Author Topic: differential swap  (Read 120 times)

Offline jwpa2

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differential swap
« on: April 08, 2024, 07:00:21 AM »
Hey guys or gals, I recently swapped out my Differential's from 1984 GMC 1/2 ton to 1985 suburban 3/4 ton axle's and have noticed the driveshaft U-joint is not correct, the half ton U-joint that the cap is smaller then the 3/4 ton axle yoke and was wondering if any of you all had ran into this and what U-joint you may have used for that. Thank you.
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Re: differential swap
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2024, 03:38:22 PM »
Assuming you mean you swapped complete axle assemblies as differentials from a 1/2 and 3/4 wont interchange.  A 1/2 ton axle would be a 10bolt and will definitely have a different u-joint than a 3/4 ton which would be a 14 bolt.  10 bolt = 1310 Ujoint vs 14 bolt = 1350.  You could get a 1310/1350 conversion u-joint, but what was the reasoning behind the swap.