Thanks Roger. My current rear is not original, and is a different type, so
this option won't do it. I've never figured out what the current rear end
is out of, but it appears to have been modified to fit.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Roger.Gleason@uconn.edu>
To: "Steve Hanberg" <steve@OldSub.com>
Cc: "OleTrucks mailing List" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>;
<owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Pinion going
> Steve I found this in some old messages I have saved... Hope it helps. I
> think a later post says the center section went to 72.
> Roger Gleason
> 51 3100 AD Huckster
>
> "I made a similar switch so I could put in a 3 spd OD but took a
> different
> approach. The 55 to 62 center section will bolt right into an AD housing
> but you
> will have to weld on spring perches that don't pivot. This way you can
keep
> your
> original rear Huck brakes matched to the front and original e brake
cables.
> I
> found a '70 Malibu wgn drive shaft to be the right length and later found
a
> Task
> Force drive shaft to also fit. There may be others if your junkyard keeps
> an
> assortment of driveshafts.
> Are you going to the open driveshaft to put in a truck 4 spd? If so you
> will be
> getting an sturdier trans and the addition of a Granny Gear but otherwise
> the
> final ratio is the same and the spread between the other gears is somewhat
> worse
> than your stock 3 spd.
> Just my 2 cents."
>
> Grant 50 3100
>
>
> STEVEWY@aol.com wrote:
>
> >" My neighbor has a 4 speed transmission and rear end from a '55 second
> series
> > that has been totally rebuilt, new brakes, shoes drums, synchros in the
> > transmission ,etc. He would like to sell it to me and I am wondering
how
> much
> > of a job it is to change over from the torque tube driveline to an open
> drive
> > line? It looks to me like the spring mountings would have to be changed
> on
> > the '55, and a new drive shaft made to fit. Is this a good modification
> or
> > should I just stay with the torque tube?
> >
> > I have just recently started work on this pickup and have never driven
> it, It
> > was in pieces when I got it so don't know the condition of the
> transmission or
> > rear end.
> >
> > Thanks in advance."
> >
> > Steve Wyatt
> > '50 3100 5 window deluxe
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Steve Hanberg"
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Pinion going
>
>
> 06/26/02 08:53 PM
> Please respond to
> "Steve Hanberg"
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yesterday I crawled under my 55 1st series suburban to locate the growling
> noise it has developed. I determined that the pinion bearing is gone.
Its
> not the universal, its definitely the pinion that is moving around.
>
> I know I have a number of options, but since I wanted to change axel
> ratios,
> it seems the best answer is to swap another axel under the truck. The
> questions is what. I know I've seen a web site that listed various
> options,
> and the pros and cons of each, but now that I need it, I can't find it.
> Can
> anyone point me to that site, or perhaps tell me what they used, and why
it
> was a good/bad choice?
>
> I'd sure appreciate any ideas.
>
> steve@oldsub.com
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