4.88 install question
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Originally Posted by n3elz
4.88 gears (actually 4.56 and up) for the 8.8 are funny. To put 4.56 in you have to grind the cross pin in order to allow the installation of the c-clips. D. has only used lower gearsets and has never encountered this problem.
Originally Posted by flomaster
any one live in the prescott Az area that can do a 4.56 install on my 8.8???
might want to get in touch with Alon, he might know someone and i think he is running 4.56s now.
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From: Kennett Square, PA
Originally Posted by Ranger1
if the guy knows what he is doing you don't need the notched cross pin on either set of gears, if you are doing it yourself or you don't think guy doing them sounds to sure i would buy the notched cross pin. You can do like Griggs said and grind/notch the pin during the install. The guy i bought my gears from also said you can grind one tooth on the ring gear, I think this is what the guy that did my install did.
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From: Avon, IN
aight the 14th is a no go.. company hogroast IE.. get wasted on the bosses beer :)
but you guys pick the 7th or the 21st. either of those is fine for me. im gonna get to do an exploder 8.8 install on mine in a week or 2 as i have a bent axle and the cheapest i can find the axle is $125.. call another place and i can get a disk to desk sploder for $200 which i was gonna do down the road anyway.
but the other thing i need a couple guys for is to remove my bed so i can mount my bumper the proper way..lol
but you guys pick the 7th or the 21st. either of those is fine for me. im gonna get to do an exploder 8.8 install on mine in a week or 2 as i have a bent axle and the cheapest i can find the axle is $125.. call another place and i can get a disk to desk sploder for $200 which i was gonna do down the road anyway.
but the other thing i need a couple guys for is to remove my bed so i can mount my bumper the proper way..lol
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From: Charlestown, IN
Originally Posted by Big04Ranger
aight the 14th is a no go.. company hogroast IE.. get wasted on the bosses beer :)
but you guys pick the 7th or the 21st. either of those is fine for me. im gonna get to do an exploder 8.8 install on mine in a week or 2 as i have a bent axle and the cheapest i can find the axle is $125.. call another place and i can get a disk to desk sploder for $200 which i was gonna do down the road anyway.
but the other thing i need a couple guys for is to remove my bed so i can mount my bumper the proper way..lol
but you guys pick the 7th or the 21st. either of those is fine for me. im gonna get to do an exploder 8.8 install on mine in a week or 2 as i have a bent axle and the cheapest i can find the axle is $125.. call another place and i can get a disk to desk sploder for $200 which i was gonna do down the road anyway.
but the other thing i need a couple guys for is to remove my bed so i can mount my bumper the proper way..lol
P.S. it is always great to get wasted on company funds!!
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From: Avon, IN
ill put it down in stone... i might even have chevy springs to install that day as well... who knows. if it turns into a real long day your more then welcome to crash on the couch or whatever. ( this goes for you as well zach... gumby you can drive your *** the 4 miles home 
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From: Charlestown, IN
Originally Posted by Big04Ranger
ill put it down in stone... i might even have chevy springs to install that day as well... who knows. if it turns into a real long day your more then welcome to crash on the couch or whatever. ( this goes for you as well zach... gumby you can drive your *** the 4 miles home )
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Originally Posted by n3elz
I saw that also in some how-to's -- but I don't like it as much. Some gearsets are just murder on c-clip axles and I imagine you might have to do BOTH. I can imagine doing 5.13's, lol...
Yeah I can imagen doing 5.13's. Believe me if they would have fit in the front I would put them in.
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I just finished my 4.88 axle swap i only put about 100 miles on them but my first thoughts are they seem to return the power levels back to around stock. No more wheres the power feeling. It picks right up and moves. I didn't get it over 50 but in 5th gear the RPM were still pretty low. I don't think the motor will be screaming at highway speeds.
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