The rear end in my Cady is getting noisey,so im thinking of going with a 9in. It needs to be complete rear end ,about 64 to 66 in. face to face ,5 on5 bolt ,3 to 3.5 gear. Im thinking truck with pinion centered.not off to one side. Anybody have one?
I know where theres a couple of them that will end up in scrap soon but you won t travel this far fro them
i'll give him .50 cents a pound for them and make the drive up. i have a cousin up there into old cars and i know he will probably have a couple of things i didn't need until i get there. good reason for a visit also.
A few years ago I advertised a bunch of 9" stuff A guy drove all the way from Sudbury for them. He said 9" is hard to find there because all the 4x4 guys use them up
Look for one from a Van, as they are the width you need, and some came with 5x5 bolt pattern. There was one or two on kijiji last time I was looking for a 9" a few weeks ago.
too much junk - i have owned 5 of those old lincolns from 69-74 and they were not 5x5 on any of mine most Fords have at least a 7/8" offset, and many had 3" as the drivelines in many Fords were offset 3" allegedly to counterbalance the driver wieght for a total of 3 7/8" offset
we just took 4" out of our 9" on the drivers side to centre the pinion in the 61 we are building
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-- Edited by Seeker1056 on Thursday 7th of April 2016 10:32:16 PM
a friend was in tafts wrecking last week and pulled two 9" rearends out of mid 70's fords, think he said 1 was a thunderbird, both were 5 on 5. so they are out there.
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Thanks toomuchjunk-it looks like 73 to 79 Lincolns are the 5 on 5 bolt patterns and they may also be the 9 and a quarter in. gear. They are all a low numerical hiway gear. I put one in a 55 gasser I built and could not get aftermarket gears. Good strong rearend tho. I would take another if it wasnt too wide. 73 to 78 Mercurys are 5 on 5 too- humm
-- Edited by hotrod-steve on Friday 8th of April 2016 10:01:32 PM
the Lincoln and Thunderbird axles with 5x5 bolt patterns were not 9" they were an oddball 9 1/4 or some such and nothing interchanged with a 9"
I'm relying on my memory here but I think the rear you are thinking of may be a 9 3/8" and some parts did interchange ..... a 9" center will drop right into a 9 3/8 housing but a 9 3/8 center won't fit a 9" housing. I believe the 9 3/8 rears had 31 spline axles.
there was never a Ford of any kind made with a 5 on 5 bolt pattern - they are all 4.5 or 5.5 bolt circles
I thought the big bolt pattern was 5x5? My mistake if its not. I don't really mess with fords much, except for the rearends. I was sure I have had ford rears with 5x5 pattern.
The 9 3/8" rear is basically a 9" with a bigger ring gear. Axles, housing, etc are standard 9" except for the housing being notched at the bottom for ring gear clearance. The center is completely different and can be identified by one of the ribs on the drivers side turns downwards, while all 9" rear have basically straight ribs. They only came with highway gears, are all 31 spline, and limited slips are very hard to find. There is zero aftermarket support.
-- Edited by RacerRick on Monday 11th of April 2016 11:15:03 AM
Thanks Racer Rick-From my research I found that most are 5on 4 1/2 or 5 on 5 1/2 Some 70s Lincoln and Mercurys are 5 on 5. The Lincolns are the large ring gear. The Mercs may even be 8in rears. I have not decided yet,I may have to rebuild the Cady rear.
well I don t know much about size but I have a 56 monarch . a 65 galaxie and a 77 ltd 2 in the picture and last year I needed wheels rims for the 56 andnone of the 65 or 77 fit and I know for sure 2 of them are 9 in ain t sure what the monarch as wheel from the big 70 lincon fit on the 56 but not on the other 2 so I guess lot of them are different ,
