FORD 9 INCH NARROWING
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FORD 9 INCH NARROWING
When you narrow a ford rear and center the pinion. Is it realy in the center or off set alittle, 1/4 of in inch or so. Thanks
- CoMax Racing
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9" Ford Narrowing
You can put the pinion centerline anywhere by just offsetting it in relation to the axle tubes.I have a pinion centering guage I use to set the pinions when cutting the diff. As far as should you or is there a rule in place, no, I center the pinion in the chassis on all the diffs I do because makes everything easier when building the rest of a car (everything is centered) Plus you don't have a compound angle in your driveshaft u-Joints.
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- CoMax Racing
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Pinion Center
I forgot , yes the pinion is actually centered.
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I guess anything is possible with a few beers! LOL Sometimes when narrowing a rearend the axles kinda dictate what you can do. Might not be the case with yours but mine is off center 1/4" on purpose because I had the factory axles resplined. There was some reason that mine had to be this way, maybe because of the dia. of the axle shaft, or a taper or neck-down. I really can't remember. But I was too cheap to buy aftermarket axles, so I gave it a shot. Hey, it works for now. No joint problems yet!
Stroker1
Stroker1
'87 S10 stock suspension, Caltracs, 9" rearend, 1.82 Glide, 383 SBC,
Brodix Track1 Heads, 14:1 compression, 180 shot plate,
2" tube Hussler Headers, 1.38 60ft., 6.20 ET 1/8th, 109 MPH,
Still Tuning, more to come.
Brodix Track1 Heads, 14:1 compression, 180 shot plate,
2" tube Hussler Headers, 1.38 60ft., 6.20 ET 1/8th, 109 MPH,
Still Tuning, more to come.
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