Picked up my Rearend
 

3.55 Posi, Disk Brakes and super strong 8.8....

all for $150 from the local scrap yard and they pulled it and loaded it.. Nothing cut except for a sensor wire on top which I would never use annyways.. The ebrake cables are still in tact and not cut..

What a great deal! Funny thing is I got the rearend before the truck,.... Thanks to mother nature...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b9.../IMG000091.jpg

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Go back and get your rear sway bar, and the drive shaft. great buy

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dont want the sway bar because it bolts to the body.. I am going to lay the frame with this one... And spicer makes the adapter for the yoke...

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I'd still reconsider saying no to a swaybar. BTW are you sure you're going to lay frame or are you going to lay runningboard.

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Ok you got me there... I gues sthe boards will hit first....

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there ya go :D

From a safety point of view though it's something to remember. If something fails with your bag system using a stock frame, body damage obviously will occur.

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Ya I thought about that.. But Classic truck parts has about anything I need so it gots to get low.....LOL

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waoooo cant beat that price ..nice rear end ,rear disk brakes and lots of power ...cant wet to see more pics....good luck:lol::metal:

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Sound like a great deal.
Whats it going into? oh I see now 53 3100
What's it out of?
Give us the width measurement?

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I have a few questions about this swap if yall don't mind answering them,

What is the difference in the width of the 8.8 and the 67-72 12 bolt?

Is the lug pattern the same?

What about the e-brake connection?

And lastly if you have power front disc/rear drum brakes do you need to change the proportioning valve with the addition of the rear discs on the 8.8?

Thanks in advance for the input,

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entourageguy What is the hubgarage? A customer of mine sent me a private invitation to join and i did but??

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For specs on the Explorer 8.8 see

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech...plorer8_8.html

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I was wondering the exact same thing. Everything I looked at says the bolt pattern is 5x114? If that's the case, then it would be a mis-match for the s10 swap correct?

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The only thing is you have to run ford rear wheels.. No biggie at all..

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5 on 4 1/2 (ford dodge) bolt patern, But if your doing a m II or the dodge dakota front in. then it's just right. They also make steele and ralley wheels that have both 5x4 1/2 and 5x 4 3/4 bolt patern on them. I sub framed my 38 coupe with a 69 f-body and have the 8.8 rear with the steele wheels painted lime green with babys and beauties and hot rod black.. I think it's cool

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The only thing is you have to run ford rear wheels.. No biggie at all.:lol::lol:that is so funny /////r u going to put your big tires in the front? its a show car...igot the same rear end and when is time to get rims im going to get ford pattern to the back 20x10 and 18x7 for the front if i get a flat just call the flat bed and that it.......:lol:

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You don't have to you can have your axles and rotors redrilled. I have a 9 inch in my 55 210 with redrilled axles and rotors. It all depends on what you really want. For every action theres a reaction. It was important to me to stay with the Chevy bolt pattern because of my Chevy 210 front end. But with a mustang two you can buy rotors either way. I just wanted you to know you still have a choice. By the way its easy to take the axles out that rearend it's a c-clip rearend.

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why redrilled .? r u going to use ur wide tire in the front?

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It has nothing to do with the front. I have 18x7 up front. I have 55 210 (not talking about my truck) with a 9 inch. The front suspension is not changed other than disc brakes they came with IFS. I wanted the bolt pattern to match so I had my rearend axles and rotors redrilled to match the front. In other words I had the 9 inch Ford redrilled to be able to install Chevy wheels.

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