I'm still looking for a place to pick up a 9" housing and axles. The guys at Currie just quoted me $1100 for housing, axles, and drum brake kit. That sounds kinda steep to me...

 

First class stuff costs.... If you're buying the brakes why not go for disks?
Ebay may be your friend on this one.

 

I've been all over ebay and there's only one guy selling 9" stuff on there.

 

Jegs has Currie Heavy Duty Housing and performance Axle Kit for $964 for a 64-66 or 67-70....little better than $1100 anyways...

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...56727_-1_10141


I'm looking at the same thing and you still need the diff for another grand!!!That's why I posted about this: Nobody gave me any feedback except to say go to a junkyard and get the 9 inch full housing and axle etc, but that's a crapshoot and probably very unlikely for me. What do you think of this guy's product below?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...778&rd=1,1

think its legit? Sure saves alot of housing and axle upgrade hassle!!!

 

you get .what you pay.

 

Watch Craigslist for a 9". I have both purchased and sold one on there. I picked up a 9" disc brake Granada for $400 and then purchased a new center section for $550. It is only 28 spline but that should be plenty for my setup. I spent a couple hundred more and replaced bearings, turned rotors and new pads. Good to go, now if I could only get the ebrake to work. [:@]

 

Take a look at the current Hot Roddin magazine. They did an article on a Currie 9", limited slip, drum to drum, final cost from Currie = $2800.00Unless you're running some serious muscle, 500+hp, I can't see dropping that much money on a rear end. I just built my 8" 3:25 trac-loc, brand new ring/pin, and limited slip, with all the extraparts (seals, gaskets, etc), for $800, re-using my rear end housing.

 

BTW, I was quoted $1400 complete, for a 9" limited slip, but that's the unusual narrow 65-66, cut and rewelded. You might consider buying a junk 9" center at the bone yard, and have the rear axle tubes
re-welded to size.The 9" limited slip center section is about $600-700 if you shop wisely.

 

I'm not sure why you guys are so surprised at the cost of an axle assembly. It is quite common to drop between $4k-$5k for a rear axle and $5-$6k for a front axle for a Jeep. If you want to play you've got to pay either in money for a drop-in from Currie, et al, or in sweat equity to do it yourself.

 

I found a guy who has 31 spline axles and housings for $500, may have been for the earlier mustang, but he may have for wider body too.

Gothand, where are you coming up with these prices? You probly know more about jeeps/4x4s than me, but 5-6k even for a well modded d60 front diff with air locker an axles an blah blah blahseems pretty steep.