Re: [Amc-list] silly ford axle question?

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The 8" Maverick rear axle is the narrowest 8" axle out there AFAIK!
It is a dead near perfect bolt in for the American, narrow for anything else.
It is about 56" -56 3/4" wide total. I don't have the exact number handy right now.
I would dearly love to use one in mine, but the costs of putting one together seems to be within $200 of doing a 9" so I'm guessing I will not be using the 8".
  I want to get the gearset in 3:55 range and that was not an option in the Mavericks, nor are very many of them posi, so by the time I would add up all the "upgrades" well, It all adds up!
  25 years ago I built one. The 3:55 geared pumpkin was to be found in the Mustang II V6 axles. $50 for a used pig and I was all set, no posi but it still worked well. The car was actually faster with the 3:55 8" open then with 4:11 9" posi. It's all in the combination I guess.

No, IT IS NOT A SILLY QUESTION!
any search for an improvement over the two piece axles is NOT silly!
It's SMART!
Anyone who has ever had to get his cars hooked in with a spun hub will agree!!!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
> " From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> " 
> " Anyone know about maybe grafting a Ford Maverick rear axle into a Spirit? 
> " (Specifically '75 Maverick with 6 cyl and '82 Spirit) My model 15 rear axle 
> " has been making noises that I don't like and I have access to the Mav diff 
> " for free.
> 
> i looked into swapping it into an american.  iirc the spring perches
> are right, but i think it's a bit narrower than the spirit rear.  that
> may not be a problem for you.
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