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Took the rear end to the local transmission shop, and I got an update.

The metal parts of the Ford TracLoc Posi were in good shape, no chips, pits or wear to be seen in the spiders. The clutches were pretty badly worn, looks like a replacement of the clutches and new springs to just freshen it up. Not too expensive there...

Bearings and races inside the housing look good, no end play in the pinion gear, ring gear looks really clean. Pinion seal was leaking, needs to be replaced (that was obvious before it went to the shop from the puddle on the garage floor, no surprise there).

The gears aren't 4.11's, they are 4.20's. Anybody out there know why those would be used? It doesn't sound like a normal rear ratio, except for special application, road race, drag race, etc. Saw a posting that they might have been used in early Bronco's.

Axles are in good shape, but they are stock. 28 spline, axle bearings and races showed wear and need replacement, stock retainer plate (pretty distorted...). The shop recommended replacement with hardend axles, anybody got a line on a good deal out there?
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Rear end housing has small dents and road pits, nothing too radical, and nothing from an internal failure, just road dings. The inside was dirty, nothing looking bad there, no metal shavings!!! Axle Bearing housings looked good, no spun bearings in its history, old style big ford. I was almost hoping that we might find a problem there, would have been a good excuse to narrow up the rear, but I'll take it as a sign that the rear end was taken care of during its life.

Next is to have the spring pearches removed and the g-link brackets welded to the housing. And get the rear Wilwood disk kit to match the 11.75"x0.81" Dynalite front brakes.