Thread: 55.2-59 Rear axle width
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Old 01-02-2024, 10:38 PM   #6
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Re: Rear axle width

You would be better off looking for a late 70's Camaro rear. 62-1/2 wms to wms but you don't have the offset wheels we have to run with a 60 inch rear.

Looking on a Camaro board the mid 90's guys say that a 95 has 65-1/8 wms to wms. That is the same width as 73 87 C10 and too wide for early trucks.

The 60/68 C-10 rears are the right width if you need 6 lug but are coil spring rears and most have a huge heavy bracket for the panhard bar. Plus some of those brackets are cast into the center section in some years.
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