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Ford 8.8 axle swap
Axle:
Probably.
HOT-ROD:
congrats. did you get pictures of each step.
Doball:
I haven't heard of disc brakes that didn't have pads on both sides of the rotor.
Cheek-Bone:
--- Quote from: Axle on January 13, 2008, 03:30:26 AM ---Ok, so tonight I got about half of phase 1 done. I pulled the calipers, rotors, hard brake line, carrier pin, shafts, and the dust shields/shoe brakes.
Found out that the 8.8 is not only disk brake, but it has shoes on the inside of the rotors ??? . I would have to see what you are talking about but disc brakes have pads on both sides of the rotors. They were easy to remove, though. 4 bolts on the ends of the hubs and the whole assembly comes off.
I tried doing a little grinding, but it is late and I don't want to make too much noise. That, and I really need a 3m mask because of all the surface rust. Wrap an old white t-shirt around your face and go to town.
How many of you guys can say you got to work on your new project on your anniversary! And your wife WASN'T mad at you!? That's right, boys, I said wasn't! Just a reminder to me of how awesome my wife is. Honestly, I never would have thought she'd be so supportive of this hobby, but she definitly proved me wrong! ;)Give it time brother all of our wives were supportive when it was still just a hobby, it's when it became part of our lifestyle that the support slowly starts to go away.
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Axle:
About the pads, I'm not talking about pads on both sides of the rotors. There is a drum system on the inside of the rotor where it attaches to the wheel studs. I think Jeremy is right, though, it's probably for the parking brake. I thought about taking pics of what I have done so far, but I am going to wait until after I finish stripping the old brackets off.
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