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Old 10-17-2008, 04:43 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SmokeyWren View Post
It's a Ford-design axle that's been in production since Christ was a corporal, in a Ford axle plant in Sterling MI, with a 10.25" and later with a 10.5" ring gear. Not with a 268mm ring gear, but with a 10.5" ring gear. So it's no surprise here that the bolts that hold on the cover are SAE and not metric.

Now if it were a new design axle, it would probably be a "world market" design and have metric measurements as well as metric threads and bolts. I can't wait for my new SuperDuty pickup that will have a 268mm ring gear.

Man, that sounds huge, doesn't it?
I'm surprised the 10.25/10.5 isn't metric. My old man's '83 F250 has lots of metric hardware on it and that was built probably before the 10.25 was even conceived.

So the crowd says stainess? The allen heads must look sharp. Stainless allen screws it is!

Thanks guys

Greg
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