Leave the rear alone. There's no need to swap it out if you're running a 1/2ton front. The widths match up closely enough, and the rear is already stronger than a front 44. If you really felt the need to do more surgery at the same time you're replacing the front then you could do a full float conversion on the rear.

If you're going to swap in a 60 rear, you might as well swap in a 14 bolt full floater, and if you're going to do that you might as well swap in a 60 front, and if you're going to do that you might as well swap in rockwells. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />

For the brakes if you need EVERYthing from the knuckles out, you need to start calling junkyards to find spindles, backing plates and ideally spindle nuts. Everything else you should be able to get at Carquest or Chevy (I'd only look to the dealer if you need the hub/spindle nuts, and then iirc there's another mini conversion you can do to use some from a Ford and make r&i easier). There's nothing really wrong about using 10 bolt outers on a 44. If you have to argue about spindle strength on a 1/2t front either your tires are too big or your left foot is too heavy and you need to return to paragraph 2.


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