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    thats to cut down a 75 pickup rear end he has that is all
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    Pat do you respline??
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    Van does look somewhat like one that was on the Astro sites with a user name of Nitropro.Been awhile since I had seen it,but the last time it was in color.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cffisher View Post
    Pat do you respline??
    no i send them out to mosier they would re drill for the 4.3/4 on 5 put new bearings and respline re face them for a very far price but some times you can not respline them has they are rolled splined and axles O.D are under size for them to cut less its very short over all
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    I always went to Mosier I just thought maybe you did them. They have a quick turnaround they just done the ones for my Nova
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    hard to beat there turn around and not far away from us. i had a customer drive down there and wait to have a set re cut it was a set of there axles shafts. i have some of the tooling to re hob them. i still would have a hard time to beat there turn around
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    Okay Pat, Work up a price like I asked before. Complete housing, using my core. Narrowed to 60 inches, center the pinion, new carrier and gears and new spring perches welded on. (I will set the axle and tack the perches before I give it to you.)Pm Me if you want.
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    hard for me to set the pinion angle .the spring perches should be welded on last so you can set the pinion angle under the truck with engine and trans were it will be with weight on axle .i work up a price axles on center . new iron N case . big bearing pin support .solid bushing with shim pack.new yoke.limited slip setup give me two days and i PM you
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    Quote Originally Posted by pat mccarthy View Post
    hard for me to set the pinion angle .the spring perches should be welded on last so you can set the pinion angle under the truck with engine and trans were it will be with weight on axle .i work up a price axles on center . new iron N case . big bearing pin support .solid bushing with shim pack.new yoke.limited slip setup give me two days and i PM you
    Sounds like a plan. I will set the pinion angle before I give you the housing. That will get done probably week after next.
    I haven't done ANY car shows this year due to the van build but I plan on doing back to the bricks. You planning to come down? Maybe we could hook up Saturday.
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    well no i have never been there .my cars have not been out this year bad year so next year i hope??? my stuff is in town stuff price of gas to run down to the brick would kill me .we can met off I75 some were or my shop what ever works for you
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    I'll keep you in the loop. You will know when I am ready to do the rear end. Probably be a couple of weeks.
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    Got the rear end housing cleaned up and ready to narrow. I am taking the housing to a certain gentleman in Bay City to narrow and rebuild it. New bearings, yoke, True-Trac, nodular 3rd member w/ 3.90's and new axles from Moser. Assembled and ready for lube and paint.
    I cut off all of the old brackets and ground everything smooth.
    http://images107.fotki.com/v780/phot...MVC006F-vi.jpg
    I sprayed it down with Simple Green, inside and out, let it sit for a few minutes then hit it with the pressure washer. Cleaned up nice.
    http://images112.fotki.com/v355/phot...jpg?1314580364
    I'll call you today Pat to set up a drop-off time.
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    The spindles are ready to go! Once these were ground down and smoothed out they look fantastic!
    We also knocked off the caliper ears in preparation for the Corvette abutment brackets.
    Outside view
    http://images108.fotki.com/v191/phot...MVC016F-vi.jpg
    Top View
    http://images114.fotki.com/v145/phot...MVC019F-vi.jpg
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    http://images58.fotki.com/v511/photo...MVC018F-vi.jpg
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    Knocking off the old caliper "ears". We sawzalled the ears off at the felt pen lines.
    http://images18.fotki.com/v329/photo...MVC009F-vi.jpg
    All gone, blended and ready to drill and tap for 7/16-20 bolts.
    http://images114.fotki.com/v145/phot...MVC011F-vi.jpg
    This is the new abutment bracket in place before we did any cutting.
    http://images107.fotki.com/v67/photo...MVC010F-vi.jpg
    Thanks for looking.
    Any thoughts on these arms?
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    I am open to all comments on these. I do have to admit they look very beefy. I do know there is a lot more weld and actual "arm" supporting the new location.
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    The chassis is on the rotisserie as of Sunday morning. Had to reconfigure the brackets I made last year to hang the '49 F1 frame.
    http://images108.fotki.com/v191/phot...MVC001F-vi.jpg
    http://images58.fotki.com/v511/photo...MVC005F-vi.jpg
    http://images15.fotki.com/v245/photo...MVC017F-vi.jpg
    http://images114.fotki.com/v74/photo...MVC018F-vi.jpg
    This will work great for final welding, clean up and paint...
    Thanks for looking
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    looks good... the 9 looks not to bad no barnacles hanging off it
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