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[Roger Schaaf <obiwan10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 

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From: Roger Schaaf

To: David Homstad ; L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 6:26 PM

Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 200030593274 eBay

56 and 57 are completely different.  In order to place a 2:90 gear in my B, I had to install a 57 rear end assembly.  Fits perfectly(perhaps a 1/4 inch wider wheel to wheel.  Tried for several years to find a 3:08 gear(which was available in 56--some say it was a 3:07) but unable to do so.  3:08's were available in Imperials with Torqueflights that were sold in the flat lands of America.  Anyhow that is what I learned somewhere during my search.  Love the 2:90 gear on the highway, and have not lost much go(the Hemi will handle it just fine) around town.  My solid lifters no more sound like they are swapping holes at 75 mph.  For those who are in apoplexy over this swap) I did retain my 56 rearend assembly.  Driveshaft also as you must make a new shaft as the rear pinion shaft U-Joint assembly is different between the years.

 

Roger Schaaf

300 B Calyfornua

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From: David Homstad

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Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 3:49 PM

Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 200030593274 eBay

Wayne,

 

If I remember correctly, there was an 8.75 carrier with 4 pinion gears in 1956, and possibly earlier. Anybody know if this has any interchangeability with later units with Posi???? Or is it a completely different design?

 

Dave Homstad

56 Dodge D500

 

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From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wayne Graefen
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 7:40 AM
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The 8.75 carriers are interchangeable from '57 forward many years.

 

W

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Paul Holmgren

Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 3:15 PM

Subject: Re: 200030593274 eBay

 

> On Sep 24, 2006, at 1:12 PM, Wayne Graefen wrote:
>
>> For many years I have thought Chrysler's first limited slip was the
>> '58 Sure Grip after a little testing in some '57 Imperials and the a
>> very few 300Cs and Adventurers in '57 when it didn't have a special
>> name.
>> I also thought Packard was first in the industry with their limited
>> slip in 1955.
>> Now, just last night a fellow was telling me he had two '54 New
>> Yorkers and BOTH were limited slip and then this morning I see this on
>> eBay.
>> Input?
>> Wayne

Some years ago I hauled a complete rear axle assembly I pulled out from
under a 57 NewYorker 4 door to a repair place. I myself removed it from
the car I junked in the early 70's
It languished for years buried somewhere in the garage.  When one of the
boys and I re-discovered it, it turned out to be a limited slip unit.
Imagine my suprize!!

Well, the shop owner understood what I wanted to use this in, and knew
before he opened it up that it was a limited slip,  But the work didn't
get done as soon as I expected, he needed me to revisit the shop before
he completed the work.  Turns out the limited slip part of the axle was
dated 1970!!  the gears were marked and ID'ed as a much newer unit then
the rest of the axle housing and other parts.

--
Paul Holmgren
2 57 300-C's in Indy
Hoosier Corps L#6

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