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Re: 75 Dually build
The rear end has been making an intermittent noise when going down the road. So last night I took the watts link out, which I welded to the rear housing (because I was never ever going to have to service the rear end, RIGHT!). Ah well live and learn. Either way I will make the watts link so it will be removable now. So this evening after work I took the back diff cover off and started to examine the ring and pinion and the contents. The ring is in good shape, and as I found out tonight the ring is a 4:10! This is good because when I put the overdrive trans in for the Cummins swap it will not have to be spun so hard to go down the highway.
So now the plans are to replace all the rear end bearings (which is what is sounded like in the truck when driving that a bearing was going out), and then road trip the heck out of this thing. Should be good to go after this fix!!
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