Re: [AMC-List] Shipped! Trans coming, Rear Axle?

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" He shipped The T-5 out yesterday afternoon.
" Well, to be fair he entered the info into FedEx's system at 3:48 am yesterday morning. It wasn't actually moving in their hands until 4PM though.
"   It shows 90lbs, so lets hope he didn't ship me a pile of Bricks!

that's about the right weight...

" I found out that a Late model two wheel drive S10 axle is only 54"
" wide, but it only has a 7 5/8" ring, slightly larger than the 7 9/16"
" AMC-15 itis available with vented discs too and there are a bunch of
" them around fairly cheap. Plus it can be had with 3:42 gears. The
" spring perches would need moved and 1" wheel spacers would put it back
" at correct width or deeper dish wheels. I'm just thinking on this for
" now as one step at a time is good enough. Anyone have any thoughts?

s-10s were available with 4.3 v6s - might they have had the bigger
8.5" diff?  or could it have come with a tow/hd pkg etc?

what about astro vans?  they were loosely based on the s-10.

"  Stock 69 American axle width is supposed to be 56" correct? 

you're in luck -- '64-9 american amc15 is 55", amc20 is 55.3" - maybe
just wider wheels.

'73-6 dart/valiant 8.25" is 55.6".  disk brake cars these years have
5x4.5" bolt circle...  '91-up jeep axle tube ends are the same, so
maybe zj or newish wrangler/liberty rear disks would fit.  lotsa 3.55
posi jeeps...  lotsa '91-up with 8.25" axles...  width for the xj and
afaik all jeeps is 60.75", though i don't know if this is flange-
flange or track with the deep-offset wheels.  also, '95-up went to 29
spline halfshafts, but perhaps they could be shortened and resplined
to fit a late chuck in a dart housing.

" Pluses are
" One piece axle
" vented disc

fyi zj disks are solid, dunno about '04?-up wrangler/liberty

" Internal drum ebrake on the discs
" Posi 
" Minuses
" 2" too narrow

1"

" Move spring perches
" Small ring, but I've never broken the stock AMC15

they must be pretty tough, to stand up to the 4.0 in the chunky zj.
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Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
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