Re: [Amc-list] 2.73 ratior model 20 carrier

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "RetroRalph" <retroralph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" Armand,
" I scanned a couple pages on the AMC 20 rear-ends with this type of info 
" from Dick Datson's "The AMC Survival Book"  that I have here.It is 4 
" image scans range from 77k to 211K file size I think.
" 
" I believe it indicates the 2.73 diff is only is for the 7 9/16" rear end 
" for both STD and TwinGrip.  It is not shown in spec for the 8 7/8" rear 
" end.  It shows as being 15/41 tooth gears for the 7 9/16" which must be 
" the AMC 15 Rear.

datson's info is incomplete.

7 9/16 is indeed the amc15, but there was a 2.73 for the amc20 as
well, beginning about '76 or so, on a new carrier.  there was also a
2.56; both are still used in the amc20s in h1 hummers - at least, the
military ones.

of minuscule importance, there's 3.08 gears in a 'heavy hummer'
[probably the uprated armor model].  i haven't been able to discover
if they're the same as the jeep 3.07s for the 3-series carrier, or if
they're a special set for the 2-series carrier, so that the military
only has to cover one differential.  what's the point?  the hummer
diff is a gleason torsen, possibly the best posi ever invented, but
not available on the retail market.  if there was an amc20 3-series
version...  though how a civilian would get his hands on an ordinarily
military-channel part i don't know, but the 2-series torsens should be
as close as your local hummer dealer's parts dept.
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