FORGED U-bolt yoke, 1350, 26 spline. Made for the D44/GM 10 bolts of the world, or anything else that's 26 spline and needs a U-bolt (D300). The OE cast version fails, and they only came in a 1310. We use precision machining and high strength forging techniques to make this yoke fit perfectly, and hold up to abuse. It uses U-bolts to fasten the u-joints instead of straps.
Buy the kit! Saves a bit of money, and comes with everything you'll need.
Specifications:
Yoke
U-joint size: 1350, U-bolt style
Seal surface OD: 1.553"
26 spline
U-bolts
U-joint size: 1350
ID (inside leg to inside leg): ~ 1.31"
Diameter and pitch: 3/8"-24
Nut
Size: 3/4-16
Socket size: 1-1/8
Seal
OD: 3.165"
ID: 1.87"
Thickness: 0.672"
U-joint (not included)
Brand: Spicer
Series: 1350, 5-1350X lifetime (non-greaseable) or 5-178X greaseable
Why the yoke is great:
FORGED will beat the same part made from billet, or cast...period. The forging process forms the metal grain along the contours, and results is a stronger part. Forging also compacts the grain structure which nearly eliminates failures from voids or inclusions.
U-bolt style is superior to straps in nearly every way. The U-bolt is nearly impossible to shear, but the head of a 5/16" bolt in a strap can pop like a pimple. There's nothing to peel back on a U-bolt, but the strap can get caught. Plus the U-bolt is simple to identify, a 1410 u-joint takes a 1410 U-bolt. Straps have all sorts of different length, width, and thread pitch differences for the same size u-joint depending on application.
FULL LOCK UP is what we call our u-joint cap retention method (see pictures for FULL LOCK UP vs little tang). Almost all yokes have a little tang to retain the u-joint cap. Catch that tang on a stubborn rock, and it breaks off. Then the cap shoots out, and BAM. FULL LOCK UP eliminates this problem by fully retaining the u-joint cap.
OE spline fitment is what every yoke should have. Most yokes slide on, and aside from a gross error, work just fine....BUT an OE spline fitment requires encouragement from a 3 pound dead blow. It would take hundreds of thousands of miles to wear out splines, but we make them so they'll NEVER wear out.
