Maverick rearend 8" or 9"

ok i have been working on a 73 mav and needed a rearend..so i began looking around and found a 76 mav getting ready to be crushed..long story short got the rearend but its not the 8" its a 9"???did the 76 come out with the 9" or has someone modified this car? any exprrtise would be appriciated...by the way Oklahoma guys if you need and mav parts..better get to me today..tomorrow or the next day these two go the the crusher.

 

No Maverick ever came with a 9" rear. If it really is a 9" I'd hang on to it. Finding a 9" to fit a Maverick is pretty hard and a lot of guys will pay pretty good for it. Are you certain it is a 9"? In case you aren't sure, on a 9" rear you will not be able to get a socket on the two bottom bolts holding the center section in, you have to use a wrench.

 

yup its a 9"..i just saw the rearend and assumed it was an 8" untill he loaded the mav onto a trailer and i got it home and started looking at it..i was blown away to see it was a 9" and then just thought maybe it came out on a 76..great surprise

 

at first i thought it was out of a truck and some one cut the axles but it looks as if it was factory...so someone did a great job with this.

 

well i guess i will go to bed..tomorrow is my 22 year anniversary and im hoping to get up earlie and be elbow deep in greese by the time she wakes up...lol

 

LOL...sounds like fun. If I didn't have to work I'd be doing the same.

 

Ray, you dont work......

 

Well......it's kinda like work. And it pays pretty good!

 

That's a sweet find!

 

pulled the rearend outof the doner Mav today and was able to get a closer look at it...it is a 9" and you can see that it was cut and welded...good job though..so no the question remains there is no gear tag and i dont know what the ratio is???? any have any ideas without taking this apart??

 

Get the rear up on some jack stands and spin the yoke.
Count how many times it takes to spin the yoke to get the axle/drum to make one full rotation.

3 times would make it 3.00 to 1 ratio.
4 and one tenth would make it a 4.11 ratio.
3 and a half turns would be 3.50.
and so on...

 

Would this make any difference if only one wheel is off the ground? I tried that with my grandpa's '57 Ranchero a few weeks ago and the yoke only spun like 2 1/4 turns. But I was only spinning the drivers side wheel.

 

Good question.

 

If you only have one wheel turning you will not get the right number of turns ... (like if you have both off the ground and one brake is locked up ... did that).

Also, it works a lot better if you count 10 tire rotations ... makes it a lot easier to estimate the gear ratio ... 32.5 pinion turns = 3.25 ratio ... 35.5 turns=3.55, etc ...