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Width on '72 rearend
There's a 72 5-lug rearend on CL right now...Same width as ours ?
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11-13-2008, 11:41 PM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
Chief,
If I remember right, I believe they are slightly narrower. I want to say like 1.5 inches each side or something like that.
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11-13-2008, 11:42 PM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
.1-inch wider...you may have to trim your wheel lip depending on your tires.......
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11-14-2008, 12:27 AM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
i thought they were the same as the '73 up... 1.5 inches wider?
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11-14-2008, 01:05 AM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
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71-72's are wider by .750" per side like the 73 & later trucks. Some late 1970 model rears were also the wider variety but it was 1971 when rearends were wider & came w/5-lugs.
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11-14-2008, 03:22 AM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
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11-14-2008, 12:05 PM
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11-14-2008, 12:08 PM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
nope, 1.5" over-all .75" each side
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11-14-2008, 12:25 PM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
 it happens to the best of us 
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11-14-2008, 01:10 PM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
Hey John that should be a "bolt on"
swap on yours unlike my 60 that needs the pearchs relocated.
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11-14-2008, 01:13 PM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
Ya I know...it was just a thought.....first things first. I'll do your first, then mine.
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11-14-2008, 07:05 PM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
So what's the advantage of doing this....different gear ratio or just going from 6 to 5 lug axles?
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11-14-2008, 07:12 PM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
On my 60, it is a combo of both.
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11-14-2008, 07:21 PM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
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11-14-2008, 08:09 PM
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Re: Width on '72 rearend
plus self adjusting brakes, and cheeper more available parts
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