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rear end ? #274067 04/01/09 04:43 PM 04/01/09 04:43 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,064 Iowa 76dodgeboy OP master
76dodgeboy OP master Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,064 Iowa	What rear diff is in my 49 Plymouth? Is it an 8 3/4? It has a drop out pumpkin. Thanks

Re: rear end ? [Re: 76dodgeboy] #274068 04/01/09 04:54 PM 04/01/09 04:54 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga 3 36PLYM enthusiast
36PLYM enthusiast 3 Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga	I believe the 8 3/4 rearend did not come out until 1957. This is from a 36 Plymouth. 3.3 gear with an 8 inch ring. Numbers are on the bottom of the drop out. 5135276-36plymouth017.jpg (39 downloads) 36 Plymouth Coupe 318 w/360 heads 518 trans 8 3/4 rear Ga. Tech BCE'78

Re: rear end ? [Re: 36PLYM] #274069 04/01/09 05:36 PM 04/01/09 05:36 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,064 Iowa 76dodgeboy OP master
76dodgeboy OP master Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,064 Iowa	Do they make different gears for them?

Re: rear end ? [Re: 76dodgeboy] #274070 04/01/09 08:07 PM 04/01/09 08:07 PM
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36PLYM enthusiast 3 Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga	I would assume they did, but I do not know a source. 36 Plymouth Coupe 318 w/360 heads 518 trans 8 3/4 rear Ga. Tech BCE'78

Re: rear end ? [Re: 36PLYM] #274071 04/01/09 09:22 PM 04/01/09 09:22 PM
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49wayfarer member 4 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 199 SE Wisconsin	I don't know if Andy Bernbaum has them, but I think it would be easier to get a different axle. I had 4.11 gears in my '49, I am putting in a 8 3/4. Those brakes are under-powered and its more expensive to redo the old brakes on them.

Re: rear end ? [Re: 49wayfarer] #274072 04/01/09 09:30 PM 04/01/09 09:30 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,064 Iowa 76dodgeboy OP master
76dodgeboy OP master Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,064 Iowa	What rearend will fit without being narrowed?

Re: rear end ? [Re: 76dodgeboy] #274073 04/01/09 09:50 PM 04/01/09 09:50 PM
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49wayfarer member 4 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 199 SE Wisconsin	Try this link http://www40.addr.com/~merc583/mopar/p15pdf/mopar_axle_sizes.pdf I have an 8 3/4 out of a B body, 68-70, I think the later ones were too wide.

Re: rear end ? [Re: 76dodgeboy] #274074 04/02/09 07:44 AM 04/02/09 07:44 AM
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36PLYM enthusiast 3 Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga	I used a 68 B body rear on the 36. Fit right up, no hassles. Big brakes to. 3.55 gear. 36 Plymouth Coupe 318 w/360 heads 518 trans 8 3/4 rear Ga. Tech BCE'78

Re: rear end ? [Re: 36PLYM] #274075 04/02/09 10:20 AM 04/02/09 10:20 AM
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RodStRace I Live Here Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 12,481 Chino Valley	68 Coronet wagon 8 3/4 in mine. Had to change the spring pads (and they need to be redone), but otherwise fits just fine. 5137014-40reardisc.jpg (42 downloads)

Re: rear end ? [Re: RodStRace] #274076 04/02/09 10:58 AM 04/02/09 10:58 AM
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bohmer2 pro stock B Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,392 Thayer, MO	Quote: 68 Coronet wagon 8 3/4 in mine. Had to change the spring pads (and they need to be redone), but otherwise fits just fine. Rod Which disc brake kit is that on that rear, Scarbird? Looks like the rotors are drilled for both gm and mopar patterns?

Re: rear end ? [Re: bohmer2] #274077 04/02/09 06:56 PM 04/02/09 06:56 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 12,481 Chino Valley RodStRace I Live Here
RodStRace I Live Here Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 12,481 Chino Valley	Quote: Quote: 68 Coronet wagon 8 3/4 in mine. Had to change the spring pads (and they need to be redone), but otherwise fits just fine. Rod Which disc brake kit is that on that rear, Scarbird? Looks like the rotors are drilled for both gm and mopar patterns? PM sent

Re: rear end ? [Re: RodStRace] #274078 04/05/09 01:40 PM 04/05/09 01:40 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga 3 36PLYM enthusiast
36PLYM enthusiast 3 Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga	Quote: Quote: Quote: 68 Coronet wagon 8 3/4 in mine. Had to change the spring pads (and they need to be redone), but otherwise fits just fine. Rod Which disc brake kit is that on that rear, Scarbird? Looks like the rotors are drilled for both gm and mopar patterns? What disc brake kit is this? 36 Plymouth Coupe 318 w/360 heads 518 trans 8 3/4 rear Ga. Tech BCE'78

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