ring gear; 31-5/16" length - 5 lugs; 28 spline; 10 cover bolts; 8.5 ring gear; 31-3/8" length So that is a 1/16" difference. They are also the same axles listed whether a 1986 or 1987. ??? __________________ 2009 Honda Fit CfC (bsf 44.9 mpg) 2000 Tahoe Limited 1991 GMC CrewCab Dually 2wd, will end up swb, not dually and replace CCswb below 1991 GMC CrewCab Dually 4x4, just going to fix things up for now 1982/1989 K5/GMC Jimmy 2wd 1987 GMC 1/2 ton swb 2wd Crew (sold)