Never Satisfied
1/2 ton status
Hey guys, I picked up a 14-bolt last Friday for my '90 and am now trying to figure out the details on it. I have no idea what year and would love to know if it has the metric bolt pattern etc. How can I ID this thing?
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Help me ID my 14-bolt (please)
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Jason4x4
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it wouldn't be metric bolt pattern, just metric studs.
show some pics yo. if its got fins its what? 88+?
Never Satisfied
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Pics uploading now......
What 14 bolts came with metric studs? My 89 has the same as my 78. It's gotta be way later years, or the 88+ new body style maybe?
If the 14 bolt came from a 73-91 Our body style and 3/4 ton it will bolt right in. If its from a 1 ton you'll just have to move the spring perches and shock mounts. Other than that they are all 8 on 6.5 pattern most commonly with 4.10 gears. Pop the cover and read the numbers on the ring gear.
Here ya go Happy reading on the 14 bolt full floater!
http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/14b_bible/index.html
Never Satisfied
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Pics.....
Looks like a pre 88 14 Bolt FF from a 3/4 ton..maybe a 2wd, but hard to tell. Pop the cover and check the gears.
Never Satisfied
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Ring gear reads: 3992484 11 41 8 73
41/11=3.73 gears manufactured Aug of 73
yeah looks pretty old with the small drums and its 2wd shock mounts.
Never Satisfied
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Cool, thank you.
The guy told me it came out of a early 80's and had a 4.10 gear
I guess now I have to re-gear it too
The guy told me it came out of a early 80's and had a 4.10 gear
I guess now I have to re-gear it too
Never Satisfied
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So, I'm gonna need new shock mounts too?
Cool, thank you.
The guy told me it came out of a early 80's and had a 4.10 gear
I guess now I have to re-gear it too
Well it may have cam out of a mid 80's but not originally
Nope the numbers don't lie it's 3.73. Now is the chance to gear it as low as you may ever need.
No the 2wd ones just hang down lower. You can carefully cut them off, trim them down and weld them back on. Thats what I did
Never Satisfied
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Wow, I guess I didn't do enough research before I bought this thing
Thanks again
Thanks again
No the 2wd ones just hang down lower. You can carefully cut them off, trim them down and weld them back on. Thats what I did
I did the same
Wow, I guess I didn't do enough research before I bought this thing
Thanks again
You could do worse ... the first 14BFF I bought was "out of a 70's Suburban" ... ended up being out of an '88+ IFS dually truck
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