85 Chevy axle identifications

[slander]

I'm working on an 85 Chevy 4 wheel drive pickup. Not too familiar on identifying these differentials. I'm not finding a tag on either of them. Is there another way of identifying these?

 

[crash2]

Whats the tonnage? 1/2, 3/4 or 1 ton?

 

[slander]

The door sticker is gone. The side badges are Silverado "10" so it must be a C/K 10 unless the badges are wrong.

Looking at the suspension, I would say it's a 1/2 ton as well with some very heavy overloads.

Back has 10 bolts on the cover, if that tells anybody anything.

 

[crash2]

The front will be a corp 10 bolt.

 

[slander]

The front will be a corp 10 bolt.

The front is? How are you able to tell, by the picture?

 

[slander]

If it would help at all I could go take a few pictures of the front and rear

 

[Eric]

The front is? How are you able to tell, by the picture?

A non believer

 

[slander]

I wouldn't go as far as to say that. I'm just wondering how he was able to tell.

Doing a little reading, I'm starting to think both of these are the corporate 10 bolts. What are the thoughts on these? Hang on to them? Scrap them?

 

[crash2]

Thats because thats what was used on those trucks :redneck:

The front is simular to a dana 44 except the center. They are not worth much except in the repair side of things.

 

[NotMatt]

half ton chevy axles... probably worth more for their weight in scrap than they'd be if you tried to sell them.

 

[slander]

Alright, good info. The rear is welded anyhow, and the front has a broken axle. So I'll probably just haul them off with the rest of the pickup.

 

[Corey Y]

They are both probably GM 10 bolt axles, very weak, probably 28 splines at the diff, 19 spline stub shafts, 3.54 ratio?

 

[slander]

I'm not sure what the ratios are. Basically I'm pulling the lift, shocks, engine/trans, and possibly the suspension out of it and scrapping the rest.