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Ford 9" rear end

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Subject: Ford 9" rear end
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:29:35 -0500
Any body done the swap of the AMC rear to a Ford 9"?  If so can I talk
you into writting a article for The Brickline.  

I have a Ford 9", posi, with disk brakes sitting in the garage.  I was 
going to wait until after I had the car on the road to look at the 
conversion.  However, after being beaten up for about 3 days over the 
Xmas holidays by my dad and neighbor, I caved in.  I've started cleaning
it up and trying to get ready to put it in the car.

The 1st problem I have with it, is attaching the drive shaft.  Tthe AMC rear
has a yoke (for lack of a better term) comming out the front (I think thats
the pinion shaft).  Anyway, the AMC's yoke is set up to take a U joint and
the U joint is held in place by 2 U bolts.  On the Ford rear end, I don't
have a yoke.  (And NO wise cracks from the peanut gallery about the yoke
being on me.)  What is on this rear end is a flat plate with 4 holes drilled
in it.  Consiquently, the drive shaft has a flange on the U joint to mate
to the flange on the rear.  Several people I tried to explain this to thought
I was nuts.  I couldn't understand their lack of understanding since ALL 
my other cars (with the exception of the front wheel drive cars and the CV
joints - and even some of them have the flanges) have this flange type of
arrangement and NOT the yoke.

So I guess the question is, where do I go about trying to find a yoke that
will fit the Ford 9".  I don't really want to cut up my drive shaft.

John


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