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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 08:49 PM
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Looking for some fab help, looking to switch over to a 9 in. My 7.5 has the rear disc setup, and wondering if anyone has tried putting them on a 9 in housing, my rotors, pads, and suprise, suprise--calipers are new, so no worry about them. Any Ideas???
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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 07:24 AM
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If you're talking about 9- and 10-bolt rear discs, the only difference is the backing plates.

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Old Oct 23, 2005 | 09:08 AM
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He's mentioning a 9 inch, not 9 bolt, so it should depend on who made the rear and what flanges they put on it. If they installed "10 bolt" flanges on it, they should bolt right up.

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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 08:45 PM
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I'm working on this right now. I am assuming you have a Moser rear? Here is a link to a thread about it. The link at the end by IROCZZ3 is exactly what I needed to figure it out.
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ighlight=moser
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 09:25 PM
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thanks for the post, i tried searching earlier, but way too much to try and look through to get what i wanted, the rearend is actually a "junkyard" assy that i had, have new gears and a spool to put in it, have cut it to size, welded my brackets on (using coil-overs) and working on a rear brace. Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but shouldn't the specs for the bearrings be the same no matter if it is a bolt in unit or not? Thanks
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 09:42 PM
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Originally posted by KWIK84
[correct me if i'm wrong, but shouldn't the specs for the bearrings be the same no matter if it is a bolt in unit or not? Thanks [/B]
I am not sure but I can tell you with my axles installed, my axle bearings protrude 1/8 inch past the housing ends. If yours is like this the diagram from moser should be what you need. I would just check the o.d. on the bearing before clearancing your disc brackets.
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