Just to keep it simple..Swap in an Axle (with trailing arms) from a 96SR (or a 95 with build date after aug as stated in the door jam) if you can find one.

This will bolt in with out mods to the drive shaft. And has the gear ratio you need.

Get the entire assembly to include the trailing arms and drive shaft. We'll walk you through it. Since you have to change out the rear end anyways, you might as well do the mod since its not anymore work to install the better axle.


Just curious, were you running a rear anti-sway bar and what shocks were on the truck when the breakage occured? ( just curious about a theory I've had for a long time...