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There are tens of thousands of people who have run blazers/pickups with 10 bolt rears and 33-35" tires.I dont see where the 8.8 rear used in early eighties on up broncos is any great improvement in strength over the 10 bolt.I'm not a great fan of the 10 bolt rear but im not a great fan of any of the 1/2 ton rears.The earlier 12 bolt swaps in easily,[although i dont like it either],and is a little stronger.The super strong full floating 14 bolt isnt that hard to put in .If you want to keep the 6 lug wheels a semifloat /6 lug/14bolt was available in some late 80's-early nineties 3/4 ton pickups which is stronger than the 10 bolt,just a little wider,and pretty much bolts right in with a conversion ujoint thats wider on one span than the other.If you can put a lift on you can swap an axle.You can do whatever you want but if your main objection to the 1009 is the weak rear axle i would swap the axle and keep the vehicle.