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Originally Posted by nonstop
The truck should already be 8 lug, so it should basically be plug and play if you can find a rear with matching gears. You might also luck out and find a rear with bigger brakes (depending on what ones you have now) so you might inadvertently get an upgrade at the same time!
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Weren't a chunk of the mid 80's Light Duty 3/4 tons with Semi-Floating 9.5" 14 bolts 6 lug?
I probably should've said "If you don't already have 8 lug wheels." but I assumed that was pretty easy to figure out.
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Originally Posted by rich weyand
Minor nit.
K trucks usually use a speedometer ratio adapter mounted on the transfer case, because the transfer case had a limited number of gear options for the speedometer drive, unlike the transmissions. So you might have to change out the ratio adapter to a different ratio to match your tires and gears.
You can still find original ones around, though they aren't cheap, and you can also get aftermarket ones.
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The NP208 uses the same driven gears as the TH350, TH400, & TH700R4. There's a pretty wide selection still available.
The drive gears are another story and the NP205 is pretty exciting too.
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