RE: 1965 8 3/4 question

["Dennis C." <dennis.2914@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good Question!

I also put a 65 wagon 8 3/4 differential in my 63 SF with no problems.

All of the 8 3/4 guides I could find doing a search said that B-Body 62 
to 70 have a track of 59.2 and perches at 44.0.

However I have in my file a chart that gives different flange to flange 
measurments.  I have no idea how this relates to the installed width 
however here is what I have:

53 1/4"  62 - 63 B-Body, 64 Max Wedge

55 5/8"  64 B-Body except Max Wedge (estimated width)

54 1/2"  65 B-Body

54 1/4"  66 - 67 B-Body

54 15/16" 68 - 69 B-Body

54 29/32" 70 B-Body

If you find more information please post.

Thanks
Dennis C.


Scott Rousseau wrote:
> 
> Guys,
> 
> When we replaced the rear end in my 330 wagon a couple weeks ago, we 
> replaced it with a '65  8 3/4, one of two that I bought from a reputable 
> 62-65 Dodge car/parts peddler out here on the West Coast. When I bought 
> them, the guy told me that these '65 rear ends were special in that they 
> were narrower than any of the other 1962-1970 8 3/4s, and they were a 
> one-year only deal. My buddy doesn't believe the story. He claims that 
> he "looked up the dimensions" and that all the 8 3/4s from 1962-1970 are 
> the same. But then I looked in a older copy of Mopar Muscle, and they 
> had a picture of a 1965 Coronet wagon in a junkyard in Arizona, stating 
> at the end of the caption, "Again, the '65 B body rear axle is a special 
> one-year only-piece. Come and get it!"
> 
> Can anyone shed light on this. What gives? Is the '65 rear end a 
> one-year only piece, and if so, why?
> 
> Scott
> 
> 1963 Dodge 330 wagon
> 1963 Dodge 330 post
> 



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