How to tell if its a van width 14FF??

[Masher]

I've got a local boneyard that says they have a van width 14FF in their 'pile' of rear-ends. If I go to get this I want to make sure it is a van-width. I know the shafts are longer but is there anyway to tell by looking at the housing or is there any measurements I can take?

Also, it supposedly came out of a 1993 diesel van, will all the 'guts' from my late 70's 14FF drop in?

Thanks for any help.

 

[toomany]

http://pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/14b_bible/index.html

About half way down it has some of the measurements. And has some pictures.

 

[bigjimmy82]

if it is that new (1986+) it will have a ribbed/finned housing, unlike the older ones. Everything would swap except for the 3rd pinion support bearing, it is larger on the newer ones.

 

[Masher]

Cool, Thanks for the info.

Any easy way to measure the housing?? It can be kind of tough to measure WMS to WMS without bending the tape.

 

[SUBFAN]

get a new tape or take along a 70" long stick....

 

[atho]

what i always do when measuring axles that aren't in a vehicle is to measure backing plate to backing plate, then add the width of the drums/hubs. it's easier than trying to get the tape measure to stay put actually measuring directly from wms-wms.

 

[Masher]

Great, Thanks for the tips.