99 bolt a 7.6?
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99 bolt a 7.6?
Ive asked quite a few questions lately, but I need more help. I pulled the diff cover off my 84 and there were 2 bolts missing from the ring gear! Metal in the bottom of the diff and all the oil was shiney with the bolts lol I tracked down a few camaro rear ends and was wondering if the 99 camaro had 7.6 or 8.5 10 bolt? Seems the LS would be a lot for the 7.6 to handle
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Re: 99 bolt a 7.6?
It's the same 7½" model. Starting in around 87 or thereabouts the OD of the ring gear was increased from 7.5" to about 7.625", but everything (almost) still interchanges, all the way to 2002.
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Re: 99 bolt a 7.6?
Ah ok, thanks! I thought I read somewhere here that the 93-97 rearend was a direct bolt in to the third gens, but if nothing different it should be all 3rd and 4th gens. Thanks again for the help!
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Re: 99 bolt a 7.6?
The 4th gen rear is 1-5/8" wider on each side than a 3rd gen one. Something around 3½" overall.
Other than that, they're the same. No particularly significant difference in "strength" or much else.
Other than that, they're the same. No particularly significant difference in "strength" or much else.
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Re: 99 bolt a 7.6?
not quite accurate: some rare limited edition third gen Firebirds came with a Dana 44 rear axle, which has an 8.5" ring gear... i think it was the Firehawks.. GM did sell that axle assembly over the counter for a while, so there are some out in the wild. but the odds of ever stumbling across one in a junkyard or in some beat up mid 80's Camaro that you buy cheap is pretty damn low..
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Re: 99 bolt a 7.6?
The odds of anybody with a 84 or a 99 car having a Dana 44 in it are quantum-mechanical. (LOTS AND LOTS of zeroes between the decimal point and the first non-zero number) Not worth even mentioning. I suspect that both people that have such cars already know about it anyway, and wouldn't be asking a question like this in the first place.
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