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Old May 23, 2017 | 08:12 AM
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Hi everybody.
Anyone know the difference between standard differentials and heavy duty ones?
my 1969 car has an AM coded one which is standard .
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Originally Posted by AGP22
Hi everybody.
Anyone know the difference between standard differentials and heavy duty ones?
my 1969 car has an AM coded one which is standard .
from this thread...

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...questions.html

"big block cars used the HD yoke with caps in the rear end but the drive shaft, outer flange, yoke and the internal gears inside the rear end were the same big block to small block."

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