Grigg,

I do have the 9' pickup bed so I'll have to keep an eye on the width. Backing plate width is only an inch wider (53 instead of 52) so I'm hoping it will fit with the original wheels.

The only reason I was going to a 465 was to get the SM gears. The crash box gets annoying after a while. I thought of putting in a T5 but was not sure if it will hold up on a 1 ton.

Also, the Roadranger links on the tech tip no longer work. Do you know where they might have moved to? Or maybe you have a soft copy of the manuals you could e-mail me? [email protected]

Thanks for the tip on the pinion angle otherwise I would have learned the same lesson.