WTF is a "pumpkin" rear end??

[PhoenixZorn]

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This guy says he has 1 ton running gear, then states the rear axle is a Pumpkin... which looks like a 10bolt with a different cover bolt pattern... he says it's stronger than a 14bFF.... What did I miss?

 

[sweetk30]

old 72-older eaton rear. more ground clearence and 1/2 of them factory locker equiped.

 

[PsychoticDeadGuy]

yep, looks like an eaton to me

 

[atho]

repost

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156985

 

[79k20350]

hes just using the wrong termanology for "third member"

 

[txfiremank5]

It has dana 60s and the rear end is a pumpkin.

He does not know what he's talking about.

A lot of people call diffs, "pumpkins". He's just made the mistake of actually thinking it's a descriptive term. So, yes it has a pumpkin.. since it has a diff. A 10b, 14b, 12 b, d44, etc etc etc all have pumkins.. in laymens terms.

 

[sled_dog]

all have third members or housings, diff is the thing inside that allows one wheel to spin and one to sit there.

Pumpkin is just a redneck term for rear end or third member(third member DOES not have to drop out to be called one). My dad calls them pumpkins or diffs.

 

[jekquistk5]

I think that guy stole my truck....lol I haven't visited it in about a month..