8.8 Rear end installation

glxstang · 10-28-2001, 09:28 PM

I removed my old 7.5 rear end and is tranfering everything over to the new 8.8. I'm not sure what I do with the brace or some call it the dog bone thats on the axel housing on the 7.5. Do I move this over too? What exactly does this do?

84_GT350 · 10-29-2001, 03:09 AM

If you're talking about the thing on the bottom of the housing...it's used to dampen vibrations. It's really pretty useless from what I know.

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1984 1/2 GT350 (#842 Hatchback w/ T-tops), 302HO, Comp cams Xtreme Energy cam, Carter 625cfm carb, Weiand Stealth intake, MSD distributor, MSD coil, FMS 9mm wires, 1 5/8" MAC unequal shorties, 2 1/2" MAC Prochamber H-pipe, Flowmaster 2 chambers, KYBs, 16"x8" 4 lug Cobra Rs, Falken 245/45ZR16s

So I pushed it up to 110,
That flathead motor was about to give in,
I crossed my fingers and prayed to the lord,
Don't let me down you fuct up ford!"

"5-Oh Ford" by The Reverend Horton Heat

10-28-2001, 09:28 PM	#1
glxstang Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Delray Beach, Florida Posts: 97	8.8 Rear end installation I removed my old 7.5 rear end and is tranfering everything over to the new 8.8. I'm not sure what I do with the brace or some call it the dog bone thats on the axel housing on the 7.5. Do I move this over too? What exactly does this do?

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10-29-2001, 03:09 AM	#2
84_GT350 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Overland Park, KS, USA Posts: 1,631	If you're talking about the thing on the bottom of the housing...it's used to dampen vibrations. It's really pretty useless from what I know. ------------------ 1984 1/2 GT350 (#842 Hatchback w/ T-tops), 302HO, Comp cams Xtreme Energy cam, Carter 625cfm carb, Weiand Stealth intake, MSD distributor, MSD coil, FMS 9mm wires, 1 5/8" MAC unequal shorties, 2 1/2" MAC Prochamber H-pipe, Flowmaster 2 chambers, KYBs, 16"x8" 4 lug Cobra Rs, Falken 245/45ZR16s So I pushed it up to 110, That flathead motor was about to give in, I crossed my fingers and prayed to the lord, Don't let me down you fuct up ford!" "5-Oh Ford" by The Reverend Horton Heat