A cautionary tale:
As much as they are available and affordable, so are the 55-62/55T/HO33 rear ends OLD. They are OLD and who knows what kind of life they lived. A life of ease or a life of constant abuse and neglect. There’s a “pig in a poke” element to these things. Very few sellers of one are going to know much of anything about its history.
I am a cheapskate. My primary motivation for installing this current rear is that I literally got it for FREE, and I figured some spring perches and a couple brake parts were a reasonable gamble if it ended up being a turd. Seems I got lucky. So far, anyway.
Rebuild kits are available but spendy compared to more common rears like 12 bolt GM, 9 inch Ford, etc.
