8 3/4 axle shaft swap

barracudadave67 said

Not hijacking this........But I am in the process of rounding up parts for my 66 Dart, to change it from 10 in drums to BBJ, LBP front disc and rear drums. I have an A-Body 8 3/4 rear. I take it, I can't use my rear 10 in baking plates, and 10x1 3/4 in shoes, with LBP Dr Diff rear axels. Is that correct,??. If it is I guess I'll have to find more parts.

barracudadave67

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7.25 (i think both large and small bolt) and 8.75 small bolt both use an odd 2" offset (housing to axle flange). All your big bolt (5x4.5) axles all use a standard 2.5" offset.

if you redrill a stock small bolt axle you can drill your drums and good to go but if converting to LBP rears your going to need a brake off a B, C, E, or any of the letter cars with a 8.25 rear. personally if your going to bother putting drums back on the rear get b/c body 11" setups (2", 2.5", 3") for the best braking.

As i said earlier the Jeep's with the 8.25 disc rear are a direct swap other than drilling the 5th hole in the plate. I cant find the thread or i would link it as ive been wanting to refresh in it myself...

hope that helps