Ok a friend of mine has a 89 z71 and he broke his 10 bolt, but were looking to either put a 12 or a 14 bolt in. they will both work, but whats the difference. We found a 12 bolt for 600 and a 14 for 750 so. I was wondering how much stronger is the 14 to the 12?

 

I happen to own an extensively modified but streetable '89 1/2ton chev truck. But you probably think this is bulsh*t too.


Gee, I could help you, but will I. Not after the smartass remark you made towards me.

 

what smartass remark. But anyway what he is doing is. He is making his front axle a solid front axle conversion. He is proly gonna ahead and get the 14 bolt, but anyway just seeing what you guys knew. Oh ya for the smart *** remark was proly one of the days I was pissed but i dont remember.

 

I distinctly recall you posting " Don't believe a word Afrikin says, he sounds alot like that monkie or whatever his name is. Everything these guys say is B.S.

Fu(k You, thank you very much.

 

yeah wow your real cool stupid ****er. I asked a simple question and you ****ing go off on me get a life

 

if you do not have anything to say useful then please do not post it at all because that’s what monkey did but seriously if you going to get mad at someone at least do it over the pm thing thirdgen provides for we don’t all have to see it

 

See my point exactly. I was just trying to ask a simple question to see if anyone knew and this guy comes out and starts stuff. If your going to start to stuff e-mail me with your problems and so on and dont take it out on me to try to look cool in front of everyone. You say Im not gonna help you cause you said this to me..wow thats real mature. anyways anyone else know anything about the 14 bolts strengh against the 12.

 

HYPOCRITE

 

yeah man thats me. Your the one who starts **** on this board.

 

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the 10 bolt in the full size trucks is pretty beefy. A 12 bolt won't be much of an improvement on it. The 14 bolt will be bulletproof. Look into Dana 60's too.

http://www.offroaders.com/info/tech-.../axlefacts.htm

 

Yeah on the 10 bolt he had it rebuilt once and put 4.56 gears in it. Again it broke the other day the guy who build it ,says its the stress of the tires. He has 38s on it right now so. Anyway he told me bought the 1 ton 14 bolt with 4.10 gears yesterday. It will be here monday or something so we will see how this works. Thanks for your help though guys.

 

well we pick up the new rear end tomorrow (14 bolt) so we will see how it goes.

 

the 14 bolt can be shaved underneath if you want more ground clearance.

 

Well I doubt he wants to shave it since its going on his truck. The truck has I think 10 inchs of total lift. I know at least 6 or a 8 inch suspention lift then a 3 inch body lift. He has plenty of ground clearance so.