Thread: Rearend off set

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Mornin' People. I'm feelin' kinda stupid right now. Here is the story. Went to talk to a friend of mine, who works at a junk yard, about a Ford rearend for my 46. After a little bit of comparison shopping, old to new, and conversation, I was convinced that purchasing a brand new 2002 Explorer rearend with 3.73 gears and posi was the way to go. Took it home, cut and ground off all the brackets, ordered the TCI kit to install it. So far so good. Kept looking at it sitting in the garage, wondering what "felt" wrong. This weekend got out the measuring tape again, tied a string from the front center to the rear center and found the collar sits 2 5/8" off center. I guess I thought all rearends would be in the center so the drive shaft would line up with the transmission.. Any ideas on what to do now?

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http://www.drivetrain.com/driveline_angle_problem.html

Don't worry about it!. I've been using Ford rears in custom installations for over thirty years. Just get your pinion angle (up and down) correct and the side offset doesn't seem to bother. Watch your tunnel clearance. Ford gets away with it!

Originally posted by Roper
Mornin' People. I'm feelin' kinda stupid right now. Here is the story. Went to talk to a friend of mine, who works at a junk yard, about a Ford rearend for my 46. After a little bit of comparison shopping, old to new, and conversation, I was convinced that purchasing a brand new 2002 Explorer rearend with 3.73 gears and posi was the way to go. Took it home, cut and ground off all the brackets, ordered the TCI kit to install it. So far so good. Kept looking at it sitting in the garage, wondering what "felt" wrong. This weekend got out the measuring tape again, tied a string from the front center to the rear center and found the collar sits 2 5/8" off center. I guess I thought all rearends would be in the center so the drive shaft would line up with the transmission.. Any ideas on what to do now?

Yea.....Da' Fords are off center. You'll have ta' center the punkin' and run the drive shaft @ an angle or.... run the drive shaft straight and have the punkin' off center. The only way to get the punkin' and the yoke centered is with an aftermarket housing that offsets the center section in the housing to make it apear they line up. I'm gonna behave and not do any FORD jokes. Being a Chevy peerson it is very hard to restrain myself tho. Not to mention being a 9" owner I better not be too hard on the FORD engineers. Spoz' I'm gonna get an earfull from the oval guys now. HE HE HE

Originally posted by Streets
Oval guys have EARS?? Dayumn... Larn sumtin' new ev'ryday huh!!

Ford Oval w/EARS HE HE HE