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maxreps · 11-18-2009, 10:22 PM

Can I use a car carrier in my '76 1/2 ton 2wd truck axle? EDB30140... I have an EDB32212 in it now.

sailed2japan · 11-18-2009, 10:40 PM

IIRC car and truck carriers are different animals. I'd assume that the housing is machine differently, but I don't have a clue on that.

Edit: assuming the housing is the same you would have to use the car gears.

What is it you are trying to accomplish? Someone may know a better way.

maxreps · 11-19-2009, 08:29 AM

Trying to get rid of the 4 series carrier/4.10 gears so I can run a 3 series/3.40 gears. But would prefer the GM car carrier vs the truck carrier due to the truck version being susceptible to stress cracks in the corners of it's "windows". Truck version has a window on each side whereas the car version only has one period.

**N2TRUX** · 11-19-2009, 08:46 AM

I think your concerned over nothing. I have been around these trucks a long time and never heard of cracked carriers being an issue.

11-18-2009, 10:22 PM	#1
maxreps Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: greensboro, nc Posts: 174	axle/carrier question Can I use a car carrier in my '76 1/2 ton 2wd truck axle? EDB30140... I have an EDB32212 in it now.

11-18-2009, 10:40 PM	#2
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: axle/carrier question IIRC car and truck carriers are different animals. I'd assume that the housing is machine differently, but I don't have a clue on that. Edit: assuming the housing is the same you would have to use the car gears. What is it you are trying to accomplish? Someone may know a better way. __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR Last edited by sailed2japan; 11-18-2009 at 10:42 PM.

11-19-2009, 08:29 AM	#3
maxreps Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: greensboro, nc Posts: 174	Re: axle/carrier question Trying to get rid of the 4 series carrier/4.10 gears so I can run a 3 series/3.40 gears. But would prefer the GM car carrier vs the truck carrier due to the truck version being susceptible to stress cracks in the corners of it's "windows". Truck version has a window on each side whereas the car version only has one period.

11-19-2009, 08:46 AM	#4
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Re: axle/carrier question I think your concerned over nothing. I have been around these trucks a long time and never heard of cracked carriers being an issue. __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"



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