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Ford 8.8 axle swap
Cheek-Bone:
If this is what you are talking about then yes it is for the e-brake.
Axle:
Yup, that's it. I'm going to have to replace all of the pads, both the shoes and the rotor pads. I'm also going to have to clean up the rotors, they are pretty rusted from sitting so long. It's just surface stuff, but I don't want to throw on new pads and use them to strip the rust when I brake. I don't know, I'm just picky like that.
Seabee_BUC:
Dos Axle,
Have you attempted to salvage a bracket off the 8.8 yet to see how feasible it will be taking them off your D35??? Just curious...
Axle:
Well, I will attempt some more cutting today, but I didn't really get into it last night because of noise. Cheeks has a dremel tool I can borrow for more accurate and smaller cutting. The 8.8 brackets aren't getting any TLC. They're just getting chopped and ground down. If I can't reuse my d35 brackets, I already have a backup plan. I just won't be able to do anything about it until tax return. That's why it's going to be a while before I take the d35 out from under big yeller. I'm going to wait until closer to tax return so I'm not out of my rig for an extended period.
albsvx:
are the new brackets really that expensive?
personally I wouldn't waste any time trying to reuse the existing brackets. also, if you don't, it will make the actual swap and vehicle downtime much less.
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