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Is anyone running an s-10 rearend in there 41 to 46 half ton frame?I was wanting to use 55 to 62 pumpkin and use my original housing and axles as I am going back with a t-5 trani,But I have noticed there a lot of s-10 rear ends with low mileage at a fair price.
As always thanks for your advice
Longhorn

I have a disc brake rear end from a 2002 4wd S10 Blazer in my 1939. It measured exactly the same width as my stock rear end, which is what I wanted. All I had to do was move the spring perches for installation.

Measure,Measure,and Measure again.

Alkay3
Could you tell me what gears you are running in your s-10 rear end?
Thanks
Longhorn

I am running a S-10 rear in my 41, you do need the 4x4 rear end. I checked a lot of them for their gear ratios, a lot were 3.73, but some were 3.08. seemed to me the 3.08 gears were in the latter trucks, with the 4.3 motors. At least that's the way it seemed to me. I used the 3.73 in mine, w/ a T-5, and 261, works great.

Longhorn, Mine is a 3.42 ratio. This with the 270 engine and T5 transmission seems to work well.