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Originally Posted by Vic Piano

When you say the center section, are you referring to the "banjo" or the housing for the Columbia gears? The housing for the Columbia gears. Also, the Zephyr (when ordered with a Columbia) had the unit installed at the factory so, could it be that (for the Zephyr) Columbia cast both sides and delivered it to Lincoln already assembled as a unit? It appears Ford supplied Columbia with the requisite pieces (castings) and Columbia assembled them as a "unit". That's just about the only thing that would explain the roughness of the castings...

Are both axle housings the same "texture"?