When it comes to strength, value, and vast availability, the full-float 14-bolt rear axle from General Motors is about as good as it gets. Fitted with an impressive 10½-inch ring gear, three pinion ...

Every diesel-powered pickup sold in the United States for the last 10 years has a full-floating rear axle. Fords currently use a 10 1/2-inch axle made in a plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan-so most ...

The GM 10-bolt rearend isn't considered by many muscle car enthusiasts to be a high-performance axle, mostly because earlier examples built prior to 1973 had a smaller, weaker 8.2-inch ring gear which ...

Because of the gradual downsizing of all U.S-produced automobiles and the massive invasion of our market by foreign automakers, the "brute horsepower, neck-snapping acceleration and no gas-mileage" ...

Most engineers who deal with bolted joints are familiar with torque tables for SAE-grade bolts, but these are all too often used without regard for the yield strength of internal threads or the bolt’s ...

Converting pickups in to three-axle, six-wheeled monsters isn’t anything entirely new. However, they’re typically done on the aftermarket, with companies like Hennessey and Rezvani adding third axles ...

Back in April 2022, the Ford Motor Company issued a ginormous recall for the 2020 to 2022 model year Explorer. A whopping 252,936 units were called back over a rear axle horizontal mounting bolt that ...