Rebuild 8.8 inside info please

[Fake_Snake]

Time for me to do a rebuild On the stock 8.8
Is there a master kit for it I was told my clutches in the diff are pretty shot. That I can just replace those!


What has everyone one else done when this is presented to you?

 

[Nastystang06]

If its just the differential you can order a kit to rebuild it and it's very easy.

If you need ring/pinion or new bearings it will be more complicated.

I just swappwd out spider gears because i broke my old ones in half, took 30 minutes.
The s spring can be a little tricky with the differential still in the car though.

You can stack the clutches/plates differently too for better results

Actually after reading your signature I would get a wavetrac or detroit lockers lol

 

[Fake_Snake]

I'm assuming it's just the diff, since I've owned it always had 400/400 plus going thru pretty rough alot f track and street grinding. This year started getting worse with burn outs and my last one ofthe night I did for about 10 sec and my buddy said one side wasn't spinning and the other barely made any smoke. All year long I've had sorry 60 foots and been hard r burn outs ....

I know u can't go cheap but if all I need is a simple rebuild for the diff with performance parts over a factory brand Parts I would prefer to keep it like that I've bested 1.45 and norm average 1.5 before it started going nothing lower then 1.7 regardless of track tire size and tire brand

 

[rayS197]

why not look into a Trutrac or something else. To me replacing the clutches etc, is kinda like a band-aid fix. Yes, it may cost more up front but no more clutches to replace.

 

[Greg Hazlett]

^ where do you get that stuff for your sig!!

 

[Nastystang06]

The differential is probably stacked like this
s-f-s-s-f-s-f
S represents steel
F represents fiber

I would rearrange that to where there werent two steels in a row

 

[Fake_Snake]

would i have to change out pinion bearings and shims and other stuff i were to change out the diff to another brand

 

[mrnoodley]

No. The pinion depth would stay the same. You may have to reshim the carrier to get proper backlash and preload.

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[Nastystang06]

What he said^^

It should be pretty close.

Got a mag base dial indicator?

 

[Fake_Snake]

im sure our on base hobby shop does..

might just start looking into a new one instead of a rebuild the stock one

 

[TexasBlownV8]

The clutch pack rebuild kit is around $100-120. I'll be doing one myself here soon, too.

 

[Fake_Snake]

post up the link . my buddy said summit is cheapest $80 or so

 

[808muscle]

why not look into a Trutrac or something else. To me replacing the clutches etc, is kinda like a band-aid fix. Yes, it may cost more up front but no more clutches to replace.

This^^

I too have the one tire fire and am putting in a trutrac.

 

[Newman]

This^^

I too have the one tire fire and am putting in a trutrac.

Been there done that ..... Now I can't test tru trac being my clutch is on its way out

 

[Fake_Snake]

why not look into a Trutrac or something else. To me replacing the clutches etc, is kinda like a band-aid fix. Yes, it may cost more up front but no more clutches to replace.

at almost 4 years of abuse i wouldnt call it a band aid ........


http://www.americanmuscle.com/ford-88-traclok-kit.html

$109 is the cheapest ive seen it for myself... any body else find the one with carbon disk?

 

[TexasBlownV8]

http://www.tousleyfordparts.com/par...iteid=214771&categoryID=120039&subcat1=120782

Bottom one for the carbon fiber ones used in GT500's.

Although, with shipping, and if you get a AM discount, the AM purchase would probably cost less.

 

[808muscle]

Been there done that ..... Now I can't test tru trac being my clutch is on its way out

That sucks!!

Mine going in this Saturday.

 

[Fake_Snake]

think im going the carbon disk route 1 kit +1 splitting a kit with a buddy to do the SFSFSFS thing he knows how to do it he done it several times before.

 

[TexasBlownV8]

Keep us posted; I'll be doing the same soon.

 

[Fake_Snake]

Well i got the clutch replacement kit ordered gonna do the reg sfsfssfs kit replacement and not the "+1" were i go the sfsfsfs or what .I'm hoping when I start pulling it apart nothing else is messed up.