Ted Burkholder
Newbie
I was wondering if there was anyone willing to take the time to explain some things in greater detail. I saw a couple threads and gained a bit of knowledge on the issue but still had a few questions.
I have a 98 K1500 with the 3.42 10 bolt. I found a local guy with a 14 bolt 3.42. Was wondering if I should bother with the switch? He said it came out of a 97 K1500. So is that a heavy half? Would there be any conversion to bolt that in?
Another thing, I'll look up the difference between full float and semi float because I have no idea what that means. But which one is better? The 9.5" is a semi and the full is a 10.5" correct?
I saw other people talking about the differences in the driveshaft, & the spring u bolt brackets too. From what I gathered, if I switched out the yoke and used the different u bolt brackets, the 14 bolt should fit right in? I can say that my truck currently has the alum driveshaft. But when I pickup a rear end, I can take the u bolt brackets & driveshaft also if I need them.
I apologize if I am talking about a simple conversion that's been brought up a million times, but I'm new here...haha
I have a 98 K1500 with the 3.42 10 bolt. I found a local guy with a 14 bolt 3.42. Was wondering if I should bother with the switch? He said it came out of a 97 K1500. So is that a heavy half? Would there be any conversion to bolt that in?
Another thing, I'll look up the difference between full float and semi float because I have no idea what that means. But which one is better? The 9.5" is a semi and the full is a 10.5" correct?
I saw other people talking about the differences in the driveshaft, & the spring u bolt brackets too. From what I gathered, if I switched out the yoke and used the different u bolt brackets, the 14 bolt should fit right in? I can say that my truck currently has the alum driveshaft. But when I pickup a rear end, I can take the u bolt brackets & driveshaft also if I need them.
I apologize if I am talking about a simple conversion that's been brought up a million times, but I'm new here...haha