currie Fabricated Housing - smaller 18 Inch Housing - Photo 17150941

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The smaller 18-inch fabricated housing accepts a standard Ford 9-inch ring gear and third member, or up to a 9.5-inch ring gear. With a little grinding, a 10-inch ring gear can be used, though most customers will use the 30-inch center section if using such a larger ring gear.

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Four pieces of plate, with only two vertical welds, make up the center section. The face plate is 0.375 inches thick, while the other three plates of the body are made of 0.1875-inch steel.

Inside the housing, bulkheads are used to engage the axle tube instead of butt-welding the tubes. They can be cut to accept either 3-inch or 3.25-inch axle tubes.

The first bend in the center section housing (next to the index finger in the image) is done directly in the middle of the axle tubes. This means that no ground clearance is lost when the axle rotates. Currie plans to market this axle to not only the desert scene but also to the trail guys as well.

This fabricated housing can be ordered with semi-floating ends, full-floating ends, or with unit bearings.

The smaller 18-inch fabricated housing accepts a standard Ford 9-inch ring gear and third member, or up to a 9.5-inch ring gear. With a little grinding, a 10-inch ring gear can be used, though most customers will use the 30-inch center section if using such a larger ring gear.