Rear End BINGO!

From: Jay Laifman (Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com)
Date: Wed Feb 10 1999 - 09:08:52 CST

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Rob wrote:

>I went out to the car( SV on jack stands ) put a rim on the rear hub
>and started spinning, After 9 revolutions of the rim I had counted 19
>revolutions of the drive shaft. Doing the math I get 2.11 turns of the
>drive shaft to 1 revolution of the wheel. Can anyone tell me by this
>information if I have a 4.22 or 3.89 rear end?

2.11 is 1/2 of 4.22. You were turning one wheel. So, the differential was
splitting the rotations in half. So, bingo you've got a 4.22.

Jay

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