chevy 10 bolt axle shaft

ceb0217 · Jul 20, 2010

will a 90 suburban 1/2 ton 10 bolt axle shaft work in my 83 3/4 pu???

dirtygoat · Jul 20, 2010

Yep...

As long as the 83 is a 10b...

Brian H · Jul 20, 2010

dirtygoat said:
Yep...

As long as the 83 is a 10b...

No...different width.

dirtygoat · Jul 20, 2010

Brian H said:
No...different width.

How is it different width???

ceb0217 · Jul 20, 2010

dirtygoat said:
Yep...

As long as the 83 is a 10b...

Cool thanks. ya there both 10 bolts. the 83 is a 3/4ton and the 90 is a 1/2 ton. what I was told was a 10 bolt axle was the same for both.

Brian H · Jul 20, 2010

dirtygoat said:
How is it different width???

I was told by roy y that the axle shafts are different length.

Fordzuki · Jul 20, 2010

I think brian is thinking d44 (but I don't know if the 10b is the same) the 3/4 ton d44 shafts are narrower than the 1/2 tons. (at least on dodges...)

Brian H · Jul 20, 2010

Fordzuki said:
I think brian is thinking d44 (but I don't know if the 10b is the same) the 3/4 ton d44 shafts are narrower than the 1/2 tons. (at least on dodges...)

No 10 bolt. When my tahoes rearend went out i was gonna use and older one and apparently the older ones are not as wide. So if thats the case the axles shafts are also not as wide.

boardbysled · Jul 20, 2010

Confusion runs deep in this thread. First off, front or rear.

boardbysled · Jul 20, 2010

Doh! Nevermind, it would have to be front, because 3/4 ton rigs came with 14bolts.

ceb0217 · Jul 20, 2010

Forgot to say front

boardbysled said:
Confusion runs deep in this thread. First off, front or rear.

ya the front. it was late and I was typing faster than thinking. did they make a 3/4 ton 10 bolt rear???

ceb0217 · Jul 20, 2010

boardbysled said:
Doh! Nevermind, it would have to be front, because 3/4 ton rigs came with 14bolts.

yup mine has a 10 bolt front and semi float 14 rear with the gov locker. hopefully the last trip for them cuse Im getting a 60/ff 14 with a detroit.

Brian H · Jul 20, 2010

ceb0217 said:
ya the front. it was late and I was typing faster than thinking. did they make a 3/4 ton 10 bolt rear???

Well then it will be the same. The rears are different.:haha:

dirtygoat · Jul 20, 2010

The Burb in those years still had the solid axle...

Maybe I'm wrong, but I remember the shafts being the same...

And I was assuming he was talking front when he said 10b in a 3/4 ton...

EDIT: The spline changed on the 10b shafts at some point, can't remember what years though...

Corey Y · Jul 20, 2010

1990/91 10 bolt front might be 30 spline inners, where as the older 1978-1989 gm10 bolt fronts are 28 spline inners.

tomsbrokeagain · Jul 20, 2010

Crazy Daze said:
1990/91 10 bolt front might be 30 spline inners, where as the older 1978-1989 gm10 bolt fronts are 28 spline inners.

What he said!

Most likely wrong spline count.

On another note: if he does have 30 spline 10 bolt. Could a 30 spline 44 shaft work?:scratchhead:

dirtygoat · Jul 20, 2010

Crazy Daze said:
1990/91 10 bolt front might be 30 spline inners, where as the older 1978-1989 gm10 bolt fronts are 28 spline inners.

That sounds right... I knew the spline changed at some point...

The d44 shafts are a different length if I remember correctly...

340SHORTY · Jul 20, 2010

On another note: if he does have 30 spline 10 bolt. Could a 30 spline 44 shaft work?

NO ,,, the 44 is a wider diff making the inner axles shorter

ceb0217 · Jul 21, 2010

Crazy Daze said:
1990/91 10 bolt front might be 30 spline inners, where as the older 1978-1989 gm10 bolt fronts are 28 spline inners.

yup this is true as I discovered. so I might not wheel this weekend. but I will pick up the axles. how bout if I switch spiders and both axle shafts ??? I do have another 90axle that is compleate.