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01-20-2009, 05:49 PM
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Location: Cleveland, OH
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Rear end question
I am under the impression from this forum that 5 lug axles from a 71 or 72 chevy cannot be swapped into a 70 or below housing because the lengths are different. Depending on when a '70 was made it may have the longer axles already.
Is the overall length of the rear end changed? If so, if a whole rear end is swapped is there anything different with the 71 or 72 rear end besides the fact that the rear end is a little wider? |
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01-20-2009, 05:58 PM
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 Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: MISSOURI
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Re: Rear end question
What you say is what I think. Some of these wizzards swap out and end up with wider housings then use a different backspacing for the wheels to compensate the length difference. One or more will chime in here. But them that have done this goter down pat.
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01-26-2009, 12:00 AM
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Too Dumb To Know Better
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Texas
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Re: Rear end question
A late year 70 model may have the wider rear end. My Jimmy did and the 5 lug axles were the same width. Some people put the 5 lug axles in the narrow rear ends and run them, but I wouldn't.
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