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| | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 34 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 34 | These are on the rear. I was wondering why it sat lower on the driver side. Now I know. The 8.25's are mounted on the driver side and the 9.0's are on the passenger side. The last owner only ever used it to drag his horse arena and farm work, so it was in the dirt most of the time. Would this have hurt anything though? Are the rearends open or are they limited slip on the Big Bolts? Looks like I definitely need tires before I drive it on the street now.
1955 Chevy Dumptruck
2003 Chevy 2500HD: Crewcab, Longbed, 2wd, 6-speed manual
2005 Pontiac GTO: 500hp and a transbraked TH400
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 829 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 829 | What size are the fronts? I just thought you might have 4 matching ones for the rear, and have the other pair in the front. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,889 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,889 | Unless it's spent a lot of miles on hard pavement at highway speed, there's probably no wear or damage to the spider gears. I don't think any of the older big rear ends had any sort of limited-slip arrangement available.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 99 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 99 | Maybe he drove it in a lot of crosswinds  My '36 came with 5 different sizes out of 6 possible. Necessity is the mother of invention. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,144 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,144 | my 38 had 3 different sizes, the 54 only had 2 sizes | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 34 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 34 | It's has 8.25-20 in front. The only thing I can think of is to put the two 9.0-20's in front, but I'm not sure they will fit. If it does work that would give me 9.0's in front and 8.25's in back.
1955 Chevy Dumptruck
2003 Chevy 2500HD: Crewcab, Longbed, 2wd, 6-speed manual
2005 Pontiac GTO: 500hp and a transbraked TH400
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,144 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,144 | you will have to watch your turn radius so you don't hit springs with tires on the front | | |
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