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Re: Rear End Swap (UPDATE)
« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2008, 02:53:53 pm »
Cool!
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Re: Rear End Swap (UPDATE)
« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2008, 05:19:31 pm »
Geez Lorne. More! More!!  :D
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Re: Rear End Swap (UPDATE)
« Reply #17 on: September 03, 2008, 09:50:52 am »
IMPRESSIVE

WOW

What can I say?   GREAT JOB Lorne ;)
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Re: Rear End Swap (UPDATE)
« Reply #18 on: September 03, 2008, 11:28:56 am »
Awesome awesome! Really dig those "cal trac" bars. So those work by preventing spring wrap, right? Yet they still allow regular movement of the spring and axle?
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Re: Rear End Swap (UPDATE)
« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2008, 03:27:46 pm »
Yes, that is what they do, the axle won't try to wrap since they are limited by the bar.
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Re: Rear End Swap (UPDATE)
« Reply #20 on: September 03, 2008, 11:15:12 pm »
I forgot to ask, how do you change out the gear oil in the diff case? Is there a plug on the front side?
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Re: Rear End Swap (UPDATE)
« Reply #21 on: September 03, 2008, 11:53:10 pm »
Don, Yes the cast iron (front) case has a fill plug about a 1/3 of the way up. You just fill until it starts to come out. As for the drain, originally you loosen the nuts & gently pry out on the bottom & let it go in a pan, just like you would a rearend cover. On most of the housings I build, I put a drain plug in the bottom so it's much neater to drain & virtuly all of it comes out, not leaving it level with the bolt flange like the original set-up. In the photo the center part of the housing is upside down. Lorne
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Re: Rear End Swap (UPDATE)
« Reply #22 on: September 26, 2009, 04:00:53 pm »
Really nice work. Impressive fab skills. Nice shop, too.
How did flipping the rear hangers/shackles affect the height?
Also, do you have any pics of the rear brake setup?
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Re: Rear End Swap (UPDATE)
« Reply #23 on: September 29, 2009, 06:49:45 pm »
Thank You! I searched through my Photobucket, I don't have any pic's of the brakes, Sorry. They are basically unmodified '96 Crown Vic stuff.
 As for flipping the rear hangers...it would have to make the truck sit a little higher than a regular flip. If you look where the rear eye is compared to the frame & then look at a stock hanger/shackle, mine is lower (thus raising the truck) however the rear end being half way up the spring, it wouldn't be all that much at the wheelwell (1 1/2" or so I'm guessing). A lowering block of some sort could be used if needed. Here's a couple pictures to get an idea how it sits, however I have done an angled (front to rear) 2" body drop so you have to concider this when comparing ride height to other trucks. Lorne 


 
 
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