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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 11:45 PM
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My 1984 Ford F-150 4x4 what looks like a ford 9 inch, is it a 9 inch or is there other rear ends with the same design
 
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 06:55 PM
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It would be a 9 inch or an 8.8 and it sounds like you know what a 9 inch axle lookslike so it would be a 9 inch only. Nothing else looks like a 9 inch or nothing that came in the trucks.
 
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 03:29 AM
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I just wanted to confirm it, the person I bought it from said its a 8.8, but it looks like a 9 to me, I just wanted to know if the 8.8's had the same design where the carrier, yoke, and diff. are removable in one unit like that (its hard to describe what I mean, but you know what 9 inch looks like) or if he's just wrong, also he said the front end is a d44 I think he's right about that, because I think that was the only front end that came in 84 f-150
 
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 04:58 AM
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The 8.8 will have a rear cover on the axle to remove the gears and as you described the 9 inch removes from the fron as a whole unit.

In 84 or 85 ford dtarted to switch over to the 8.8 axle but a 9 inch could be found as late as 86 in the ford trucks.

The front axle will be a TTB D44 axle. 79 and earlier used a straight D44 axle.
 
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 05:02 AM
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8" is a 9" lookalike...'cept a bit smaller.

Both the 8 and 9 inch are known as a 'drop out' in partsmens lingo.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
8" is a 9" lookalike...'cept a bit smaller.

Both the 8 and 9 inch are known as a 'drop out' in partsmens lingo.
This is true and a good point but the 8 inch never came in a truck application.
 
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