View Full Version : help!! 8.5 inch rearend


nastymralex
Jul 5th, 09, 11:32 PM
i got these numbers off a rearend i got but have no idea what its from... can someone help identifying it. pretty sure its an 8.5 from the bulges at the bottom

2PU G064 1
G2
GM32
3269 or B269
1254333

DOUG G
Jul 6th, 09, 02:44 AM
2PU - 2.73 posi
G-Detroit Gear & Axle
064 - day of year
1-shift
G2-Detroit G&A Positraction Carrier
use caution... code was used in 75 - 79 could be 7.5 or 8.5

DjD
Jul 6th, 09, 07:53 AM
This should help...

http://novaresource.org/images/rears.jpg

nastymralex
Jul 6th, 09, 10:41 AM
looks just like the middle but someone was saying the tubes have a bulge right before they go into the housing and mine dont have that. once my camera is charged i'll post some pics.

67 Plum
Jul 6th, 09, 10:52 AM
Never seen bulged axle tubes going into the carrier.

big gear head
Jul 6th, 09, 03:13 PM
That's just on the S series truck rear ends.

nastymralex
Jul 7th, 09, 10:12 AM
thanks to everyone and finally the pic...

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn244/nastymralex/CIMG1417.jpg

big gear head
Jul 7th, 09, 02:44 PM
Yea, that's the 8.5.

nastymralex
Jul 7th, 09, 11:57 PM
one more thing... the yoke thats on it is really wide where the u joint does not fit properly. it has about a quarter inch of play on each side. whats up with that??

DOUG G
Jul 8th, 09, 02:41 AM
1350 u-joint yolk ?

big gear head
Jul 8th, 09, 04:45 AM
It's probably a 3R yoke. These were used from about '76 and up. You will need to swap it for a 1310 yoke.

nastymralex
Jul 8th, 09, 09:35 AM
BGH... ur a genius.