I have done this swap many times in my AMXs, and it is bolt-in. The spring
perches are the same, the pinion angle is the same, and the width is 1"
more for the Ford, or 1/2" more on either side. (From the spring perch to
the drum). However, the 9" I used is from a Mustang, Cougar, or with disc
brakes, from a Lincoln Versailles. You will find it is wider than the
Bricklin/Gremlin/Hornet 8 cyl rearend by a few inches, and you may have to
use different offset wheel to make up for it. An easier solution is to
order one of the 4 wheel disc setups from one of the AMC vendors. All the
parts are bolt-on, and available. Plus, you can use a variety of rearend
gears, which are limited with the Versaille rear. And no, you are not
crazy-this does have a flange on the end of the driveshaft for the rearend.
You can have driveshafts made and balanced relatively cheaply-look for a
wheel and bearing place, or one that modifies large trucks. Bring f the
AMC driveshaft-yoke and all-and the Ford driveshaft and they can make them
for you.
>Any body done the swap of the AMC rear to a Ford 9"? If so can I talk
>you into writting a article for The Brickline.
>
>I have a Ford 9", posi, with disk brakes sitting in the garage. I was
>going to wait until after I had the car on the road to look at the
>conversion. However, after being beaten up for about 3 days over the
>Xmas holidays by my dad and neighbor, I caved in. I've started cleaning
>it up and trying to get ready to put it in the car.
>
>The 1st problem I have with it, is attaching the drive shaft. Tthe AMC rear
>has a yoke (for lack of a better term) comming out the front (I think thats
>the pinion shaft). Anyway, the AMC's yoke is set up to take a U joint and
>the U joint is held in place by 2 U bolts. On the Ford rear end, I don't
>have a yoke. (And NO wise cracks from the peanut gallery about the yoke
>being on me.) What is on this rear end is a flat plate with 4 holes drilled
>in it. Consiquently, the drive shaft has a flange on the U joint to mate
>to the flange on the rear. Several people I tried to explain this to thought
>I was nuts. I couldn't understand their lack of understanding since ALL
>my other cars (with the exception of the front wheel drive cars and the CV
>joints - and even some of them have the flanges) have this flange type of
>arrangement and NOT the yoke.
>
>So I guess the question is, where do I go about trying to find a yoke that
>will fit the Ford 9". I don't really want to cut up my drive shaft.
>
>John
>
>
>John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
>Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
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Thomas M. Benvie
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