rear end decoding

[351w_swap]

I am looking at buying a rearend with a tag that says:
WDX G 71A
2 50 9 402A
I need any information possible on this. Is there anywhere that I can find this or does anyone know what this means? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

 

[bnickel]

all i can tell you is that it is an open rear with 2.50 gears.

 

[Cupid]

Check Kevinstang's site.

Here's a site that I refer to every once in a while. May be of some help to you.

Kevinstang's

 

[351w_swap]

anything else? Is it a 28 or 31 spline? standard differential? all i know is that its from a lincoln versailles and that it has been cut to the length of a 65. I believe almost everything else is stock.

 

[bnickel]

anything else? Is it a 28 or 31 spline? standard differential? all i know is that its from a lincoln versailles and that it has been cut to the length of a 65. I believe almost everything else is stock.

all versailles had 28 spline axles. yes the open rear means it is a standard diff. if it was a traction loc diff there would be an "L" between the 2 and the 50. in other words it would read 2 L 50

 

[ultrastang]

I am looking at buying a rearend with a tag that says:
WDX G 71A
2 50 9 402A
I need any information possible on this. Is there anywhere that I can find this or does anyone know what this means? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

I tried cross-referencing the tag number you posted with what I have listed on my website, and come up with nothing.

If it was from a '77-'80 Lincoln Versailles, I'm puzzled as to why it would have been cut to fit a '65/'66 Mustang (??). Those rear ends already have the very same 52¼" wide (bare) housings as the '65/'66 Mustang's rear ends.

I have all the rear end codes listed on my site for the '75-'80 Granada/Monarch 8", 8.7", 9-inch drum brake, and '9-inch disc brake rear ends, as well as all the codes for the 9-inch disc brake rear ends from the '77-'80 Versailles, and this doesn't match any of them.

Sounds like it possibly came out of something else, like a big Lincoln Continental (56" wide housing) and was cut down to the narrower length.

As Brian said, the gears are 2.50 ratio, with a single track differential. the only other thing I can tell from your information is the rear end was assembled the 1st week of January, 1977.

http://ultrastang.com/Rearinfo.asp?Page_ID=5

www.ultrastang.com

 

[351w_swap]

thanks guys, great info. im still undecided on whether to buy or not but i think it will cost me $325. It is disassembled, supposedly to check all the components, is this a descent price considering that i will have to do something to put in some sort of posi or trac loc? Thanks

 

[bnickel]

$325 sound reasonable as long as all the brake components are in good usable shape. i had one that i completely went through and sold it for $1000 and barely made any money on it all. i put in new bearings and seals, new rotors, rebuilt calipers and a 3.70 center section. i would not have sold if i hadn't REALLY NEEDED the money. actually i would like to find another one for the cougar i'm getting.