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Old 11-04-2019, 11:54 PM   #11
SkinnyG
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Re: Scored a Ford 9”

No.

The driveshaft needs to have -some- angle, but it doesn't know which direction that angle is going. You could, theoretically, line the trans/driveshaft/pinion all inline with each other with 0° difference, and the offset pinion would take care of making sure the u-joint bearings move.

BUT

The 9" truck axle I have is 65" - a later 12-bolt is 63.5" - the HO32 in my '61 is 62".

That's a lot of extra width.

I've widened the front and am running a FWD offset wheel front and back - that might not be what you want to do, and I have not proven that what I'm doing even works.
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