Thanks, Bill, I figured out it's a 4:11
Grant
-----Original Message-----
From: Hanlon, Bill <Bill.Hanlon@compaq.com>
To: 'G. Simmons' <gls@4link.net>; Ole Truckers <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, September 04, 2000 11:48 AM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] 59 (?) Rear end
>Check to make sure BOTH sides of the axle only made two turns.
>I have never seen a TF rear axle with a lower (numerically) ratio than
>3.08:1.
>GMC master parts manual lists 3.08, 3.90, 4.11 and 4.56 as standard or
>optional
>ratios on half ton GMC models from 55.2 thru 59.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: G. Simmons [mailto:gls@4link.net]
>Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 12:40 AM
>To: Ole Truckers
>Subject: [oletrucks] 59 (?) Rear end
>
>
>I found a rear end in the old junkyard today which has me puzzled. It is
>six lug, marked 59 chev and looks like that's what it is. When I spin the
>yoke, the axle revolves just over 2 times. Was there a
>2-point-something-to-1 rear end in 59? If so, what engine / tranny did it
>take?
>
>If not, what the heck could it be?
>
>Regards,
>
>Grant S.
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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