Can any tell me what Ford this yoke came on from the factory? I'm talking about he round metal hunk of metal just behind the yoke. It turns with the yoke. Thanks.
Ford had problems for a number of years with certain gearsets creating harmonics. Didn't cause any wear problems or anything like that, but affected the comfort level of the vehicles. Comfort for the lack of a better descriptive word. Anyway, they knew which gears it occurred with but it took them a number of years to figure out what was causing it and come up with a fix at the manufacturing level. During that time, the damper in your pic was used to cancel the harmonics. It wasn't used on certain cars, but rather on certain gear sets that they knew to be problematic. The above is what I was told by a former Ford drivetrain development engineer who I shared an office with for several years when I worked for an auto supplier. I'd previously had a 64 Galaxie that had one of the dampers and never had run into anyone who knew what it was or why it was there.
The pinion bearing retainer is also different, takes a seal with a very large od but standard ID..I've got one or two of them around but don't know ratio..
Hey guys, I have one of these center section, mine has 4.20 in it so are they junk or are they worth using. I bought it for the Posi Unit and the gear set maybe I should find a different center section and set it all up in the new section. Can anyone tell me if it is something that I shouldn't be using. I will be twisting some horsepower to it so I don't really want to be wasting my time and money on a piece of junk. Thank you.
BTT Still would like to know more about this center section any Ford or 9 inch guys have any information to help out with this.
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