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Thanks for the info been trying to use up some parts laying around this might be the direction I have to go.
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M1009 axles under a M1008
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Well axles are in. I will start rebuilding them this week. Both are open diffs (civy units).
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Did you get 6 lug or 8 lug stuff Rich? Saving an M1008 from the scrapper and making a nice daily driver.
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I got 6 lug. 200 bucks for both with springs and sway bar.
Really I could use the 8 lug hubs and axles but I have a brand new set of steel rims and firestone tires in 6 lug.
Really I could use the 8 lug hubs and axles but I have a brand new set of steel rims and firestone tires in 6 lug.
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I got the spring mounts ground off tonight.
As front springs I thought 1/2 and 3/4 ton trucks only had two leafs. This one has 3 just like my M1008
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Should be driving by sundown.
gimpyrobb
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What a junker!
Whats in that last pic? Almost makes the bunny ears in the 915 look tame!
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He came up to the garbage can at my shop and I scared him so he would play dead and then we relocated him to the woods.
gimpyrobb
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You should have put him in the neighbor's mailbox that you don't like.
Imagine that surprise, finding a P-Oed possum in your mailbox!
Imagine that surprise, finding a P-Oed possum in your mailbox!
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Wow! I haven't pulled that one since I was a teenager, about half a century ago. I'm interested in this thread because I'm restoring an '80 Chevy 3/4 ton that has really low gears, somewhere in the 5s but I forget the exact #, old brain and I didn't write it down. It's not military but is retired Department of Interior. I have a set of axles out of and '89 3/4 ton Suburban but I haven't counted the teeth yet.
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The burb axles will bolt right in to your 3/4 ton unless it's a 4 door. 5.?? gears should be hot sellers to the off highway crowd.
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5.38's are the most common ratio but never stock in any GM. Hard to think the gov or anyone else swapped out the gears. I'm betting 4.56's
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Wouldn't have came factory. But there are 5.13 and 5.38 gears available.
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New axle time or good enough to run?
One good thing is the axles I got have the 11 inch brakes!
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I would run it keeping in mind that I might need to replace it soon. If you're not going to hotdog it, should be fine for quite some time. Plenty of time to hit the pick a part yards.
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Run it. You aren't rock crawling.
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I have a 10bolt/14bolt out of 3/4 bruban 3:73 ratio under my 1009.. Had to do it cause of 4bt with nv4500 ... too much lugging and shifting but the axle where direct swap just had to get U bolts
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Well I just ended up ordering new axle kits. Studs, nuts, bearings and seals. If I did not have to replace bearings and seals I would have for sure ran the old axles.
But for only 80$ more I could get the axle kit rather then buy new studs, bearings ect...
I hope to have the rear axle in late next week. If it ever warms up we are still below freezing !!
And baby will be here any day ...
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Fun fact of the day. A 3/4 ton rear end yoke will fit a 1/2 ton ten bolt rear end. I swamped them out so I did not have to spend 35$ on the convertion u joint. 
I hope to have the rear end installed by the end of the day.
I hope to have the rear end installed by the end of the day.
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Baby???? What Baby?