Thread: 7.5" diff bracket postioning
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Old 2nd January 2013, 08:12 AM
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Phew!
Any idea why the drive shafts are different lengths?
Cos the crown wheel lives to one side of the pinion gear , this makes the whole diff go slightly off center towards the drivers side .Hence two odd length driveshafts. If the pinion went to the nearside you would get 5 reverse gears

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