Even at 30 splines, the 12-bolt's greatest weakness is the lame direct-acting bearing, c-clip- axle arrangement. The only thing this stuff is good for is keeping production cost low when you're GM ...

The Moser Engineering Chevy 12-Bolt Housing unit is a newly designed casting, tailored towards those Chevy owners who want a virtually indestructible replacement rearend.

If you still have a 10- or 12-bolt axle in your Chevy, Currie makes it possible to bolt in a complete Ford 9-inch axle assembly with a variety of brake options.

When Chevrolet introduced C-clip axle retention in 10-bolt (1964) and 12-bolt (1965) Salisbury axles, it didn't account for speed-crazed acceleration junkies. So when some nutcake (that'd be you ...