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Oh no.......thats just a tranny Andrew

Here are the pics of the modified cross member. I got most of the design from Tincup. The 'H' member under the tranny, replaces the piece that bridges over the tranny for stiffness. Its made out of two pieces of 3"x3/8" barstock, one of which is the mounting surface for the 545RFE. Andrew

Here is the start of the SAGA, I picked a 45RFE up for $200 in Holland, its out of a 2004- 1500 truck. It even came with a warranty. Then there is the profile mock-up I made to see where it needed to sit in order to not hang below the frame rails. Ill updtae you guys as the action continues. Andrew

I posted in the wrong forum, this is the right place I thought I would post pics of the B-sectomy. After measuring the axle tube and figuring out how much needed to be removed from the length of each side I blued and scribed two lines around the tube with the amount to be removed between...

Has anyone put a modern rear axle in an A body and what are the specs on the current crop of axles say from a magnum? Andrew

Here is what I know so far. A new disk brake set up for an 8 3/4" axle will run me around $700, I still need to buy a set of new axles for around $200 when I cut the B body rear down to the A body length. Since Im going to cut the axle down anyway, why cant I just get the whole rear axle from...

Someone in one of the threads sent me down this rabbit trail. Ive looked into the 545RFE tranny and it looks apealing as far as gearing goes and strength seems not to be a problem. Has anybody done this swap and what other than structural issues needs to be done to control it. Andrew

last Friday I went to Texas acres and got a 8 3/4 rear that Don assured me would fit in the duster. He said it was only 1/4" different. I did not have my note book or a measuring tape so I took his word for it. Needless to say he was wrong! He did say it was out of a B body and was clearly...