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General Category => Willys Forum => Topic started by: dusty on April 03, 2011, 11:38:03 AM

Title: rear end ratios
Post by: dusty on April 03, 2011, 11:38:03 AM

Need some help from our Willys friends. I have a 53 Kaiser manhattan I got from the San Francisco Bay area, It has been a puzzle . The car has been sitting since 1961 in a garage APART. The rear end tag reads W 05:11 AND HAS 8 leaves in the springs and the brake cables are 4 inches too long. Does the 5:11 mean it is a ratio of 5:11 or if you divide the 5 into 11 it indicates 4:64

Title: Re: rear end ratios
Post by: ss442 on April 03, 2011, 02:13:28 PM

the ratio is 5:11 as stated no need to divide

Title: Re: rear end ratios
Post by: Jim B PEI on April 03, 2011, 06:00:46 PM

5.11??  My goodness, that seems low. That must be from an overdrive car--but it still seems low, like something you'd find in a Willys Jeep, maybe with a 4 cylinder or the small 6. My 57 Studebaker with a 185 CID (101 hp) flathead 6 and overdrive has a 4.56 and that was the lowest rear end available