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Rear End Question
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Rear End Question
I have found on a local yardsale website this rear end that i am considering for my 56 f100, I was wondering if it will fit, this is what he emailed me,
its a ford 9 racing rear end,...dont know what it came off of... my buddy gave me some left over items he had before he left over sea.
axles are ford 9 big bearing 31 spline
rear end is 36.5" long with chevy wheel bolt pattern a fuel cooling hose adapters to prevent over heating.
no calipers....but an early ford bronco calipers should bolt up to the mounts it has.
3rd member is supposedly rebuilt but its for a 28 spline locker...which needs to be swaped for a 31 spline
i also got a the matching rotors with it, its not shown in the pics tho.
He said he was going to use this in his 1950 Mercury which has the same rear end as the 48-56 f1/f100 trucks. i wanted to get some experts opinions if you guys think that this will work for my truck? asking price is $375obo.
its a ford 9 racing rear end,...dont know what it came off of... my buddy gave me some left over items he had before he left over sea.
axles are ford 9 big bearing 31 spline
rear end is 36.5" long with chevy wheel bolt pattern a fuel cooling hose adapters to prevent over heating.
no calipers....but an early ford bronco calipers should bolt up to the mounts it has.
3rd member is supposedly rebuilt but its for a 28 spline locker...which needs to be swaped for a 31 spline
i also got a the matching rotors with it, its not shown in the pics tho.
He said he was going to use this in his 1950 Mercury which has the same rear end as the 48-56 f1/f100 trucks. i wanted to get some experts opinions if you guys think that this will work for my truck? asking price is $375obo.
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sorry, I don't have a yahoo.com id, so I can't look at the pics..
36 inches seems awful short for the axle housing for our trucks.
I thought our rear axles were like 61 inches wheel flange to wheel flange.. minus 4 inches each side for wheel flange to housing flange, would be 53.
Sam
36 inches seems awful short for the axle housing for our trucks.
I thought our rear axles were like 61 inches wheel flange to wheel flange.. minus 4 inches each side for wheel flange to housing flange, would be 53.
Sam
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The only thing that would be good for is if you wanted to Pro Street the truck. Narrow the frame around where the huge Mickey Thompson rear tires will be. Wheel tub the bed, it won't stop there. Then you need a bad *** blown engine to go with the Pro Street Theme. Cha Ching, Cha Ching.
Save the $375.
Save the $375.
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Thanks alot Vern, i am trying to line up a rear end for when i get home, im in Afghanistan right now trying to get everything together so when i get back ill have "plenty" of work to keep me busy for a while, i just dont want to get something that I dont want.
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I think I may have just found a late 70s lincoln 9 inch, does anyone have any pros or cons for this rear end? Was installation hard? I read that it has disc brakes and parts are hard to come by for them.
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"77-81 Lincoln Versailles 58" (probably has disc brakes)
did you mean not wide enough? I got this off of this forum that was in the differential swap article. it says its close but i dont know if that means it will work or not.
"77-81 Lincoln Versailles 58" (probably has disc brakes)
did you mean not wide enough? I got this off of this forum that was in the differential swap article. it says its close but i dont know if that means it will work or not.
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