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Old 10-16-2019, 11:18 AM   #23
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Re: Help with IDing rear diff

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Originally Posted by Dleslie212 View Post
Part of the reason I bought this truck was to be able to wrench on it, and learn things, and I just think it’s cool to know every inch of it like the back of my hand. I think I’m going to wait and rebuild it completely myself in a few months. I’ll orobably completely redo everything except for the axles themselves
It's a K series so you'll need to match the front and rear axle ratios.

It should've been stamped a little closer to the carrier mounting surface but it's still reasonably readable.

Looks like the part number is 3817778
The gear stamp looks like 11:41

GM 3817778 is a 3.73:1 gear set.
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