build my rear 10 bolt or build a 12

[cjparker12345]

I have front and rear 10 bolts and wonder If yall have had good luck with strength from the 12 bolts.. max tire i'll be running is a 38 but not likely im leaning more towards a [censored] 36.. I dont know i wanna put a posi in it too any suggestions would be great..

[cjparker12345]

thats what i was going to do but i wanna keep it simple till later when i can afford more lift and im outta school (college)

[K5Chris]

you'll spend less building a 14 bolt than if you were to build a 10 or 12 bolt, even if they are free.

[cjparker12345]

but that would be 8 lug stuff and the front is the 1/2 10 bolt idk i have a dana 70 for sale on ebay by the way

[ruffram]

certain places 14 bolts are pretty cheap, and way stronger than 12 or 10 bolts. 10 bolt rear took a {expletive} in my suburban on 35s on a open diff with stock gears/motor/tranny. ripped 3 teeth off the pinion gear

[cjparker12345]

yea, sometime last year maybe two years ago the pinion nut backed off and my gears got ate to {expletive} in the back and this last time that i have had trouble with it the spidergears and chiped up. When i regeared the rear from the first situation i never got around to regearing the front so ive had a 4.56 geared "2wd" 4x4 for probably 2 years. Now that im ready to do everything. I want to do good streetabe upgrades. So I'm either...........
A)regearing my front and putting a quiklok up front with a HD lsd in the back running both 10 bolts

B) regearing the front with the 4.56 outta the rear 10 bolt and adding a quiklok up front and throwing a 12 bolt in the back with a HD lsd

C)swapping to 8lugs where i would get a 14 bolt FF and outers for my 10bolt til i found a dana 60 where I would also have to get rid of my beautiful 15" 6 lug wheels

PS I have new milemarker hubs

[outalne94z71]

don't lock the front, it can't handle it, you will snap shafts like toothpicks

a 12 bolt isnt really a upgrade, i would even say its a downgrade due to the weaker small pinion bearings

the 10 bolt really only has an issue with the g80 option eaton governor locker, a open diff or a detroit in a 10 bolt does just fine

but your best bet is to swap to 8 lug outers up front and put a 14 bolt ff in the rear for now and then go with the 60 front later

[scoot]

What about trying to pick up a set of matching 14 bolt and dana 44 front. Wouldnt the 44 be alot stronger then the 10 bolt ? And get a set with 410s

[Rmayer]

I got a 14 bolt rear, and a 10 bolt 8 lug, both redone with 4.10s for 500 bucks. Im in highschool, and it was deffidently cheaper than building up an axle. I also run 38s, no problems yet.

[Rmayer]

nope its a 10 bolt 8 lug. I put that in there the day i went to buy it, but when i showed up it was a 10 bolt. Just havent changed it yet