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Splines in a 9" rear end????

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I need a little help if possible. I checked the flanges on my 67 fastback and according to info I read, if the flange has 2 holes it is one size and if it has a larger oval hole it is another. If one side has the 2 holes and ther other has the oval hole, how do I know what is in the rear axle I have? I also need to find out if there is a website that has casting number decoding for rear axles. I am not sure if the rear axle is a mustang one or not. Any info would be great. Thanks.

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http://www.kevinstang.com/Ninecase.htm

if it still has the factory tag
http://www.ridgenet.net/~biesiade/Fordrears.html
 

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----EDITED FOR CORRECTNESS----

All 9-inch flanges have 4 holes, the small ones are closer together than the large ones.

Best way to determine the ratio of your gears are to count the teeth on the ring and the pinion.
 
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Edbert said:
All Mustang 9s came with 28 spline axles.
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that is incorrect info. MOST mustang 9" rears had 28 spline axles but not all. drga pak cars and some regular cj's got 31-splines, most if not all boss 302's got 31 splines all boss 429's got 31 splines all boss 351's got 31 splines. a lot of the 67-68 shelby's got 31 splines etc. there were even some other odd-balls as well, i believe pretty much anything with 3.89/3.91 gears and lower (higher numerically) and any kind of locker also got 31 splines, this only applies to 67 up as far as i know, since i'm not a 65-66 expert.
 
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