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The drivers side axle is binding up. I suspect that it's a bit too long for the new housing. I tightened the backing plate bolts and the axle was really tight to rotate. The axle man made that tube cut about 1/16 shorter that the old one and he said to make sure it's ok before i get too deep. The wear marks on the spline were a bit shallow so i thought it had room to fit. So i got to take the axle back to Killeen and get the axle man to chuck it up on the lathe and fix'er up.
Minor setback........That's what i keep telling myself. Someday, i will be driving again.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

Hey blue, Thanks for the pm Looks like imdoing the same thing only 2" narrower. That housing looks geat and I hope everything works out.

It took 2 trips to the axle man to get things to fit. And now it's raining.
Tomorrow i should be able to finally finish this project.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

Right off the bat, i had a problem with the original u-bolts. I couldn't seat them down far enough to start both the lock washers and nuts. So after some finaggling, i ended up stripping one of the threads.
Off to the parts store for new u-bolts. Had to go to 2 stores to get 4 each. I took my sweet-assed time about the whole thing and i even drove to Killeen to buy new tools at Sears.
Drove the truck in a 5 mile loop and it feels pretty smooth. I'll need to go over all the hardware again tomorrow but im gonna call it DONE!!!

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

awesome!

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1978 LUV Truck 2WD
450 "Small Block" Chevy
3.70 Ford 9
28x10 Goodyears

I got a small leak at one of the bottom nuts on the 3rd member. It leaks at the nut itself. I tried tightening it down some more but it still leaks. I didn't use the copper crush washers on the assy. Standard washers worked well enough on the other axle so i thought i could do the same on this one. I guess i'll try and swap out the washers with the copper ones and see if it kills the leak.

No biggie...

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.