The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline 1953 3/4 ton,change rear end gears

awhile back I ask about changing the gears in my 1953 3/4 ton because it is geared to low and I lost the information sorry to bring up the topic again.

Hy jeffw, you can find the info again by looking up your own old post. Right above your question when you are reading it is a header which starts with Forum list, then My Stuff, click on My Stuff, a list will open up, down the list will be Posts, click on that and you will find your old posts. Just click on the appropriate post and it will open up the post and you can view it just like you did before, hope that helps.

Jeff,

I actually did just what you are doing. Check this thread and see if it helps:

https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=viewmessage&message=57259&gonew=0

Well, GM FF 14 bolt rears are cheap($150. here) and plentiful, 3.73, 4.11, ratios.

yes that helped a lot thank you very much, my 7 year old grandson is doing most of the work and he cant hardly wait to get it going.

Can't bring up ur thread. Bruce

Hi its been a few years since I was on this site and at that time someone told me that a certain year pumpkin out of a automatic would bolt right up to my stock "54" chevy 3/4 ton pickup and I lost all the info can anyone help me out. I would really like to hear myself think or listen to the radio going more then 55 mph sown the Highway

The 4:10 gear is only going to give you another 5mph, so at 55
or anything more than that your still aren't going to hear much
on the radio unless you got it cranked way up.

Denny G

You are not going to be happy unless you go to a 3.53 or 3.08.

Patrick has a 3.53 kit.

In all 3 of my 1/2 tons and 1 1 ton this was the first thing I changed out.

If you are planning an engine, transmission and/or tire change plan ahead other wise the juice will not be worth the squeezing.

The gear kit from Patrick's will only work in 1/2 tons. With the 3/4 and 1 ton stock rear, the 4.10 from the '68-'72 3/4 is the highest gear you'll find. Otherwise, a complete rear swap is in order for anything higher. A good source for a 3.55 gear would be to check under Dodge or Ford vans. That gear in a Dana 60 housing is very common, and the overall width is just right for an AD truck. Be aware, though, that many of these are semi float, rather than full float like the originals.

ED, GM F14 rear axle entails changing the entire rear axle housing.
Dave, the Patrick kit is for a 1/2 ton won't fit the HO52/72 axle.
OOp, Bill beat me to it on all fronts, just what I would have posted.

The 4.10 gear is a nice gear for the "stock" 3600. You don't
want to be driving that truck 70mph with the stock suspension
and brakes, it's not a modern truck with modern suspension.
I cruise 55mph much of the time and she's running turning right
around 2800rpm. Right around the sweet spot. She will run 60-65
with no problem but then you're getting over 3000rpm and you
don't want to run them there for to long. The stock 216 babbett
pounder was fine there, when it was new that is, but most are a
little to tired to push that hard.


Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL