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Old 11-05-2013, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by John V. View Post
The '64 9773369 has very different ear "towers" in that they do not come straight up, instead they are "twisted" in a way so that the "gusseting" on the top half of the housing is incorporated within the "tower" itself such that the base of the ear "tower" is connected to the axle tube socket rather than the gusset rib on the side of the housing as is the case with the other two Pontiac castings.
Bushing ears on the Buick are as exactly as you describe. Either GM had two axle plants making the same axle, one for Buick/Oldsmobile and one for Pontiac, or they had one making the same axle then casting it for Buick/Olds and Pontiac.

Either way the Buick and the 64 Pontiac rear end are the same.