determining the rearend on my 54 Ford

I was told this rearend came out of a Granada. It doesnt have a tag on it. Any help!

 

Without a tag it's a tough call,,It may be a Granada or a Maverick. HRP

 

My concern is when I need parts; Brakes, bearings, Internals etc.

 

The old bearings will have a number on them and I'm willing to bet in the parts catalog the Maverick,Mustang and Granada share the same brake shoes and wheel cylinders. HRP

 

Sounds good. With the 239 and 3 speed linked to this rearend taking off in first gear is tough. Without a tag I have to do the old school method of counting the tire rotation to drive shaft. I have no idea what the gear ratio is?

 

Looks like a Dana 44 10 bolt cover. If I remember right clean the right lower corner of the diff it will say 44 and i belive to find the axle ratio clean the right tube should have some numbers on it.

 

I'll check it out for any signs of Indentification in those areas.

 

not a Ford Granada rearend

 

Obvisously it's going to take more investigation.

 

Gear ratio:
Find out what the axle is from and what ratios were available.

Jack up ONE rear wheel, trans in neutral, turn the tire TWO turns, count the turns of the driveshaft.

If the driveshaft turns like 3 and 3/4 (for example), it's a 3.73 -- if it turns 3 times, it's a 3.07
Check which ratios were available so you will get the correct answer.

 

Thanks Fenders

 

looks like a rear end out of a Ford 53 pu I have one about 3.78 less the 4 to 1 .

 

Take a photo of the front of the housing. HRP

 

I'll take a pic of the pig from the front when I get home.

 

Looks like the dana 44. If it out of F100 51-53 it may be a 3.92 gear which was common in a truck axle. If it was a granada it would be a 9 inch i belive. But that is not a 9 inch housing. Dana 44 were use in jeep and early f100. Corvettes used them as well. As far abrake hardware goes pull a drum off see if the are self adjusting. If they are self adjusting you have a newer style dana 44

 

It looks like a Ford 8.8 to me. Look at this rear cover:

 

Onetrickpony would be correct didnt see that there is no fill plug on the cover. in that case that came in a ton of ford cars. Crown vic. explorers, mustangs. gear ratio vary for 3.08 to 3.42 3.55 4.11

 

Not all Granada's had a 9" rear end. HRP

 

I took a pic. To much sunlight.
But I jacked up rear tire. It turned once. The driveshaft turned 1.25

 

Saw a thread about a guy asking about gear ratios in 9 inch rear ends. Lincoln's and T-Birds from the seventies had 2.47 and 2.50 gear ratios. Well I know much.

 

Cover is the wrong shape to be a Dana 44.

 

Looks like 8.8 to me...but most of those have two small notches on the bottom corners of the cover???


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The cover does look a bit like a 8.8, but the housing, where the tubes slide in, does not extend very far away from the main body. I was just working on an 8.8 from a 1991 Ranger, and it had about 3" of housing around the tubes.

 

Here is a pic of the front. But the lighting didnt help much.

 

Set the camera to forced flash. That will solve the light issue.

 

Thanks

 

Look at how the driveshaft bolts to rear end 50 ford pu they are not held on with u bolts,they use bolts instead.
Granada are like 9" the ceneter chuck is removed out the front as a whole unit.

 

The u joints are held on with u clamps. Once I determined the ratio since the previous owner said the rearend was from a Granada I tend to think now it came from a Lincoln Versailles.

 

I think the 6 cylinder granadas had that type of rear end,all the ones with V8s had a 8 inch.

 

This is the thread from dragass about a 2.75 rearend with a 2.47 ratio.

Anyone here running 2.47 rearend gears?