same bolt pattern all around
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same bolt pattern all around
hello, to all my ford mates i own a 50 ford f-1 with c4 and a 302 powerplant. and want a volore set up i have a 1977 ford f150 9'' rear end how do i go about not carying 2 types of spares one for the volore type and one for the 9'' type. or can i simply go to the salvage yard and get a car ford pass car axle..Help appriciated thanks ,sean m conroy
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Go to this link, I don't know if it will have the exact information you want but it tells which axles to use and what axles can be changed.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...ial_Swaps.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/...ial_Swaps.html
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Originally Posted by seanmconroy
hello, to all my ford mates i own a 50 ford f-1 with c4 and a 302 powerplant. and want a volore set up i have a 1977 ford f150 9'' rear end how do i go about not carying 2 types of spares one for the volore type and one for the 9'' type. or can i simply go to the salvage yard and get a car ford pass car axle..Help appriciated thanks ,sean m conroy
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have the 9'' installed already but that dont matter might be a good idea to go the volore route and take the rear from that heck buy one and i will have the brake booster too.. Graet north woods what do you think about the rear in the volore.?
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The other way that you can go if you end up with two differerent bolt patterns is to carry one spare and an adapter to adapt the spare to the other bolt pattern on the truck. I am not a fan of running adapters but for an emergency I would have no problem with a short run on the adapter.
I have that situation on my truck and if I decide to carry a spare, that is what I will do (I already have the necessary adapter).
I have that situation on my truck and if I decide to carry a spare, that is what I will do (I already have the necessary adapter).
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Originally Posted by seanmconroy
have the 9'' installed already but that dont matter might be a good idea to go the volore route and take the rear from that heck buy one and i will have the brake booster too.. Graet north woods what do you think about the rear in the volore.?
disc brakes all around.
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"Spare"...unless that means spare battery for my cell phone to call a flat tray truck,....then I dont carry one !
And don't you old guys livin on farms all chime in with stories of EVERY flat tyre you ever had
And don't you old guys livin on farms all chime in with stories of EVERY flat tyre you ever had
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It's not a major deal to pull the axles off and send them to a axle shop.. Moser, Strange. They can plug weld the old holes and redrill for any pattern you want.
That's what I did with the lincoln 9". Had it redrilled for 5 x 4.5. Wasn't that expensive and I wanted to keep that disc brake rear end...
You might even find a machine shop/fab shop shop locally that can do it. All they need is a competent welder and a indexable drill press
john
That's what I did with the lincoln 9". Had it redrilled for 5 x 4.5. Wasn't that expensive and I wanted to keep that disc brake rear end...
You might even find a machine shop/fab shop shop locally that can do it. All they need is a competent welder and a indexable drill press
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Originally Posted by seanmconroy
have the 9'' installed already but that dont matter might be a good idea to go the volore route and take the rear from that heck buy one and i will have the brake booster too.. Graet north woods what do you think about the rear in the volore.?
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No forget about that mopar rear end I am a 25 yearold living like a 18 year old i love to see burnt ruber on the ground occasionally. So its not a simple swap with axles so i guess i am stuck with what i have. I want alloys so might be able to get 2 mopar and two ford ... .. Is their such a wheel you can get that bolts to two patterns just for outof town trips? Aka donought wheels that are smaller and only drive 35mph MAX
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Some Mopar wheels have a slightly larger center hole so most Mopar wheels will fit a Ford but not all Ford wheels will fit a Mopar. Just get four Mopar wheels and you should be fine. Both Ford and Mopar have the same 5 x 4.5 pattern. There were Mopar rears made to stand up behind the 426 Hemi so if you look around and are able to find one you could do all the burnouts you want. A compact spare wheel for a Mopar would work fine.
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You could just forget the spare, and carry a couple of cans of aerosol can tire fix. However, Teddy came with 5 x 4.5 all around. That was volare IFS and a 9" out of a 78 Lincoln Versailles. Short of doing either of these, I like Niolin's idea about getting the axles reworked. Good luck, Jag
Good luck, Jag