Hello,

New to the board and have a question about what you guys think I should do in this situation. I have a 2000 GMC sierra RCSB. I have purchased a set of wheels from bogart, 15 inch rear. Being a 2000 it has disc in the rear. I could swap the disc for stock drum to clear the wheels, or the caliper swap deal among other things. I would also like to make the rear end bulletproof. GM has c-clips to hold in the axles, so i was thinking about using ford housing ends on the rear to retain the axle. At that point i could use a ford style smaller disc, or drum set up, hence clearing the wheels. The axles would be aftermarket, to accept the ford outer bearing. Here is the kicker. I started to read about the 14 bolt. If I got a 14 bolt out of a OBS i could narrow it a touch and put the same ford housing ends on it. I need to buy axles and a posi either way. I guess what it boils down to is, would you;

`build the ten bolt and hope it doesn't break
`build the 14 bolt and know it wont break

Also keep in mind that the axles with be the same price for either rear end, Could pick up and obs 14 bolt for pretty cheap, can sell the old 10 bolt with discs complete.

Sorry for such a long first post. I am just on the fence about which way to go. I want to build it can handle the most amount of power in can. I dont like doing things twice. Let me know what you folks would do. Thanks! Ryan

 

lol I started digging through this forum looking for basically the same answer. I see a lot of guys on here running 500-600rwhp with built 10b's, so I'd imagine you're fine with one. I haven't seen a bunch of trashed 10b's in the classifieds. Most of what I've seen are rcsb's though, I'm wondering what to do about my burban rearend.

10b guys weigh in please!

 

grind the calipers down so the wheels will clear them, or buy 16'' rims

get some gears and a tru-trac from ron's machine shop >>>>>>>

 

So your saying to build the ten bolt?

 

When you have 16" wheels the tire selection is a quarter of what you have with a 15". I am not into grinding. This truck is mine, you do yours anyway you want. Did you have any good info, or another shamless plug. He is still not going to send you any parts for free. Ryan

 

Where are you getting aftermarket axles for a 14 bolt SF 9.5"?

Ive seen 14 bolts break at the drags.

peace
Hog

 

Moser Engineering. I am a dealer. I guess anything can break, but less likely with the 14 bolt. Were they big power rigs or no?

 

low 12 second carbed 468 454SS on slicks

Does Moser do a set of 14 bolt SF axles with a 5 x 5" bolt pattern? Last time I checked no-one did.

Thanks
peace
Hog