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marshall k · 08-22-2011, 10:53 AM

greetings everyone-trying find if the rear axle in my 37 is right for the year. the spring hanger perches are welded to the axle housing and rad rods are bolted to the backing plates, which by what i read should put it to a 37-41 housing. however there is no fitting to lube driveshaft support brg which i understood to be a 37 inprovement. serial number puts it to a mid-year build. anybody ran across this before? thanks for your time.

JM 35 Sedan · 08-22-2011, 11:11 AM

Not all '37's were built with a solid drive shaft that had a zerk fitting in center of torque tube to lube a support bearing. I had a '37 rear removed from an original '37 std coupe that had a hollow type drive shaft that was same as '35-'36. Do you know what type of drive shaft you actually have inside the torque tube? If you have a solid drive shaft w/o a center bearing, that is not a good thing because it will whip around inside the torque tube and cause vibrations.

37ford4dr · 08-22-2011, 02:08 PM

my 37 has no center "carrier" bearing

marshall k · 08-23-2011, 08:18 AM

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thanks for the information, i will check the shaft type. marshall

08-22-2011, 10:53 AM	#1
marshall k Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 65	37 ford rear axle greetings everyone-trying find if the rear axle in my 37 is right for the year. the spring hanger perches are welded to the axle housing and rad rods are bolted to the backing plates, which by what i read should put it to a 37-41 housing. however there is no fitting to lube driveshaft support brg which i understood to be a 37 inprovement. serial number puts it to a mid-year build. anybody ran across this before? thanks for your time.

08-22-2011, 11:11 AM	#2
JM 35 Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Near Rising Sun, Maryland Posts: 10,876	Re: 37 ford rear axle Not all '37's were built with a solid drive shaft that had a zerk fitting in center of torque tube to lube a support bearing. I had a '37 rear removed from an original '37 std coupe that had a hollow type drive shaft that was same as '35-'36. Do you know what type of drive shaft you actually have inside the torque tube? If you have a solid drive shaft w/o a center bearing, that is not a good thing because it will whip around inside the torque tube and cause vibrations. __________________ *John* *"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts". Albert Einstein*

08-22-2011, 02:08 PM	#3
37ford4dr Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: arlington va Posts: 185	Re: 37 ford rear axle my 37 has no center "carrier" bearing

08-23-2011, 08:18 AM	#4
marshall k Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 65	Re: 37 ford rear axle Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) thanks for the information, i will check the shaft type. marshall