I narrowed and rebuild my Ford 9 inch. I will installed Torino axle ends and a Willwood brakes.
This is one of the jigs I used to measure how much to cut. It gives you the centerline and the axle length once the rearend is narrowed. In this pic I marked my cuts.
The cuts are made, its time to weld on the new axle ends.
Using this jig allows me to weld on the axle ends square. The axle ends come beveled and I also beveled the axle tubes for maximum penetration. I also took advantage of mocking up the rearend while it had no weight. This allowed me to move it with ease and weld all the 4 link mounts.
Ready for paint
Cut to fit axles ready for installation.
Once painted I installed a new 3rd member. Its Posi with 3.70 gears.
Rearend is complete and ready to install in the car.
