iregret

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I had previously installed a 3° shim when I lowered the truck. Since I was swapping an entirely different rear end, I installed it without the shims. I'm waiting until I'm all done to measure the angles so I can see if/what shims I'll need.

Good eye fellas!

iregret

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I can but the answers are in the sticky in the drivetrain section. 1Fastbrick knows his stuff. Honestly, I think they're both correct and here's why.

There are different 9.5" 14 bolts depending on what vehicle it came from. The one I swapped is a direct bolt in and that's why I choose it. It came from a 2005 2WD Silverado. I forget exactly, but there are other trucks that had this rear. It's somewhat difficult to find. Go to carpart.com and search for a rear from 2005. Select 9.5, AXN. The AXN is the rear that'll swap. This is the easiest but most expensive way to do this.

If you grab a rear from an earlier OBS truck the perches, and possibly shock mounts, need to moved and you'll need an adapter or spacer for the brakes. Fortunately, these rear ends are cheap and easier to find, but require modification to fit. I do believe they're 3/4" wider, but it's unlikely you'd notice.

All of this info is in that sticky. I know there are others but Atomic and 1Fastbrick are pretty knowledgable.

EDIT:
Here's a link to the sticky.

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...thread-467473/

GMCtrk

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Out of curiosity, how much did you pay for the rear end? I called a jy here and they wanted $1200 plus a core for the AXN. Ridiculous, especially when I'll likely need to regear it and add a posi

iregret

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That was part of my decision as well. I was going to tear into my 10 bolt and install a truetrac carrier. I won't be regearing, so part of the decision to buy this rear was the fact that it already has a G80 locker in it, it's much stronger and it'll bolt in. I'm hoping that the larger G80 will hold up better than the one that came in the 10 bolt.

So it was almost a wash for me. I sold the truetrac, bearing kit and all the parts I had collected. Next I'll sell the 10 bolt rear. I paid $900 shipped for the AXN 14 bolt, so this swap will end up costing me around $200-$300 and I don't have to mess around with pinion depth and all that.

A truetrac in the 14 bolt would be ideal, and maybe I'll do that one day, but I'm hoping the factory locker will hold up since I'm AWD.

GMCtrk

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uggh....that's a big no no in my book. G80 is not intended for performance apps. I would put the trutrac in it now and be done with it. If the G80 blows it could also take out your trans

iregret

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I read a bit about it and the G80 is apparently stronger in the 14 bolt. We'll see I guess. I don't have the funding to buy a 9.5" truetrac and I don't want to mess around with all that.

I haven't read where the G80 broke in the 14 bolt. It's not all that common of a rear so maybe I just couldn't find an example of it breaking?

GM1697

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don't the dmax's come with stock with g80s

1FastBrick

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The difference between the 10 bolt and the 14 bolt is 5/8 of an inch. I believe we went 3/4 to 7/8 shorter on Spoolin's truck

iregret

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Honestly, I'm not sure.

Opened up the transfercase today.







Here's what I'm swapping.



The problem I'm having is my transfercase is leaking at the inner seal. I decided to replace the case half.

One thing that's different in the replacement half is this plug. It must be for a transfercase that has additional sensors. Luckily it came with a nice plug.



Here's something that's odd. The instructions say to install these clips.



My transfercase doesn't have these clips installed.





The picture shows them installed like this. It would be a tight fit. Should I pound them on?

1FastBrick

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the 11.5 in the Dmax is way different from the 9.5