that's fine, pedro, i should be home. if you came sunday, though, we could go 4 wheeling with my club.

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as for the rear pinion working in the front- i will see about getting mine loosened sometime this week to see if it will work.

the ring gear bolt pattern is definitely different by a few millimeters. sorry the pic aint that great, but you would not have been able to see the holes very well if i'd taken it back a little. there is one bolt holding the rear ring gear onto the front carrier in that photo. both ends need to be almost a press-fit, i think ron referred to it as an interference fit, either way, you cannot get the ring gear onto it's respective carrier without tightening all the bolts down, pulling it to the surface. now, ron, there is no play at all in the ring gear once all the bolts are in (but not tightened), so i doubt there could be a problem with it being off-center.

here's my suggestion- have ARB make a 7.5" locker and i will supply all the 7.5" rings and pinions everyone needs for as little as i can charge, without going broke. i with the difference between the 26 and 28 spline rear ends, i wonder if a sleeve can be made for the locker to fit either. said sleeve would be a weak point, for sure, though. if not, i wonder what the cost would be to run a set of 26 spline and 28 spline. and if none of this pans out, i wonder how hard it would be to build a lock-rite for these diffs. and how many would be interested.

gimme some time to find out about the pinions and i'll get back to you guys.