2-speed axle?

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Mar 7, 2005 | 10:07 PM

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frederic

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Originally Posted by 51dueller

Since it has just a lever it makes me wonder if it's older. I've seen a '46 Ford 2 ton with a 2 speed rear axle. It wasn't overly large, had 5 bolt wheels. To shift it there was a lever like the emergency brake on older 4spds but was on the right of the driver. You'd pull the lever and would pull a cable that ran to the differential and it would move the arm on the differential.

This had 10 lug nuts. The pumpkin was slightly larger than the sterling 10.25, but not very much. Maybe, an inch on the outside. I probably should have measured it in more detail and taken a picture or two because even though it won't work for me, I'm curious what it is.

I think I may try to find numerically lower gears than 3.55 and call it a day... something around 3.00-3.11 would be enough. Not going to have a shortage of torque, that's for sure.