RE: Rear end numbers

["Westerlund, Ken" <kwesterlund@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Which side, near the front?
Thanks,
ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Casey [mailto:dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:25 PM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Rear end numbers


My '65 has the ratio stamped on the side/bottom of the center section 
housing where the pinion is. It also came with a Sure Grip tag, but I
don't 
remember any stamped indication of the Sure Grip.

Dave Casey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Westerlund, Ken" <kwesterlund@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:16 PM
Subject: RE: Rear end numbers

> Hi Bart,
> Thanks for the info.
> I remember reading somewhere that before the tags were used they
stamped
> the ratio somewhere on the center section.
>
> I have found an 8-3/4 rear in a junk yard but I can't turn the wheels.
> It is a 741 case and I want to get it if it has a suregrip or a good
> ratio.  I just don't know where to look for the ratio.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bart Bartkowiak [mailto:bbartkow@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:12 PM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Rear end numbers
>
>>From what I remember the number stamped on the side of the 65 at least
> just indicated the type and not the ratio.  I'd have to go back to dig
> through the book I found it in.  But I do remember being guided to
> rotating the wheel to determine the ratio and not being told to look
for
> a stamp on the rear.
>
>
> If I recall correctly, older 8-3/4 rear ends have the ratio stamped on
> them instead of using a tag.
> Where is the number stamped? Also, doesn't the number have a prefix
for
> a suregrip?
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Schlump [mailto:jsbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 6:46 PM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Useful info about rearend messure.
>
> Earl,
> I question the accuracy of a couple of dimensions on the chart. The
"C"
> dimension for all 8 3/4 "B" bodies is listed at 12.35". That might be
> correct for one of the 2 diff cases used, but not for both. The 742
was
>
> longer than the 489 I put in to replace it.
>
> The chart lists '62 - '70 "B" bodies with 55" flange to flange. I
> needed more clearance between the tire and the fender, so I was told
to
> install a '65 - '70 rear end without the tapered axles, because they
are
>
> 1" narrower. I had both rearends sitting side by side on jack stands
> with the brake drums installed, and the '70 measured 1" narrower,
> outside of drum to outside of drum, just as I had been told. I've
> already sold the '64 rearend, or I'd go out and measure them again to
> get the exact dimensions...Brian
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