Bronco 9 inch

I was out yesterday getting up parts for my disc brake conversion and was talking to the guy at parts store about trying to find a 9 inch rear. He said the guy across the street had a 73 Bronco chasis in an old barn, so we called him up, he said come over and take a look. We had to cut the lock of barn, climb over a bunch of stuff and there was the chasis. It has a 9 inch rear,not sure of gear ratio, complete front axle, and an old winch mounted to the frame. He priced it for $300,I was thinking I could sale the winch,if it works, and front axle and basically have a 9 inch for free. He wouldnt budge on price,so I told him I would come back Friday and dig it out. I hope this turns out good.

 

How does the width of the Bronco rear compare to the Maverick?

 

maverick is 56.5 bronco is 58

 

bronco should have 3.50 tracloc!

but ide offer him less

 

when he said that the guy "wouldn't budge on the price" I kinda got the idea that he probably did offer him less...
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and the guy wouldn't budge on that $300 price

 

That is like the small difference between a stock Maverick rear and my Versailles 9 inch - right around an inch wider per side.

Sounds like that Bronco rear will work then.

 

yup the Versailles is exactly 1" longer per side

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But the bronco has 5x5.5 bolt pattern. That might be a problem....

 

The spring perches may not line up perfectly like a Versailles 9" either but I'm not sure. But that's not too hard to change if you can weld from what I hear. Maybe you can just swap the axleshafts to get the right bolt pattern. You should be able to sell that front Dana 44 pretty easily. They're a pretty common swap for smaller vehicles lookin for a solid front axle.

 

it would help if i read the whole post, huh...

 

I think with a little looking, a little head scratching,and a little measuring, me and buddy John will make work.

 

you can get the axles redrilled to a 5 x 4 1/2 bolt patern along with the drums. that diff most likely has 3.50s. it could be 28 or 31 spline and may or may not have a limited slip. if that front end is a dana 44 you should be able to sell it fast for more than your 300 invested.

 

thats whats in my maverick an early bronco 9 inch and i have 245/60 15s on with plenty of room to grow it should have the bigger 11 inch drums also witch will help in braking.i have pics of mine out of the car if you want to see my set up.
john

 

Ide like to have the rest of that Bronco!!!!!!

 

One of your Dixie Maverick buddies has a jig for matching the pinion angle and spring perches to your 8 inch rear end. PM me for details.

 

I have that same rear end up in my attic. At least, I have the housing. and I was surprised at how close it was in length to the maverick.

I talked the guy down and got mine FREE!!!