help!!!

[tiggerstoy]

im looking for another rear-end for my 55, and im not sure what year S-10 had the narrow disk rear.....any help would be great......thank you.

[entourageguy]

I just put (or are in the process of) putting a rear end from a 1999 s-10 blazer 4x4 4dr into mine.I believe this is the same to 2003. Mine is just under 60". The 4 drs have the sway bar mounted to the rear of the axle with the disc calipers mounted forward of the axle. I plan on using the sway as the bar mounts right under the frame rails.
2wd is 58" wide I believe.
I know I know I will be posting pictures. I keep forgetting the camera when I go to my cousins to work on the truck.

Brian ..

[tiggerstoy]

thanks brian...id love to see a pic if you get the chance, and i'll see if i can find one of the 2wd rear ends in the local scrap yard.....58 would be nice, but 60 will do.

[entourageguy]

Yea I took out a 12 bolt from a p-up out of my truck. It was 64" and just too wide. The nice thing was the u-joint. Went to the local NAPA store and told them I was going from the s-10 rear end to the p-up drive shaft. 5 minutes in a conversion book and I had a u-joint. Saved me some money as I didn't have to get the drive shaft worked over. I'm going to work on it this weekend and I will try to take a camera with me.
Brian ...

[dwcsr]

list the ujoint part number if you still have it.

[entourageguy]

Found the bill and it wasn't from the napa store. The part # on the bill was NEA 3-3130. I'll look at the box to find the brand name.

Brian ...

[dwcsr]

its a neapco 1310 to 3R conversion ujoint
1310 is the pickup shaft end and 3R is the S10 end
3R is aka saginaw S44

[entourageguy]

Originally Posted by dwcsr

its a neapco 1310 to 3R conversion ujoint
1310 is the pickup shaft end and 3R is the S10 end
3R is aka saginaw S44

Well there you go then....

Brian ..

[tiggerstoy]

well, i found one out of a roll-over 03 blazer...i had them do the cross referance to see if it was the same that was used with a v-8, and the width was a 60 at the most....it has 373 gears, and is 58 wide.
so again...thank you both for all the help, but i'd still like to see those pic's if you can ....thanks brian
....max.

[CAL 58 GMC]

I used the 2 wheel drive blazer rear and wished I had used the 4 wheel drive since it's wider. I had to use spacers to get the wheels out further.

[tiggerstoy]

well....i havd pritty large rear tires, and don't realy whant to mod the rear frame, but if all els fails, i'll get other rim's....cal,could you post a pic of your rear end, or is your box on?....and what size are you running for tires and rim's? I have 16's in the front and big miky-t's on 15's on the end.
this is the last of the frame mods to be done before taredown and paint on the frame......looks like it will not see the road this year.....dammit!

[CAL 58 GMC]

Here’s some pictures as I was doing the install and after. The other reason you should go with the 4x4 rear is the brake calipers will rub against the leaf springs without using lowering blocks.

[tiggerstoy]

cal...well, that made up my mind, that looks realy clean and it looks like i might not need to get different rim's.....nice thing is the bolt pattern is the same.
thank you for the pic's, i'll post some of mine when i do it....thanks again.....max.

[CAL 58 GMC]

I look foward to seeing it when you have it in.