Non A-body mopar question

7 1/4' not too weak for a 318.
According to many here it is too weak for even the 273. My 68 Darts rear end just failed and it's a 273 with auto and I never beat on the car even once. It just failed being driven normally down the street to work. I'm sure many of the rears did hold up though because many of these cars have 200k miles on them.