35 Rear Ratio??

[PeterC]

Can't for the life of me read the stamp on my 35 Ford rear - can you?
when I turn the pinion shaft and rotate it one complete revolution - I get just a tad over 2 turns of my brake drum - what rear gear ration is this please?

 

[uncle max]

Bottom picture looks like 9-37. If so, it's a 4.11.

 

[PeteVS]

Looks like a 9 and a 37. 37 divided by 9 equals 4.11. That means it should take 4.11 turns of the driveshaft to turn BOTH wheels or brake drums 1 turn OR 2.055 turns of the drive shaft to turn ONE wheel 1 turn if the other wheel is kept from turning.

 

[JM 35 Sedan]

Even though that rear may be stamped 9-37 (4.11:1) you probably should still use the engine turn and count rear wheel turn method to make sure the gears have not been changed over the years. Here is some info that's in the tehno files that you can read to understand this method http://www.btc-bci.com/~billben/reargear.htm