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Wanted to start this thread because of several reasons.
Cut down an 8 3/4 housing for my 68 Dart before Christmas. Used the 8 3/4 dimension chart in the BigBlockDart tech section and it listed the stock A-body 8 3/4 flange to flange length (A) as 51 1/4". I didn't have a spare housing with the brakes off at the time, so I took it for gospel and had a C-body housing cut down.
Tried to install the brakes, chunk and axles and found the new cut down housing to be too short!! Measured a friends A-body housing and it was 52 5/8 - almost 1 1/2" too short!!
So heres the question:
1) Seems the info in the tech section is incorrect and needs to be corrected. Who can update the matrix?
2) What is the best (and hopefully cheapest) method to properly fix the problem so that the existing SB stock axles and 10" brakes will fit with no mechanical issues? Not really interested in using this rearend anytime soon so I may be selling it off, but can't sell a lemon.
Open to comments. Appears the tapper on the axle shaft hits the chunk such that I can't just machine off 1/2" off the end of each axle. Thought about adding 1/2" to the end of each flange . . . but looking for better solutions (other than cutting down another housing).
Thanks,
Greg
Cut down an 8 3/4 housing for my 68 Dart before Christmas. Used the 8 3/4 dimension chart in the BigBlockDart tech section and it listed the stock A-body 8 3/4 flange to flange length (A) as 51 1/4". I didn't have a spare housing with the brakes off at the time, so I took it for gospel and had a C-body housing cut down.
Tried to install the brakes, chunk and axles and found the new cut down housing to be too short!! Measured a friends A-body housing and it was 52 5/8 - almost 1 1/2" too short!!
So heres the question:
1) Seems the info in the tech section is incorrect and needs to be corrected. Who can update the matrix?
2) What is the best (and hopefully cheapest) method to properly fix the problem so that the existing SB stock axles and 10" brakes will fit with no mechanical issues? Not really interested in using this rearend anytime soon so I may be selling it off, but can't sell a lemon.
Open to comments. Appears the tapper on the axle shaft hits the chunk such that I can't just machine off 1/2" off the end of each axle. Thought about adding 1/2" to the end of each flange . . . but looking for better solutions (other than cutting down another housing).
Thanks,
Greg