From searching for... to doing
Well, I moved this tread to the tech forum to continue it here.
So the progress is moving forward. I have the punkin cleaned and repainted and the axle housing is cleaned and ready to paint. Would have loved to sand-blast this too, like Kenny mentioned on his 8" rebuild site, but alas, it is just a rear-end. I did use your gasket templates though, Kenny. Thanks for those.
As it turns out I had the measurements bass-ackwards from something I posted earlier. The Maverick rear in 1.5" narrower than the wagon was. Certainly not the same as what Kenny had with his (the Maverick was 3/4" longer for him). SO the round-body cars must be really short if you (Kenny) needed to narrow it even more. The Maverick width, flange to flange (no axles yet), is 52" and the wagon is 53.5" -- and you essentially add 5" to that for the axle flange to axle flange length. So my wheels will be further in than they are now by 3/4" on each side. Now I got room for big meats! [thumb] Well, not really. Would still need different rims to do that I think.
Luckily I have room for this on the backside and it will hardly be noticed, but I was hoping it might be the other direction. I have a lot of room towards the wheel well/body edge.
One thing I am baffle by is the lack of drain holes on the axle shaft flanges. Generally I see the gasket (like Kenny posted) allowing any run-off off gear oil (in the event of an axle seal failure) having a place to go other than all over your brake shoes. There doesn't appear to be any accommodation for this on the 8" axles. I'm still studying these parts to see if I'm missing something, but if I am I don't see it.
I came in to check some things on-line and will head out again in a few to take some pictures, so I'll post those later.