oh no, is this 8.75 housing too bad?
Thanks to whitepunkonnitro I got 'new' housing ends today. After looking at them, I see that the problem isn't the actual length as far as looking at my current ends from the outside goes, but that they cut them off and welded them on where they did. There is a ridge where the inside diameter gets smaller about 2" back or so. This makes sense with my math, 1.45" for the bearing and ring, and .5" for the seal to seat. The ones whitepunkonnitro sold me have lots of extra length, so this won't be a problem. Just in case anyone out there is narrowing an existing rear, don't cut off the ends so short you can't put a seal in it!