1950 Willys Truck re-rebuild by 50wllystrk

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Wildspear, I'm glad you like this and are learning something here. I've got a couple more pics tonight.

Horst, Oh yea, a good workshop. I've waited years to finally get just what I've dreamed of. I hope the best for you. Being single my house situation is a little different, hmm, here in my living room to my left, new set of leaf springs, transmission parts for another project. Seriously, enjoy you new workshop.

Here's a pic of the pinion out of the rear end. This is what the driveshaft is bolted to and turns the ring gear. This is where one of the bearings went bad. If anyone reading this has heard the terms like... 4.10 or 3.73 or like in this case 4.56. These numbers refer to the ratio of the amount of ring gear teeth to the pinion teeth. In this case looking close at the numbers printed on this pinion shaft you'll see 41-9. This is 41 teeth on the ring gear, 9 teeth on the pinion, 41 divided by 9 = 4.56.

Since I am planning on reusing the pinion shaft I had to remove the bearing that is pressed on to it. Using a bearing remover along with a press it comes off nice and neat. I don't want to make any marks or dings while removing the bearing, this worked great.


With all the parts stores to get replacement parts I perfer a package deal. This kit from Randy's ring and pinion is perfect. One kit and you get all parts needed.

Quick picture of the frame braces. The original ones had 3/4 inch edges that fit into the frame. I don't have a way to bend back the edges of the braces to create the 3/4 inch edges. I had to made some flat strips and shape them, them weld them to the top and bottom of the braces.