7.25 Brake Backing Plate Interchange


I think you are confusing 7-1/4 and 8-1/4. It was variations of the 8-1/4 that are/were used in
Jeeps and Daks. A 7-1/4 just wouldn't make sense in a truck or a Jeep.
When I converted my 1964 7-1/4 to 10" brakes a couple years ago, i just sourced the CORRECT backing pkates on FABO. Why make things more difficult?[/QUOTE]

Why NOT make things more complicated? That's what we get for liking MoPar. If we wanted simple, easy and cheap we would all be driving Chevys.
Anyway it looks like I've been saved from my dilemma through the generosity and non-profit, philanthropic spirit of FABO. Thank you, you know who you are.

In regards to 7.25 usage, according to my sources,("Differentials" by Jim Allen and Randy Lyman):
7.25 rear-
63-89 Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, mostly 6 cylinder.
87-98 4x2 Dodge Dakota 4 cylinders and some V-6

7.25 Front- (IFS)
87-96 front of Dakota 4x4s

No listing for Jeep. I may have been thinking that because the 7.25 is a Spicer-type axle that there was actually an equivalent Dana/Spicer model number such as Dana-Spicer 27, 30, 44 or other such trash. I was surprised that there wasn't. So it seems that we are both right after all.