driveline · FF-0533

How do the axles, spider gears and ring gear go together in a banjo carrier?

Ed calls the axles kind of strange and says this is a standard Flathead Ford axle, probably the same on everything back to the Model A. Pins on one side hold the spider gears, which rotate with the axle, and the ring gear bolts onto that. With its bolts and the two bearings Ed cut and split, one on each side, that makes the whole carrier assembly. Ed did not take the spider gear side apart.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

axles, spider gears and carrier

Applicable scope

1948 Ford banjo rear end with an open driveshaft conversion, as Ed describes it