FORD 8" or 9" ?

To help out some members who might not know, on the previous thread by Carlos Murphy regarding the 9" and the drain plug, our good friend Gastrick, submitted a real nice pic of the center section of his Ford 9". If you look close at the bottom 2 bolts, or studs and nuts in this case, {much stronger-nice work Bill!} that hold the center section to the axle housing- if you CAN get to these nuts or bolts with a SOCKET, it is a 8" rear. If you need a WRENCH to access or tighten these lower 2 bolts/nuts, then it is a 9". Simple and easy way to tell when dumpster diving, but dont dismiss a Ford 8" for no reason, it's still a pretty stout piece.

Since you have 2muchtorque, you better stick with a 9"!

Beercan

rustybeercan said:

Since you have 2muchtorque, you better stick with a 9"!

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Why stop there?

4340 Chrome Moly 35 spline axles, Detroit locker, Nodular Iron center case, and a Richmond ring an pinion, and a couple quarts of Red-Line Synthetic SHOCK-PROOF HEAVY, lets rock!!

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When I read about the evils of drinking........ I gave up reading

I was saving this center section for a future project, but my dad "borrowed" it for his 48 Pontiac

That's dang neared bullet proof. Pretty hard to find that around these parts

Daman said:

That's dang neared bullet proof. Pretty hard to find that around these parts

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I pulled it out of a 69 Torino in a junkyard in 1981. There was almost nothing left of the rest of the car. I don't know why the rear wasn't already taken. I paid 25 bucks for it.

are there certain years these 9" are found and what in ?thanks chip...