Making the best of a 12 bolt

[zac]

The rearend on my ‘70 K10 burb is completely worn out. I have one out of a ‘72 also, but same deal. Mostly stock truck that gets mostly highway miles, so I don’t need anything special. I’ve looked at getting one with the same ratio out of a square body and moving the spring pads, but I may just be getting one that’s slightly less worn, although I like the idea of the bigger brakes. I may end up just taking the original to an axle shop and have them replace all the internals and then swap on the later, bigger brakes myself. But maybe there’s a place that sells a whole rebuilt unit? Again, this truck doesn’t do any Fall Guy stuff (80’s reference if you’re wondering) so a 12 bolt is fine. I was just thinking maybe someone else has been down this road already. Thanks.