ive got a junk yard ford 9". Do they make kits to make thin work with are cars? Or do i have to get one that has all the stuff on it?

 

some guy did a post where he welded the f body axels to a 8.8 housing. maybe he will do a write up on it or something

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-...t-left-11.html post 505

 

Too much work if you ask me. I believe I've also seen a post someone took 9 bolt axles and tubes and converted them to a 9 inch center. It took a lot of welding and a jig that was custom made to do it. After all that sure you get a 9" ring with unknown mileage and usage, but you still have little 28 spline axles.

$975 or so will get you an aftermarket housing thats all ready for a center section.

If you convert a junk yard one it needs to be the proper spacing (cut to fit), needs spring perches, LCA mounts, and most importantly it needs to have a torque arm bracket mount. That's the big one the torque arm bracket on the 9 bolt and 10 bolt are cast directly into the pumpkin so there is no easy way to cutting and welding it. Most aftermarket ones use a mount that bolts off the centersection or just provide ears and a custom torque arm is required to hook it up correctly.

Maybe 5+ years ago many people were going JY conversions, but in the past few years aftermarket centers and bolt-ins have gotten cheaper and are more strudy than a 20-40 year old 9" you pull out of a salvage yard.