Well I settled on "build new axle from scratch"
On Monday I ordered
one of these
Two of these
Two of these
and some .5" wall DOM :greg:
They should be a driver drop housing by the end of next week....
I will round it out with alloy shafts, some 4.56 gears, Summit Machine drive flanges and either a detroit or a popright....
I'm using Chev inner shafts because there is only one frickin length for all Chev's and Dodges vs the *723 for Ford and because other than the magic year of Ford, Chev/Dodge gives more room on the short side for a coil bucket.
I'm using Ford outers for 2 reasons 1) they are shorter, shorter is
2) with Chev/Dodge you pretty much HAVE to buy
new spindles/hubs/brake components... however with Ford, the junk yards are full of TTB 50s that no one wants.... All of the parts from the knuckle out bolt right onto my pretty Reid knuckles :greg: TTB 50 worthless? I'd say not :greg: