I ended up spending about $300, excluding new brakes, when I replaced the
rear under my truck, and I already had the rear. Part of my expense was
that I paid a shop to put new pads on the axle.
I did most the work to remove and replace the axle, and if you have the gear
work done at a shop, I doubt you'd do any more work than I did replacing the
entire axle.
Don't know if this is any help, but its what I can contribute.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobby D Keeland" <bob_keeland@usgs.gov>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] New gears for highway speed in 54 3/4 ton
> Tom,
>
> Thanks for the reply. So, lets see if I got this right.
>
> I take the original 54 3/4 ton rearend and replace the middle part
> (pumpkin?) but keep the axle shafts and housings, then replace some of the
> gearing inside the pumpkin with new parts from Carters? Is this right? I
> assume that the whole rearend from the 67-72 3/4 ton pickup is too wide
for
> a 54 (~51 cab). Do you know of any web based description of the process
> for all of this? And, is it worth the effort to do all of this in order
to
> keep the heavy duty rearend as opposed to finding something else that is
> heavy duty? Any suggestions from anyone????
>
> BobK
> 51 3600 5-window (still in pieces and on a 54 frame)
> Arnaudville, LA
>
>
>
>
>
> Tom3600@webtv.net
> To:
bob_keeland@usgs.gov (Bobby D Keeland)
> 11/19/02 06:29 PM cc:
oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks]
New gears for highway speed in 54
> 3/4 ton
>
>
>
>
>
> BobK ~
>
> First of all you need to get the complete third member (differential)
> (pumpkin) from a 1967-1972 Chevy C20 3/4 ton pickup with automatic
> tranny. This is a 4.10 ratio as opposed to your stock 4.57. Once you
> have this carrier I understand that there are vendors (Carter) who sell
> a 3.90 that fits this carrier. I spent about 3 years and $250.00 &
> $50.00 shipping just to find a used 4.10. Since I already have a Chevy
> S10 T5 tranny I am staying with the 4.10 ratio.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Poterack
> Moline, IL.
> Z49 Chevy Pickup Retro Rod
> Inliner #3511 V8's R not INLINE
> http://community.webtv.net/TOMPOT/TOMS1949CHEVYPICKUP
>
>
> ----- Message from "Bobby D Keeland" <bob_keeland@usgs.gov> on Tue, 19 Nov
> 2002 14:08:00 -0600 -----
>
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>
> Subject: [oletrucks] New gears for highway speed
> in 54 3/4 ton
>
>
> I thought that someone had mentioned a place that now supplies new gears
to
> fit into the housing of a 54 3/4 ton truck. Was I dreaming? I could not
> find the original post on the archives. Seems like it was Patricks, but
> couldn't find anything there that said 3/4 ton. I want to check out the
> differences in price for keeping the original 3/4 ton rearend with new,
> more highway compatiable gearing, versus swapping out for a Nova (or some
> such) rearend. I would prefer to keep the truck "heavy duty" as I will be
> using it to haul lots of stuff here and there.
>
> Anyone got any suggestions?
>
> BobK
> 51 3600 5-window (still in pieces with a 54 3600 frame)
> Arnaudville, LA
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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