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Hey fella's,

yea the guy that sold me the steering rack is some kind of bedofrd loving guru, seriously the nicest most knowledgable bedford guy i've ever met. I got lucky cause he went to a swap meet and wanted $500 bucks for the rack and no one bought it and I didn't have the coin when I first talked to him before he went to this swap meet to buy it. He said someone offered him $200 bucks at the meet but he told em $300 was his limit so I just offered him $300 bucks when i Picked up my diff. He told me it usually costs about $1,200 for the rack mounts to be converted to fit the bedford, considering he's been real honest so far I think that must be true? 

I don't have any pics right now but i'll take some and post them up. The rack has been converted to bolt straight into a bedford and there is a sticker on it with the company that modified it and the part number they gave it, it's half scratched off but i'll take a pic and you might be able to make sense of it. A few of the copper/steel pipes are a little bent up, i'm just gonna go to a brake place and have them make some new ones.

I'll check the diff and let you know the ratio. I don't mind telling you how much i paid, i had to pay the asking price of $950, considering I got it with two new tyres and the seller turned out to be a practising member of one of the fueding bikie clubs of recent times I was pretty happy to walk away with the deal and no bruises, I started to bargain and he got pretty short and so I pulled my cash out cause I figured I was getting a good deal. It was sold through a legitamately trading company and I got a receipt so I know (or hope) it was the genuine article.

Thanks for your reply's, i'll get some pics on.

Jordan.

I love this web site, I feel like I'm sitting in a pub having a beer and talking about my van.

Well I bought the diff, it's a 9" welded into a CF dual wheel base rear end, i have to pull the cover off to check the ratio, it came with four tyres, two bald and two brand new and I ended up getting a power steering rack for $300 and a pretty straight bonnet for $10 bucks aswell. Going back to pick up two machined drums some time in the future when i have some more coin. The guy was a complete gentlemen, I think I scored pretty well.

Thanks for all the advice, I might need some help to work out my ratio, Have no idea about counting crown wheel and pinion gear teeth so i'll probably have some more simple questions to follow.

cheers,

Jordan.

Hi everyone,

My name is Jordan, have recently bought a CF long wheel base beddy in classic lime green acrylic. Haven't started to restore it yet but I am getting parts together for when i can start, just have to finish building a house so I have a garage to work on the stallion.

I am looking at purchasing a 9" diff at the moment because most of the driving will be on the highway as i'm planning to deck it out as a camper. The ratio of this diff is about 3.86:1 or pretty close to it (think that's how you say it). Just wondering if anyone could give me some advice as to what kind of price is reasonable to offer and if this ratio woud be good for high way cruising, bout 110 kph, my CF has a red 202 and a 3 speed auto. This diff was behind a 308 if that makes any difference and it is a complete rear axle set up with the dual wheels etc all attached, no springs though.

Any advice would be really appreciated.

thanks.