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
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. O
Bobby, they make them, or did. i belive a manufactuer did a run for a vendor, but don't know if they sold out or will do another run. Don't remember the vendor's name but it was a rear end shop. Art'
Oh yea, DUH, in my earlier post I said I found a 3.90 in a '70 pickup. I had brain lock it was a 4.10. -- John Dorsey Wauchula FL http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey '49 3800 Chevy Panel '52 640 GMC Fire
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
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
No Patrick gears for 3/4 ton. BUT, you can use early 70's maybe other years pumpkin part, whole unit, and it is a bolt in deal. Gives some higher gears, not a lot. Someone on this or other lists have
FYI some 1962s have a 3:90 ratio don't know if the 3rd member will fit up but maybe someone else will know. -- __________________________________________________________ oletrucks is devoted to Chevy
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Anyone know if the 1962 3:90 will fit in a 54 3/4 ton rear? Also, with a 4:10 (or 3:90 if possible) rearend and 283 v-8, what "manual" transmission would be good for highway speeds (65-70 without ove