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just been out and snapped rear drive pinion
would the drive pinion out of a spare front diff/ same ratio work or not?
yours in HP

warwick

kruza wazza wrote:just been out and snapped rear drive pinion
would the drive pinion out of a spare front diff/ same ratio work or not?
yours in HP

warwick

Ideally you would put a matched crown wheel and pinion in for smooth and quiet running, if how ever you have a crown wheel and a spare pinion from different sets then rock on, life span may not be great, it may be noisy, i have done it in a vehicle years ago and could not hear it over the V8 anyway,

Cheers


Pedro

kruza wazza wrote:just been out and snapped rear drive pinion
would the drive pinion out of a spare front diff/ same ratio work or not?
yours in HP

warwick

You cant just fit the pinion by it self because they are a matched pair with Crownwheel so you have to fit both.

Cheers Richard

but the crown wheel is diff ?? or not ,??

kruza wazza wrote:but the crown wheel is diff ?? or not ,??

Up until 1990 cruiser front and rear diff had the same ring and Pinion.
After that they had a reverse cut in the front

Cheers Richard

so , remove axles then diff head and swap ? front spare to rear ?? W

will work if the rear diff is full floater.
if semi floating it wont work.

what is the differance?

kruza wazza wrote:what is the differance?

If you look at the stub you will see the Axle has a flange that is bolted in on a fully floating. If you undo those bolt the axle will pull out.

On a semi floating they have C clips in the diff that holds the axles in.

Big Difference and a Semi floating won't fit in the front diff.

Cheers Richard

you can use the front head in the rear .just need to run the block and pin in between the side gears and make sure the side gear shims are a snug fit when installed