I did a search, and I know I'm far from the first person to request help identifying a rearend. Sorry about that, but I couldn't find the answer via a search. The tag was lost or removed from it long before I got my truck, so all I have to go on are the cast numbers. I'm trying to buy brake parts for it, and of course all the auto parts stores are set up with a system where they look up parts by year, make, and model. Without that info it's proven impossible to find the right brake parts. Hopefully someone on here can help. I don't have an axle-end-to-axle-end measurement, but I have a backing-plate-to-backing-plate (outer rim) measurement of 56.5". I also have the following stamped numbers on the rearend: 7E22 7E31 DIF 44 At least that's what they look like to me. I've attached a couple photos. Hopefully someone can make sense of this information so I can figure out what brake parts to buy. Thanks for looking.
Many rear ends have been changed in those old trucks. Just measure the width of your shoes, and diameter of the drum, some of the big differences in nine inch rear ends. Also measure the diameter of the wheel cylinder and you should be good. Bones
@MaineRodder None of those numbers/letters are very helpful. However, being a 9” Ford rear end, it is safe to ***ume it is a ‘60s to early ‘70s era axle. First measure your drum inside diameter and width of the lining on the shoes. For example, 11” x 2” or whatever. If you go to the Rockauto.com website you can navigate your way into Ford vehicles, F-150 and pick the year of your truck, follow down the list to brake parts, then linings and look for dimensions of the offerings. Pics are usually available. You may have to change year model a bit, but with a little sleuthing, you should be able to zero in on an application that will fit yours. There were many models that used the same parts. Ray
The 7E... number mean that part was cast in May, 19x7. Could be 1967 or 1977. If the engineering numbers such as C7AW... all start with a C and not a D, then it's likely it's from the 60s. If any of them start with D, then 1970s. But that's the center section, and we don't have any clues as to whether that might have been changed, or what the housing or brakes look like, shoe size, bolt pattern, etc. So, you're probably best off following the advice to measure brake shoe and wheel cylinder sizes, and look up likely candidate vehicles on rock auto to find something that matches.
I'm working on the same rear end now. It came out of a 59 Ford Truck and the brakes are 11x2. I simply called Currie and they told me what brakes, cylinders and misc parts I would need. Mine is a big bearing unit with 1/2" holes which helps them with the correct plates. Hope this helps.
As the guys said, the Id of the drum and width of the shoes will give you most of the needed info. 56.5 on the backing plates which is a totally useless measurement means that you probably have a bit over 60 inches wms to wms if you have 2 inch wide brake shoes. There are a ton of look for this, look for that nine inch id pages to search though to pick out some of the find details but outside of a vague casting year as Jim pointed out the casting numbers don't mean a lot. Little bearing/ big bearing usually gives and indicator of the year separation. The earlier axles having the small bearing for the most part. There is a reasonably accurate WMS to WMS chart for nine inch rears here http://www.carnut.com/specs/rear.html Rock Auto an O'Reilly's both have a bit of a cheat sheet year wise as you can click on the blue part number on a Rock auto item and it tells you somewhat vaguely what years and models and brands said part fits. the Compatibility link on O'reilly's does the same thing.
not really, unfortunately. The small and big bearing rears were both used from the beginning. It will tell you more about application (small car, or truck/wagon/big car) than it will about year.
Yep, and 1967 Fairlane is given as 59-1/4" or 63-1/2" with coil springs. Huh? Sadly those charts are constantly copied and never researched and corrected.
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