Re: 9" rear in a jailbar truck
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Originally Posted by Scotty's 52 F3
The width is the same and the cap diameter is the same but the cap bolt centers are different?
Are we talking cast caps or straps? I'm having a hard time visualizing this. Dang Gary, you're SO close.
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On my existing yoke (47 jailbar) there are neither cast caps or straps. They are small u-bolts that my best description is... Picture a piece of 5/16 " rod, like 2 1/2" long. Now thread both ends about 1/2" in. Next pound the center of this rod flat on an anvil. Maybe 1" worth of flat. Now bend it into a u-bolt with 1 3/8" or 1 5/8" centers on the threaded ends. Maybe this description is a 'strap', but on my '92 F350 flatbed the u-joint is secured by an actual strap like small bar stock with a hole at each end and a hump in it. Then allen head cap screws threaded into its yoke. No wonder that old Chinese guy said a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Last edited by GB SISSON; 06-09-2025 at 12:30 AM.
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