No Patrick gears for 3/4 ton. BUT, you can use early 70's maybe other years
pumpkin part, whole unit, and it is a bolt in deal. Gives some higher gears,
not a lot. Someone on this or other lists have done it and have a
picture/tech story either on their own site or maybe on www.chevytrucks.org
site? Check around. Ask on Forums at www.stovebolt.com too. That way you can
use orig axles, brakes and all. Think it has to be the "floater" type axles
that unbolt and pull out of ends of hubs.
G. L. Perry
Huntington, IN 46750
glperry@fwi.com
Big AD trucks, COE
MM tractors and 1 Oliver!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobby D Keeland" <bob_keeland@usgs.gov>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 3:08 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] New gears for highway speed in 54 3/4 ton
> I thought that someone had mentioned a place that now supplies new gears
to
> fit into the housing of a 54 3/4 ton truck. Was I dreaming? I could not
> find the original post on the archives. Seems like it was Patricks, but
> couldn't find anything there that said 3/4 ton. I want to check out the
> differences in price for keeping the original 3/4 ton rearend with new,
> more highway compatiable gearing, versus swapping out for a Nova (or some
> such) rearend. I would prefer to keep the truck "heavy duty" as I will be
> using it to haul lots of stuff here and there.
>
> Anyone got any suggestions?
>
> BobK
> 51 3600 5-window (still in pieces with a 54 3600 frame)
> Arnaudville, LA
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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