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I think the reason people went to those was because they all pretty much used the 8.5 10 bolt and Chevy used the 8.2 which was a weak POS. The 8.5 was much stronger. But you're right, I remember people shying away from the Chevy rears....and I never knew anybody to run a 12 bolt. They were too heavy.
I see a few guys running the 12 bolt rear ends, the way I always could tell us there's two bolts side by side on the bottom of the case if you're looking from the rear. Hell anytime I see anyone with a 10 bolt I figured right there I was going to eat them alive anyhow