Squarebody Axles, PROs and CONs !!!

[HotRodPC]

Some info I found on another site that I thought would be valuable here too.

REAR AXLES

10-bolt
PRO High ground clearance/very easy to find/Warn full float kit available.
CON C-clip design/smallest ring & pinion of the bunch/considered weak.

12-bolt
PRO High ground clearance/Larger ring & pinion/carrier bearings than 10-bolt/Warn full float kit available.
CON C-clip design/not as strong as 14-bolt axles/getting harder to find.

14-bolt (Semi Float)
PRO Larger ring & pinion than 12-bolt/6-lug pattern available.
CON Less ground clearance than 10 and 12 bolt/C-clip design/heavy.

14-bolt (Full Float)
PRO Strongest of the bunch and very affordable/very easy to find.
CON Low ground clearance due to massive ring & pinion/need 8-lug rims/very heavy

 

[HotRodPC]

Front gm axles

FRONT AXLES

10-bolt
PRO Stronger axle shafts available/easy to find.
CON 0.313" wall axle tubes/most were 28 spline axle shafts.

Dana 44
PRO 30 spline axle shafts/0.5" wall axle tubes.
CON Necked-down axle shaft section.

Dana 60
PRO Large 9.75" ring gear/very strong/35 spline inner axles.
CON 1.375", 30 spline stub axles/Expensive/very heavy.

 

[Tyger13us]

FRONT AXLES

10-bolt
PRO Stronger axle shafts available/easy to find.
CON 0.313" wall axle tubes/most were 28 spline axle shafts.

Dana 44
PRO 30 spline axle shafts/0.5" wall axle tubes.
CON Necked-down axle shaft section.

Dana 60
PRO Large 9.75" ring gear/very strong/35 spline inner axles.
CON 1.375", 30 spline stub axles/Expensive/very heavy.

i have 2 dana 44's,, front's and the shafts are straight and not necked down.. factory stock oem...

i also have 3, 10 bolt corp fronts diffs and the shafts are necked down and on 2 of them the left sides "short shaft" are broke where there necked down..

just sayin......

 

[HotRodPC]

i have 2 dana 44's,, front's and the shafts are straight and not necked down.. factory stock oem...

i also have 3, 10 bolt corp fronts diffs and the shafts are necked down and on 2 of them the left sides "short shaft" are broke where there necked down..

just sayin......

Good to know. The info was copy and pasted from another source, so correction are certainly possibly needed.

 

[89Suburban]

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