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Questions about PV rear axles 444-544

posted by  mcduck on  Wed Mar 13 03:28 CST 2002
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1) The change was in '61-'62.

2) 444s came with either an ENV (out the front) or Spicer (out the rear) differential. AFAIK, 544s only came with the Spicer.

3) I think the interesting changes would be 1800E or 140, which use the beefier, but wider, Spicer 30 (most 122s and 1800S used the same Spicer 27 as the 544), or the 9" Ford. There's no commonality of parts, though. If you could find a rear end from one of the later 122/1800S with the 30 ( fairly rare in the US) The swap would be more straight forward, though not much. Still plenty of cutting & welding.

4) Sure, a B-18 with OD works well in a PV. 122 and 1800S ratios were 4.10 W/O OD, and 4.56 with (some 122 wagons had 4.56 W/O OD).

A PV with 4.10s is plenty snappy; the OD gives it a decent cruise.
My only concern with putting an OD in a 544 is that the tranmission tunnel is a stressed member of the unit body; whatever you replaced it with (it has to be cut out for the OD to fit) should be adequate to cary the load or the body will likely fall apart.






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