Originally Posted by Grigg
I have a housing that is scrap, had water in it for years, seems it'd be a good donor for backing plate flanges. Or if you had a housing that spun a wheel bearing, that'd make it pretty much scrap too.

You can swap gears and carriers around. If the housing is junk just keep the 3.42 gear set complete with carrier and pinion bearing housing.

True.

Original plan was to sell it on to some with an auto trans, but probably a limited market. Plus, I could part the rest or keep for spares. It is also a C&C so I guess the parts are worth more to me than what I would sell it for. Plus I figure my Eaton drums and brakes are worth something to someone wanting to stay stock...from what I remember, they look new. 23,000 mile truck.

BTW,
I looked up for a '78 Chevy C30 pickup (year of my G30 motorhome 14 bolt) on RockAuto and found 13 x 3.5 drums for SRW and picture looks just like the one you have. I assume the holes are the same size on each of yours, both designed to mount behind the hub? Of course I guess they'd be the same size anyway, same stud diameter.

Larry W.

1953 3800 Dually Flatbed