Editing Swap solutions: Rear axles

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This "Swap Solutions"series of Wiki articles is intended to help the customizer, swapper, shade-tree mechanic, or junkyard crawler.

The idea is  this: when you pull an axle, engine, tranny, driveshaft, bearing, or ANYTHING from your car, measure the heck out of it. 

Countless times I've found myself wishing I had a source to know if this axle will fit that car, how much that ISB Cummins engine weighs, or if a driveshaft already exists that fits my custom install instead of paying to have one fabricated.

This article is for Rear Axles. The basic idea is so that when shopping for a 9" Ford to put under a custom-chassis, the user can scroll through and review a listing of axles that will fit (or come close) and possibly avoid headaches.

Using the formatting below, start adding info. You can't add too much information. Make sure you give the application(s), year(s) and any possible tidbit you can. If someone can format this better than I can, please do, but basically use your codes to make columns for the following characteristics.</p>

#Axle family (like GM 8.5&quot; ten bolt, or Dana 44)
#Application. What year, what vehicle, and any determining factor. For instance, if I want to find the same 12-bolt you described, it might be helpful in finding it to know that yours was found in a station wagon with a big block. Even if you only know YOUR axle's year it will help.
#Type of brake, disk or drum and their diameter
#Type of suspension, coil or leaf, trailing arm or torque arm, etc.
#Width from wheel mount to wheel mount
#Width between spring perches, center to center (for leaf axles)
#Width between backing plates
#Width between shock mounts, center to center
#Weight (and note if its with or without brakes)
#Notes for additional information.
#Add columns as needed.