Pinion Snubber Question

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walked out back to the bone yard, there sits the 7.25 diff from the 68 Barracuda, OE 225 Slant Six,, and the diff has a pinion snubber,,

so,, just asking here, what was Ma Mopar's plan with the pinion snubber?
1) why did my slant six, 904 tranny and 7.25 diff combo need one?
2) did the Commando, 383 Barracuda and the later 340 Dusters cars also get a snubber?
3) What about the other guys, back in the day, Cameros, Mustangs, AMC,, did they use pinion snubbers?
4) when was the Mopar pinion snubber introduced and why?

thanks
 
walked out back to the bone yard, there sits the 7.25 diff from the 68 Barracuda, OE 225 Slant Six,, and the diff has a pinion snubber,,

so,, just asking here, what was Ma Mopar's plan with the pinion snubber?
1) why did my slant six, 904 tranny and 7.25 diff combo need one?
2) did the Commando, 383 Barracuda and the later 340 Dusters cars also get a snubber?
3) What about the other guys, back in the day, Cameros, Mustangs, AMC,, did they use pinion snubbers?
4) when was the Mopar pinio n snubber introduced and why?

thanks
Yes! I have been wondering about it too...

I bought one from a guy on here that was all nice n painted, but I am not quite sure why I need it... Although I have my suspicions why, as my set up is powerful and such...
 
IMO, More of a safety feature for the stock ride especially when you load weight into the back seat/trunk. Keeps the yoke from digging a hole in the sheet metal. No different than your control arm bumpers for function with respect to over extending or bottoming.
Have you ever gone over some small hills at 60 mph or so? It's not the takeoff, it's the landing......................
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The adjustable snubber provides a means to control the axle windup at the track. Shouldn't really drive that height on the streets as it would continually bottom and you'd end up bending it unless you adjust it down.
 
I think the non-adjustable OEM ones were intended to keep the car from completely bottoming out, no way a factory /6 car has enough HP to use it in a performance manner. The adjustable snubbers are meant to control axle wind up as mentioned above. They also aid in weight transfer - (again, this is a racing application) - when you hammer the go pedal, the car squats rearward - if the snubber is in there correctly, the "floor" of the car lands on the snubber giving you more down force and supposedly better traction during launch.
 
Regarding the MP adjustable snubber and Mancini threaded version, what are the minimum heights/ at lowest settings?
 
MP - P3690182
(from top of plate to bumper tip)
extended up 6.750"
all the way down 4.875"
bumper section removed 3.125"
 
"More of a safety feature for the stock ride especially when you load weight into the back seat/trunk. Keeps the yoke from digging a hole in the sheet metal."
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"the non-adjustable OEM ones were intended to keep the car from completely bottoming out"

thanks,, that makes sense to me.
 
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