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Old 09-26-2007, 11:09 AM
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I'm buying a locker but they come by number of spline, whats a spline and how do i know what number does my car has.
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splines are a series of uniformly spaced ridges on a shaft, parallel to its axis and fitting inside corresponding grooves in the hub of a gear, etc., to transmit torque.

The number of splines will depend on what axles you have. I have no clue what the spline count would be on a ford 9"
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most likely you have 31, 33, 35 spline axles in a 9 inch. if you ordered the rear yourself you should be able to look on the build sheet for it and find out.
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Originally Posted by borninatransam
most likely you have 31, 33, 35 spline axles in a 9 inch. if you ordered the rear yourself you should be able to look on the build sheet for it and find out.

Thats the problem that this rear end was in the car when i bought it , now i'm buying a e-z locker and i need to know,i guess if i take it apart i will be able to see it right?
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Originally Posted by crz28
Thats the problem that this rear end was in the car when i bought it , now i'm buying a e-z locker and i need to know,i guess if i take it apart i will be able to see it right?
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Take out an axle and start counting.



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