Lots of folks have not seen one of these diffs, so I thought I’d post pics of the tear down of the one I just got home as well as the rebuild when I get started








agreed - thanks for the pics! These had an open driveshaft correct?flatford39 wrote: ↑February 6th, 2018, 1:30 pmThat ting looks pretty clean inside. Thanks for posting. Never saw the insides of one before.
marcel kristoff wrote:Wow. I’m only 45 mins away from Dawson Creek. My AA has the same rear end. Can I ask who you bought it from?
I am pretty sure it connects the same way any other AA diff did, two 1” pins through the back of each leaf spring to the top of the diff, but without the torque tube and radius arms, it uses that large long arm as a stabilizer to the front spring mount on the drivers side, I’ll post lots of pics as I re assemble it, I just got some of the rear suspension parts back from the welding shop today and hope to be ready for reassembly some time next week. Here’s pics of an AA fire truck in a museum in Winnipeg that I was able to get so I had something to help see how it all fits together.Stakebed wrote:Since they had an open driveshaft how were they connected to the frame? just the leaf springs like modern trucks? I see a pretty stout bar that has been torched off in your pic...
Seeing pictures of this museum truck with the filthy dirty undercarriage reminded me of a trip to The Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar, CA. I was watching a woman who's job it was to keep the vehicles clean. Not only the topside, but on her cart of polishes and cleaners she had a creeper that she used keeping the underside dust free too.pinesdune wrote: ↑February 8th, 2018, 7:36 pmI am pretty sure it connects the same way any other AA diff did, two 1” pins through the back of each leaf spring to the top of the diff, but without the torque tube and radius arms, it uses that large long arm as a stabilizer to the front spring mount on the drivers side, I’ll post lots of pics as I re assemble it, I just got some of the rear suspension parts back from the welding shop today and hope to be ready for reassembly some time next week. Here’s pics of an AA fire truck in a museum in Winnipeg that I was able to get so I had something to help see how it all fits together.Stakebed wrote:Since they had an open driveshaft how were they connected to the frame? just the leaf springs like modern trucks? I see a pretty stout bar that has been torched off in your pic...
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