8.25 inch rear end identification

[thanson_mopar]

how can you identify a rear end as 7.25, 8.25, or 8.75 inch. Im looking at buying a rear end out of a dart fourdoor for my duster. the rear end in the dart is not origional but is for an a-body. I know this because i used to own the car before it turned into a parts car. the dart got a new rear just before i bought it. I know that it is posi, (i remember both tires smoking when we power braked the 318 four door dart!), I THINK that it is a 8.25 inch rear but not sure. does anybody know how to find out for sure? did chrysler ever make a 7.25 inch rear with posi? any information would help, thanks

 

[MoparBrit]

From what I've seen the 7.5 rear could be had with suregrip, but not common. Easy way to tell rear end if Mopar is if it has a removable cover over the centre section as viewed from the rear of the car then it is going to be a 7.5 or 8.25 as the 8.75 the whole centre section drops out of the case from the front. Generally, I count the bolts first. Although a 7.5 is listed as maybe having 10 bolts as well, most I've seen when looking to do a rear swap have only had 9 bolts. The cover on the 8.25 is large and ovalish with 10 bolts. I'll add a link to a few sites I've saved for reference when I was looking to do a swap.

Cheers

 

[MoparBrit]

http://www.ringpinion.com/DiffList....Plymouth&ModelID=216&ModelName=Dart&Side=Rear

Not sure how to get them clickable on this site yet so not sure if that will work, but you can copy and paste it.

Here is a really good one off this site in the tech pages.

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=12985

Good luck!

Cheers

 

[thanson_mopar]

http://www.ringpinion.com/DiffList....Plymouth&ModelID=216&ModelName=Dart&Side=Rear

Not sure how to get them clickable on this site yet so not sure if that will work, but you can copy and paste it.

Here is a really good one off this site in the tech pages.

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=12985

Good luck!

Cheers

thanks, that helped alot, especially the chart.

 

[pagilman]

Copy this to your mopar tech file, walt :wav: