wanna get lockin

[HillbillyDelux]

I bought a rearend sometime back that i wanted to put in my truck its out of a 79 bronco its a 31 spline with a trac lock and 3.50 gears and its wide enough to bring the rear tires about even with the fronts which i like. the only thing that concerns me is the pumpkin is offset to one side i havent measured to see how much but its noticable. can i still run it. oh yea and my truck is a 69 f100 2wd

[fordman]

in order to use it you will probably have to move the spring perches on that rear end. the pumkins are offset on all ford trucks.

[averagef250]

Uh no, the pumpkins are all centered on Ford trucks, the pinion is offset the same distance as the drivetrain.

[fordman]

yea i should have noticed how he worded that. i jsut rewrote what he wrote without thinking of the proper wording.

[HillbillyDelux]

so can i use it?

[averagef250]

Move the spring perches and it'll be fine.

[HillbillyDelux]

awesome thanks for the help guys

[HillbillyDelux]

i did mean the pumpkin or center section is offset tho like this --o---

[FORDification]

No, the pumpkin itself is centered in the housing. It's the drive pinion that sticks out of the front the pumpkin that is offset.

[HillbillyDelux]

ill try to do some measurin tomorrow might try to post some pics. pretty sure the pumpkin is offset tho hopefully im wrong

[papabug71]

Are you sure its a rear end?? If its offset like you say, it kinda sounds like a 4x4 front end...?

[HillbillyDelux]

haha no its a rearend i pulled it and theres no steery. i think the passenger side axle is bout 3 inch shorter than the driver side thats from the backin plate to the edge of the pumpkin

[AlleyCat]

The center section of the housing is offset a bit. Axle shafts are the same length.

[HillbillyDelux]

Thanks. i measured and its not as much as i thought only bout two inches. after measurin the rearend in my truck i noticed it was offset too. looks like ill get to use it. If i get this aod swap figured out and done ill prolly rebuild the rearend with some 4.10s and use it. wat yall think bout the trac-loc

[AlleyCat]

I have a TracLoc in my 72. No problems but then again I'm a pretty conservative driver.