: 14 bolt?


Chrisjeep7
10-17-2002, 08:51 AM
i picked this up at a buddys junk yard today. what kida 14 bolt is this...is it a heavy duty one or somthing? it has about another 1/2" of lip on the bottom of the housing that needs grinding off!!!
it came out of a fed-ex truck.

Chrisjeep7
10-17-2002, 08:52 AM
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here is that lip....:eek:

bigdude
10-17-2002, 08:53 AM
Just a different casting with the fins to provide better cooling for the diff. You can grind/sawzall the fins and the lip off without hurting anything.

sunshineoffroad
10-17-2002, 09:01 AM
That is a full floating 14 bolt. Just a different casting. Big Dude is right, you can remove the fins and lip and still have plenty of material left for strength.

Chrisjeep7
10-17-2002, 09:39 AM
i know it is a FF 14 bolt...i was just wondering if they had changed the casting for newer 14 bolts. it just seemed larger than the other 14 bolts it was next to in the yard.