Thanks for the information which is very usefull on one of our current
projects for a shop truck. We got the valves from Patrick this week for a
head rebuild.
Dave Shier
>From: <safesix@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: <safesix@earthlink.net>
>To: Cat849@aol.com
>CC: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 50 GMC
>Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:48:28 -0700
>
>The 3/4 rear gearing is pretty low for highway use. Something like 5.13 or
>so.
>Unfortunately there are no taller ring and pinion sets readily available
>for
>this diff. About the easiest option is to replace the entire rear with
>something of similar width. Here is a link listing rear end widths:
>
>http://50chevy.freeservers.com/Suspension_Widths
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Jack / Winter Park FL
>
>On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 12:06:44 EDT Cat849@aol.com wrote:
>
>Good morning. I finally was able to get my 50 GMC trailered to my shop over
>the weekend. What a beauty. This truck spent most of it's time on a cattle
>ranch in eastern Oregon. Needless to say rust will not be a big problem in
>the restoration of this vehicle. The pickup is a 3/4 ton.
>My question is can I change the gearing in the rear end? If so what gear
>ratio should I look for so to accommodate a higher gearing for highway
>travel? Thanks for any suggestions or comments..........
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