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  1. 09-20-2010 02:55 PM #1
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    Just keep your head out from under the tire as you count
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    Quote Originally Posted by cffisher View Post
    Just keep your head out from under the tire as you count
    Uh huh, sounds like the voice of experience, Charlie.

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    If it's an open rear end, jack up one wheel and turn it two turns, counting the driveshaft turns.
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    Quote Originally Posted by R Pope View Post
    If it's an open rear end, jack up one wheel and turn it two turns, counting the driveshaft turns.
    That's the right way to do it
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    OK so if the rear end is supposed to be a 323 how does that equate to revolutions?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sfort View Post
    OK so if the rear end is supposed to be a 323 how does that equate to revolutions?
    3¼ will get you there.

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