I found a 9" rear end that looks to be a good deal. It's out or a 69 f-100
tires and all for $150.

Sounds like a good deal, it hasn't been sitting long. Truck is being parted out due to a blown motor.

SO...........Deal or No Deal???

 

One more thing.

The numbers he gave me over the phone for the 9" are

WDM-U 8JO
3 7008 7 302

I haven't decoded it yet and would like to know if it matches up and for my future reference, where to go to decode it?

Thanks all

 

always good to have a spare center section with a different ratio ready to go

 

I'm not sure how to decode those numbers, a good 9" site is here:

http://www.kevinstang.com/Ninecase.htm

Hopefully NumberDummy will be along soon and can decipher the codes.

 

as we all know im a tight a and i just cant see the diff being worth a buck and a half . i can usually find whole trucks too part out for that . but on the other hand whilst i still had that late mode g-c i was beating around in , i had bought a diff for it from a very reputable local salvage operation , wanted the optional 3:42 gear and discs paid 450 . so who's to say .

 

regionally local ad on craigslist has 9" rears (20 of them) for $100 ea. I have to sort thru the pile, and/or pull them out from the trucks. time and distance=money. I have none.

 

Deal.

I'd buy it if I needed another 9". That's how much I paid for mine. Mine is out of a 57 F100. Also came with wheels and tires.

 

If that is the axle tag, it's a 3.70 ratio; not a big improvement over the stock 3.92 ratio in a Bonus Built (a little more so if you have 4.11's)

I've paid $150 for just the center section (an inspected nodular iron 31 spline unit) and $75 for a pig-in-a-poke, but complete drum-to-drum rear end. Patience is a virtue...

 

I just bought a complete rear axle out of a '72 F-100 with 3.25 gearing, like new with new brake drums, shoes and hardware for $75 off of a local Craigslist ad. I think I got an exceptual deal. I have been looking for one for some time and all the ones I have seen at swapmeets and in ads the sellers were asking between $200-400, way too high for my wallet.

I think $150 for a good one is a pretty good deal especially if you all you have to do it go over and pick it up. Like Havi, I checked out some in a old junk yard in the boonies and the guy wanted $150, that was with me having to drag my tools to the back of the yard, yanking it out myself and carrying it back to my truck. The would have taken a better part of a day because I couldn't get my truck back in the yard and would have had to lug the unit around and over a bunch of junk cars.

 

Check the rear axle swap info in the articles and specs tab at the top of the page to verify that the rear will be the right width for your truck. Some 9" are some are not.

 

From everything I have read on this site a pre-'73 F-100 rear end should be an almost direct swap. I hope so because I'm going to mine this spring.

 

Thanks all for the info. I read the article on the rear end swaps and this was a popular choice. Sounds like it's a good enough deal, thanks again.

 

I gave $90 for mine without the wheels and tires. It came from a 71 F100.

 

I just love it when the boneyard roads are full of metal bits sticking out of the dirt, and they expect you to risk $500 worth of tires (and a possible tow) to drive back near the stuff. Worse when you have to drag something as heavy as a 9" a quarter mile back to the parking lot. Even worse still when they tell you they'll price it when you bring it up to the front desk -- like you're going to drag it back if they try to "bone" you on it!