To clarify.....
The '67 in mention has a 1500 out of a '74 as well as a later tranny. I
have done the spring and front sway bar swap sometime ago.
You say the flanges are bigger on the '76 diff?? That sucks since I just
changed the rear "U" joints last month, wish I would have picked up on those
loose stub axles then....
Do any of you know if there is an end float to these axels??
Thanks for all the help you have provided...
Nick
N.A. Campiglia III
'67 Spitfire MKIII
'74 Spitfire 1500
http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
To: N.A. Campiglia III <spitdrvr@camalott.com>
Cc: Spit list <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: Rear End Stuff????
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, N.A. Campiglia III wrote:
>
> > Can someone please tell me what the gear ratio in a '67 Spit is?? Also,
in
> > a '76 that was brought over from Sweden.
>
> Assuming you are referring to the "final drive" (differential), it is
> 4.11:1 on the '67. I think it is probably 3.63:1 on the '76, as it was
> for most non-Federal Spitfires.
>
> > I was replacing the pinion seal tonight and I noticed the stub shafts
were
> > moving in and out. Do these have end float? Anyway, I was thinking of
> > changing the rear with one from the a fore mentioned '76.
>
> I don't know about the "stub shafts"; however, it doesn't sound right to
> me. You can change the diff. complete into the '67, but you'll also need
> to bring over that rear swing-spring (and, therefore, the fatter front
> sway bar). Either that, or you need to drill the extra two holes for the
> 5th and 6th hold-down studs for the original leaf spring. Oh, and you'll
> also need the axle flanges and rear propshaft flange from the later car,
> as the flanges on the '76 diff. are larger. Forunately, the u-joints are
> the same regardless. In other words, it's not quite a direct swap. And
> it's hard to say if the (likely) 3.63:1 ratio will be as suitable in the
> older car (you didn't specify which engine that car has: 1147 or 1296 or
> ???).
>
> --Andy
>
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