Re: Tom's Axles Q's...

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@domain.elided>]

jmbrodsky@domain.elided wrote:

>         From '67 to '72 GM used the 12 bolts and 14 bolt corporate axles.
>      When I was restoring the '72 3 door that I had, I was told only corp
>      stuff, and Dana fronts.  No dana rears.  The Dodge trucks from the

Hmm.. funny.. someone said they had one, and it had a '60 rear.. might
not have been 67-72, but it was right around then.. hmmmm...

Paul Weitlauf was the man that made the claim.. said he had a couple
like that but had sold 'em off... 

>      same era had a 35 spline D60 8 lug rear.  Maybe that's it?  That's

The Dodges did?  *Finally* a confirmation. :-)

>      what I was trying to get out of the junk yard.  Someone took one axle
>      shaft out before I got there, so I passed.  I got the leaf springs

I was thinking you could just get a Dana 70 axle shaft that would work,
too.. and cut it down.

>      big3 truck axles.  The trucks from the big3 are, GET READY, 9" WIDER
>      than a ScoutII axle.  This was one of IHs marketing points.  They said

OK.. you said the J10 axles are 4" wider than the T'all though.. and the
T'all was just slighly narrower than the Big 3, so... the Jeep J10 1/2T
pickup was wider than a Chevy?.. or am I misreading something..

>      you can get a Scout where a truck won't go because it's so narrow,
>      same running gear just narrower.  Hey get ready for more than half the
>      tire to be outside of the fender with big3 stuff under there!

No kiddin!  I'd have to cut the wheel wells just to keep the tires from
cutting apart on the fender lip since they wouldn't stuff!  ;-)  And
here I am, going from a Scout II chassis that already lost all of the
bed and inner metal stuff (the outer rear quarters were attached via
some box tubing welded to the sheet metal and the frame to hold 'em at
about the right spot.. the main part of the bed is still there, but no
inner quarters) to one that has a tub... sheesh, I should've hauled the
tub back east n' sold it as a "Rust Free Tub" for a few hundred bones.
:-)

-Tom