Need Rear Diff Help Quick!
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Need Rear Diff Help Quick!
I have come to realize that I need to replace the spider gears in my rear-end. It'll take a minimum of 2 days for the parts, and I don't have the time. I am going to get an entire rear at a junk yard, until I come accross an 8.8. What year ranger's can I use!!!!?????????????????
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Bit more of a problem but the first answer still applies: all the 7.5" rears have compatible parts. Also, 8.8 and 7.5 28 spline axle shafts are identical. If you need shafts they can come from either (though obviously you CAN'T use the 31 spline 8.8 shafts).
Don't think you can simply "upgrade" a 28 spline 8.8 rear by using the 31 spline spider gears and axle shafts either -- the 31 spline axles require a bigger outer bearing and won't fit inside the axle tubes of a 28 spline 8.8" rear. The 31 spline rear has an axle tube an 1/2" bigger in diameter than the 28 spline model.
Don't think you can simply "upgrade" a 28 spline 8.8 rear by using the 31 spline spider gears and axle shafts either -- the 31 spline axles require a bigger outer bearing and won't fit inside the axle tubes of a 28 spline 8.8" rear. The 31 spline rear has an axle tube an 1/2" bigger in diameter than the 28 spline model.
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Originally Posted by detroitmuscle36
OK nobody is getting what I am saying. I am gonna remove the entire complete rearend. I'm not gonna swap parts, I'm gonna change the entire thing. What years will work?
Your question is a little confusing on what your plans are, but I think I got it.
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