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[Larry]

Need better pics than that not so close . Try the rear axle. Clean the snow off a bit.


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Exactly, those pictures aren’t any help at all. The front kinda looks like it could be a D44 but the rear should be a 10 bolt or possibly a 12 bolt. By model year it should have 10 bolts front and rear. Definitely won’t be a D44 in the rear unless the PO did all kinds of crazy playing swaperoo.

 

[Aquafbody]

This front diff is on my buddies 86 I can't get a good pic of mine with the dual steering stablizerz in the way but his is identical to mine

My rear

 

[Aquafbody]

looks like I was wrong the rear looks more like a GM 12 bolt what do you guys think?

 

[Larry]

looks like I was wrong the rear looks more like a GM 12 bolt what do you guys think?

Pictures didn't show up. We can't see anything???

 

[Aquafbody]

Pictures didn't show up. We can't see anything???

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This fourm is really against me posting diff pics.

 

[Aquafbody]

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/chevy/1999082-new-rig-craigs-list-score.html#post30461482

Here is my exact thread on p44 see if they worked

 

[redthies]

PO say it gets 17mpg I don't know how he would figure that out with the fuel gauge always reading 1/4 and no odometer.

I used to get around 14 mpg out of my 460 5 speed combo ('96 F250 ex-cab short box) basically idling everywhere, but I think 17 mpg out of a carb 454 and granny low 4 speed is some serious wishful thinking. It may have gotten 17 mpg (once, while coasting down a 5 mile long 10% grade!) but I'd bet you'll be more in the 12 or less region.

I once had a 305 4 speed combo in an identical Blazer and I loved it. If I drove it sanely I could see mid teens. They really are a great platform. Keep your eyes open for the 4Wheel camper made especially for K5s. They are cool!

 

[Aquafbody]

I used to get around 14 mpg out of my 460 5 speed combo ('96 F250 ex-cab short box) basically idling everywhere, but I think 17 mpg out of a carb 454 and granny low 4 speed is some serious wishful thinking. It may have gotten 17 mpg (once, while coasting down a 5 mile long 10% grade!) but I'd bet you'll be more in the 12 or less region.

I once had a 305 4 speed combo in an identical Blazer and I loved it. If I drove it sanely I could see mid teens. They really are a great platform. Keep your eyes open for the 4Wheel camper made especially for K5s. They are cool!

I saw one on CL here once on a diesel. I thought long and hard about buying it but I ended up getting my 85 4Runner.

 

[Larry]

John,

I got your pictures. Looks like your K5 has a Corp 12 bolt in the rear and Corp 10 bolt in the front. The 12 bolt rear is not a bad axle and much better than the later 10 bolt rear axle that replaced it in later years. The front 10 bolt is supposed to be equal to a Dana 44 but I've always favored the Dana 44 over the 10 bolt. The axle outters (hubs, spindles, bearings, etc.) are the same between the front D44 and Corp 10 bolt. Depending on what your plans are with this truck these axles are okay if you keep tire size no larger than 33"

 

[Aquafbody]

Thanks for posting those for me Larry. But are you sure it'a a 10 up front, there is a fill plug obscured from view by that bar in the pic I thought 44's had fill plugs and 10's didn't?

 

[Aquafbody]

Fill plug partly visible here.

 

[Aquafbody]

And in answer to your question, my plans for this thing is to be a light hunting/wheelin (7 and lower) and most importantly to tow my 12' trailer to the hunting spot.

 

[Larry]

Thanks for posting those for me Larry. But are you sure it'a a 10 up front, there is a fill plug obscured from view by that bar in the pic I thought 44's had fill plugs and 10's didn't?

The pictures you send me are 100% Corporate 10 bolt up front. Dana 44's do not have the ears at the bottom of the carrier housing. The fill plug is a moot point. They both have fill plugs in the cover

This is a Dana 44. Notice there are no ears at the bottom of the carrier. The D44 cover is more triangle shaped while the Corporate 10 bolt is pretty round.

Dana 44 cover

Corporate 10 bolt front cover

12 bolt rear cover

10 bolt rear cover

 

[Aquafbody]

The pictures you send me are 100% Corporate 10 bolt up front. Dana 44's do not have the ears at the bottom of the carrier housing. The fill plug is a moot point. They both have fill plugs in the cover

Well damn Larry, I was hoping I had 44's. Are 10's and 12's harder to find lockers for?

 

[Larry]

Well damn Larry, I was hoping I had 44's. Are 10's and 12's harder to find lockers for?

Yeah, I'm kinda wondering how you came to the “clearly Dana 44's all day long” notion as mentioned in post 10

I don’t really know cost or availability for lockers for those axles as I’ve thrown those away in the past and swapped in something else. My ’89 Burb had a front 10 bolt but I replaced it with a D44 because I had a good one lying around with a better gear ratio. My K10 came to me with a 12 bolt rear but I swapped that out for a 14 bolt full floater back in 1996 about a week after I had it because the 12 bolt was howling.

Go peruse Randy’s Ring and Pinion for parts and availability. That is where I purchased gears and lockers in the past. Decent prices and outstanding service.