RE: Rear end numbers

[Brian Schlump <jsbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Ken,
I couldn't find any numbers that would denote the axle ratio on the 
8-3/4" that I took out of my '64, and I thought that I looked it over 
pretty well...Brian

Westerlund, Ken wrote:
> 
> How come we can have 100 responses about welding the roof from a 53
> Hudson onto a 64 Max Wedge car, but nothing about the location of the
> rear end numbers on an 8-3/4 rear?  :-)
> 
> What if I say I want to put the rear (if I can check the numbers into a
> 62 Chrysler 300 with a M1 turret mounted over the passenger compartment?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Westerlund, Ken 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:47 AM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Rear end numbers
> 
> 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
> 



'64 Belvedere
Woodstock, IL.

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