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Ring gear spacer?

dixiepc

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I just opened up a 14 bolt rear axle from a M1008 CUCV. It initially appears that there is a spacer behind the ring gear. Did GM sometimes use 4.10 carriers with a spacer behind a 4.56 ring gear in CUCV applications?
 

dixiepc

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Steve,

I trust your experience but is it possible that it could have been done if they needed to use up some 4.10 carriers. I took this rear end out of a CUCV myself so I know that it is original. I have build quite a few front and rear ends so I am not new to this. I'm not trying to argue just trying to figure out what I'm looking at without taking this apart. Just noticed it while I was it out before I put in new fluid.
 

steve6x6x6

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I have had a few of them myself, but have never seen a 14 bolt spacer. It would have come from a GM plant, i am not aware of a GM spacer for the 14 bolt, or after market. Got a pic?
 

Skinny

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4.10 to 4.56 is the split on the carrier. I wonder if someone rebuilt the rearend with a set of thin gears? A lot can happen in 30 years...
 

dixiepc

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Steve, I'll get some pictures for you tomorrow.

There is no indication whatsoever that this thing had been into since it left the factory until I opened it up.
 

dixiepc

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Well, I couldn't stand waiting until tomorrow. After I took the cover off I got to looking really close and I don't think that it's a spacer after all. But I'm going to attach a picture anyway. Let me know what you think.

14 bolt 006 (Medium).jpg
 

dixiepc

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I did Steve, it is 4.56. It wound up being just the way the carrier was machined.

Thanks for responding.
 
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