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Gears and bearings is pretty much it for parts. Wouldn't be a bad idea to get a better rear locker and not use the factory G80 anymore.

 

Yukon gears are also another good place to buy stuff from.

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Yukon has a 3.73 for the 9.76, anything over that I would go with what bash74 said. Has something to do with fitting gears for the 9.5 into a 9.76. But as long as your rear end isn't a 9.76 you shouldn't have issues finding gears anywhere.

 

 

 

Does anyone make a locker for the 9.76? I looked into it a little while ago but couldn't come up with anything. It would be nice if there was a truetrac that would fit.   

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5 hours ago, M1ck3y said:

Yukon has a 3.73 for the 9.76, anything over that I would go with what bash74 said. Has something to do with fitting gears for the 9.5 into a 9.76. But as long as your rear end isn't a 9.76 you shouldn't have issues finding gears anywhere.

 

 

 

Does anyone make a locker for the 9.76? I looked into it a little while ago but couldn't come up with anything. It would be nice if there was a truetrac that would fit.   

9.76? I’m assuming thats the diff for the 6.2?

 

They also had the 6l80, 6.2, 3.73 combo for the 2014 MY only in sierra/silverado

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14 hours ago, truckguy82 said:

9.76? I’m assuming thats the diff for the 6.2?

 

They also had the 6l80, 6.2, 3.73 combo for the 2014 MY only in sierra/silverado

Yeah 9.76 is for the 6.2 8spd, or 5.3 max tow 2015+. I think the 14's had the 9.5. imo oem is the way to go, but 3.42 is the highest they have for the 9.76.

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39 minutes ago, M1ck3y said:

Yeah 9.76 is for the 6.2 8spd, or 5.3 max tow 2015+. I think the 14's had the 9.5. imo oem is the way to go, but 3.42 is the highest they have for the 9.76.

Nope, just confirmed my 2014 6.2 has a 9.76, its stamped on the diff. Also confirmed with numerous other posts in this forum. From what I understand all 6.2’s are 9.76

 

I have the 3.42. They did offer the 2014 only 6.2 with 3.73 gears with the max tow package.

 

Which should mean in 2014 only, you can get a 9.76” diff with 3.73’s from the factory.

 

unless of course for the 6.2 max tow they actually went to the 9.5” diff. Which would be strange

 

 

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3 hours ago, truckguy82 said:

Nope, just confirmed my 2014 6.2 has a 9.76, its stamped on the diff. Also confirmed with numerous other posts in this forum. From what I understand all 6.2’s are 9.76

 

I have the 3.42. They did offer the 2014 only 6.2 with 3.73 gears with the max tow package.

 

Which should mean in 2014 only, you can get a 9.76” diff with 3.73’s from the factory.

 

unless of course for the 6.2 max tow they actually went to the 9.5” diff. Which would be strange

 

 

I'm really confused now... I don't doubt you, if its on your truck, its on your truck. For some reason I thought you couldn't get 3.73's for the 9.76. Maybe they stopped producing the part? I'll have to look into it

 

Looks like I might be getting some 3.73's, lol.

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The improvement from 3.23 to 3.73 with tires that measure out just a hair under 35” is very good. The drive-ability improvement is great. I ran the numbers a while ago, with the swap, the truck performs as it would’ve with stock height tires if it had been equipped with a 3.46 ratio. This is just where the math calculations would’ve put the gearing. The truck runs much better- stoplight to stoplight. Any feeling of “lugging” is gone. Mileage picked up a bit for in city driving. Highway performance is back where it should be and the truck sees 8th gear much more often. All in all a great improvement without having to swap the internals down to the 9.5” set up.  

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11 minutes ago, M1ck3y said:

I'm really confused now... I don't doubt you, if its on your truck, its on your truck. For some reason I thought you couldn't get 3.73's for the 9.76. Maybe they stopped producing the part? I'll have to look into it

No i have 3.42 and 9.76

 

I don’t have max tow. Max tow should have 3.73 with 9.76 for 2014

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