The picture is pretty fuzzy, but could it be an e-brake assembly? My 55 D***e has a similar looking assembly on the back of its trans that is part of the handbrake.
Yes, that is what is left of a parking brake for a big bolt, 1.5 ton or bigger. A drum was fitted over the 4 studs and a flange bolted to them that is the yoke for the u-joint.
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JW51 - Short answer is yes, it can be changed over.
Ron - - Dusty53 "you can't dance with the Devil and then wonder why you're still in Hell" " They will forget what you've said, and they will forget what you have done but they will never forget the way you made them feel"
easy to do, and if you find someone local with a bog bolt, they may be willing to swap that rear piece for one off a trans from a smaller truck. (I would if you were local to me).
