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colman
03-18-2005, 06:33 PM
my little brother blew up the limited slip and shredded the pumpkin up in his 97 z71, it was kinda funny that when i took off the cover half of it fell out, so anyway is it better to rebuild or to find a replacement, or does anyone have a 10 bolt that i can buy or have :gigem:
thanks all
Shaggy
03-18-2005, 08:03 PM
there are tuns of them at the junkyard... they should go for cheap
colman
03-20-2005, 09:14 PM
i called 4 of the yards in town and none fo them said they had any, what year's would fit, i would like it to be a z71 bc that had a factory limited slip, the truck is a 97
Graystroke
03-20-2005, 10:35 PM
the hard about that truck is going to be finding a six-lug axle. all 4x's were six-lug. there are ****-tons of 5-lug ten bolts. did you try Dogget's there in Bryan?
colman
03-21-2005, 11:42 PM
ive called all of the yards in bryan and about 12 in houston, ive found 2 axles in houston one from a 93 and a 95 but they want 800 and no warranty

can i put in a 14 bolt or is that not a 6 lug, sorry i don't know chevy's that well, i'm a jeep and vw guy
uglyota
03-21-2005, 11:46 PM
not 6-lug
go to some of the ghetto junkyards around here...there's one in Welborn that has a 88-98 chebby or two...take welborne road until you hit the booming metropolis of welborne, there will be a big green street sign on your right with arrows pointing left, turn there and go about a mile. The jyard will be on your right. Maybe some of these guys will fill you in on some of the "secret" junkyards around here too. I would bet money that the Picknpull in north houston of I45 has a dozen axles that you could use...maybe even with lsd
stx4wheeler
03-22-2005, 12:16 AM
also i think they makea semi float 6 lug 14bolt that came in the 2500 z-71 am i right.
Graystroke
03-22-2005, 12:47 AM
the heavy halfs were six lug semi-float 14 bolts. check the wms to wms if you find one. The one I got for my uncle was narrower than his stock 10 bolt. I don't no why. That's what he says and the wheels do look closer to the springs and sometimes rub the inner fender. anybody know for sure?
Graystroke
03-22-2005, 12:50 AM
just thought of this: you may be able to get a 5-lug 10-bolt and swap axle shafts w/ your current 6-lugger if they haven't been boogered up on the splines.
colman
03-29-2005, 08:35 PM
well i ended up getting a new set of gears and an auburn locker for him and it will all be here on friday so thanks for the help everyone