Tom Tangen

Agreed, I already have more $$ into it than I wanted. You're right on with the cost of the brake drum puller, by the way. By the time they came off with a lot of beating, cussing and heat, I figured either the puller or lugbolts were going to break. I have a jeep rearend lined up but I am too anxious to get it driving again to go to all that work so I have to pour in the money for now. I think my brake drums are good. I'll probably clean up the wheel cylinders and stuff everything back in for now. My pickup is going to be a driver (around town for now) and is also NOT a trailer queen. I was just hoping that there might be a way to use the old housing, but that doesn't sound like it will make sense. Thanks for the response.

I have a 1946 Dodge 1/2 ton pickup and wondering what the stock differential is. It's an 11 bolt with 663473-7 cast into the housing on the drivers side. I'm re-sealing it for now as I like driving it with the old low gears, but thinking higher gears may be a good thing in the future. Are there higher ring and pinion sets available on the aftermarket for this rear-end or do I have to start hitting the junkyards?