Recent content by Lloyd Gogo

Hey, from the Great White North!! I usually start following the weather reports closely towards the end of March/early April. Right now it's the 23rd of March and snowing so guaranteed the salt/brine trucks will be out. So I'll wait for at least a week of constant temps above 60° and some good...

Jim C, Thanks for your words of wisdom and advice! You as well 'oldVOR!' Sure enough it had compressed back into itself and I'll be honest, I haven't the foggiest idea how! However, 2 lengths of 3/8 threaded rod, a few nuts n washers and bingo! The 03'-04' Cobra pinion flange works like a charm...

oldVOR, Thanks for the info. I've called a couple of driveshaft shops locally but it's the same story...'bring the driveshaft in and we'll look at it"! I'm going to try and use some threaded rod the same as the bolts and hopefully 'pull' the driveshaft into the flange. I'll post the results...

Oldvor, What year was the GT500 8.8 out of? Mine is from a 2012

Jim C, I was kind of wondering about that 'boot' in the driveshaft. I'll be honest, this is my first Mustang. I've had Chevs mostly and with them the yoke would move in and out of the transmission. With this setup, its bolted to a flange on the back of the transmission. New to me!!. How would I...

So no other alternatives? Another flange? Different flange on the driveshaft? The original flange from the 2012 8.8 seems like the right length, just the bolt pattern is smaller. I've included a picture of the original flange that was in the car (rusty one). You can see where the driveshaft...

I recently installed an 8.8 rear end from a 2012 Shelby GT500. Into my 07' base v6 auto. Everything bolted up fine, even used the Shelby trailing arms. All my research led me to the 03'-04' Cobra pinion flange to be able to use my original driveshaft. I purchased and installed it and it doesn't...