ford 10.25 axle

[demon jeep]

Why doesn't anyone use the ford big big rear. it doesn't look much bigger than a 14 bolt. The speck sheet that I looked at said the ring gear was bigger and also the saft were the size of a 60 or 14 bolt. I cant rember all of the details I was just looking at one on a truck acroos the road. Plus the new ones have factory disc brakes.

 

[bobdog]

I think they are a pretty good rear end. They have 1.5" 35 spline shafts, and a 10.25 ring gear(later superduty have 10.5 and discs-metric lug pattern though). The only problems are crush sleeve, and leaky wheel seals on the early ones fixed by the factory in 93 or 94 fix can be retrofitted to older axles. Opening the cover reveals that they cant be shaved so look before you get oiut the grinder. Pour an extra pint of gear lube in the vent because the fill hole is too low and you can starve a wheel bearing easy. Lockers are way cheaper for 14 bolts and the 14 bolt are cheaper to begin with.