YY1
Well-Known Member
OK, here's the scoop-
One of my friends has one of those trailers made from an old truck bed.
It's ford bed, but it's riding on what we can best determine is an A-100 chassis.
Here's the kicker- This thing's been riding around for at least 15 years with an 8 3/4 axle...
...with 3.55 gears!
He's asked if I'm interested and I kind of am, but I don't have anything to swap into it.
If I had a 2.76 in a 741 I'd swap it out and be done.
I do have a 7 1/4 complete axle, but it's on a parts car that needs to move and the A-100 would be too long to swap in. Plus we're now talking about 2 days labor.
I thought about just taking out the ring and pinion, leaving the chunk so the carrier bearings can still support the inner axle ends, but...
That leaves the hole where the pinion shaft is supposed to be.
I hate like heck to weld up a plug and possibly ruin an 8 3/4 chunk, but a cheap set of 3.55 gears for the next time I have a 741 case is pretty tempting.
It's also a crying shame to let that go under that trailer again for who knows how many years.
Any ideas?
One of my friends has one of those trailers made from an old truck bed.
It's ford bed, but it's riding on what we can best determine is an A-100 chassis.
Here's the kicker- This thing's been riding around for at least 15 years with an 8 3/4 axle...
...with 3.55 gears!
He's asked if I'm interested and I kind of am, but I don't have anything to swap into it.
If I had a 2.76 in a 741 I'd swap it out and be done.
I do have a 7 1/4 complete axle, but it's on a parts car that needs to move and the A-100 would be too long to swap in. Plus we're now talking about 2 days labor.
I thought about just taking out the ring and pinion, leaving the chunk so the carrier bearings can still support the inner axle ends, but...
That leaves the hole where the pinion shaft is supposed to be.
I hate like heck to weld up a plug and possibly ruin an 8 3/4 chunk, but a cheap set of 3.55 gears for the next time I have a 741 case is pretty tempting.
It's also a crying shame to let that go under that trailer again for who knows how many years.
Any ideas?