Pinion Depth 12bolt

[Ron Sutton]

We use drop out 9" Fords with floater style housing rear ends ... with hollow axles ... so it's easy. We just slide an axle into the splines of the carrier ... and thread a bolt into the outer end of the hollow axle (where a plug would normally go) and put the inch/pound wrench on.



When we do non-floaters, we have old axles with a nut welded in the center of the axle flange face. Hmmmm. There has to be several ways, but it will depend on what you have handy at your garage ... and I don't what you can do in your garage.

Any old axles you can weld a nut on?
Can you make a plate with 5 holes that goes over the end of an axle studs (to weld a nut to) ?

[Quickboat]

We use drop out 9" Fords with floater style housing rear ends ... with hollow axles ... so it's easy. We just slide an axle into the splines of the carrier ... and thread a bolt into the outer end of the hollow axle (where a plug would normally go) and put the inch/pound wrench on.

When we do non-floaters, we have old axles with a nut welded in the center of the axle flange face. Hmmmm. There has to be several ways, but it will depend on what you have handy at your garage ... and I don't what you can do in your garage.

Any old axles you can weld a nut on?
Can you make a plate with 5 holes that goes over the end of an axle studs (to weld a nut to) ?

I went with 33 spline axles so the old ones are useless, but I would have no clue as to what the in/lbs would be with the carrier tagging along anyhow.