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My car is a 273 v8. It would have 10" brakes tben,right?

Are stock 68's 9 inch? Mine never squealed. When did 10" come in?

Here's a 68 rear. No bell.

What's the purpose of the Bell design. Did brake drum sizes change from 68 to 71? Bolt pattern should be the same right?

I have no idea. Rear is out of a 71 duster. Just saw it online. My 68 doesn't have a bell shaped design and neither have the others I've seen. I wondered why it's there and when it first appeared

Looking at 7 1/4" rear ends for a 68 dart and noticed that this 71 duster rear has some sort of fluted or bell shaped flare behind the brake backing plates. 68 doesn't have this. When did this change occur and what's the purpose of it?

...get it so it's back to square one. I'm looking for a 2.94 7 1/4" rear for my 68 Dart. Must be one that is good and ready to put in. Must be in *Southern California*. (Anaheim,Inland Empire,Palm Springs,Los Angeles). I kept getting folks in Northern California,Vegas and other places 5...

Not into the "toad" cars at all,but I love the 1957 Dodge in your profile photo. The 1957-1961 Forward Look cars were the best cars Chrysler ever made design wise. They made anything Ford or Gm made during the same time look terribly outdated. The 1959 Buick is a Gm masterpiece though. The...

All very valid points. You're right. I have no idea what the previous owner drove like. Just that I've tried to be gentle on it since I've owned it. I understand too that they weren't expecting people to still be driving them 50 some years later or that many would have 200k plus miles on them...

Yep,that's true. I have no idea what the previous owners driving habits were before I bought my car.

Nope, 71k Original miles car. Engine ans trans still in fantastic shape. Bought it off the original owner. Guess it's just one of those things

According to many here it is too weak for even the 273. My 68 Darts rear end just failed and it's a 273 with auto and I never beat on the car even once. It just failed being driven normally down the street to work. I'm sure many of the rears did hold up though because many of these cars have...

My question was what determined why some 66-67 coronets with a 318 and torqueflite got a 7 1/4" rear and why others with the exact same engine and trans got an 8 3/4" rear.

Did they stop using the 7 1/4" rears in B Body cars like the coronet and satellite I'm 1968? I think in 1969 that the 318 cars had 8 1/4" rears or the beefier 8 3/4" depending on engine,right?

Yes,it's a 7 1/4". Very easy to identify.

I just looked at a 67 Coronet 440 that's low mile. Has 318 with torqueflite. I was doing some research online and a couple folks claimed their 67 or 66 coronet came with a 7 1/4" rear end. My question is what determined which cars got the weak rear end? One person stated that all 318 cars got...

Where is the best place to buy the correct u bolt kit for our cars? (1968 Dart 270)

I thought that sounded unrealistic too. Maybe a racing pit crew could do it that fast,doubt the average Joe could.

Thanks for the detailed,step by step info. Guess ill.buy some.u bolts just in case.

Thanks for all the input guys. I'll spray the bolts down with seafoam deep creep a few days in advance. That stuff works really good and is low odor.

Hi,the 7 1/4" rear in my dart went bad and I will be swapping in another 7 1/4" rear ro get it back on the road. A couple people told me they could do this job in 40 minutes (which seems very optimistic),and that one person can do it by themselves. I've never had a rear end break before so I've...

Wow! Hope.my next one lasts that long.

What year duster did this come from?

How do you empty the mailbox here?

Yep,that's what Junkyardhero and others were saying. Nobody wants them and you can usually get them for super cheap or free. Too bad that ones in Ohio. $2 bucks is even cheaper than this one. That's a price even Jack Benny can't grouse about! Lol.

It's refreshing to hear something positive about the 7 1/4". Wish mine had held up like that,but I don't know.how it was driven before I bought it. Hope the next one holds up like yours did.

The comment was meant somewhat jokingly. I just meant im not beating on the car and breaking the tires loose at every light. I drive extra gentle with the car because all I ever hear is that these 7 1/4" rears are junk and will "grenade" behind even a 273 Especially if you accelerate going into...

Wow! That's pretty good. I've always wondered if the feather duster really got the mileage they advertised

Hey,if nothing else at least some entertainment came out of my misfortune. Lol. And it's interesting to hear one person say there will be a huge difference and others say it won't matter. I drive it gently because I have read so many threads here where people claim the 7 1/4" is "as fragile...

Thanks for all the input guys. Like 71GssDemon said,iI'm Just going to go for it and keep looking for an 8 3/4" eventually.