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Old 06-10-2018, 07:13 PM
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Great advice to see a build in process. It would have saved me huge amounts of time in my scratch build. The Explorer diff won't mount in the same way the Jag rear with adapters mount. Also, most guys who use the 8.8 rear take the rubber bushings out of the front ears and make up or purchase solid aluminum bushings for the front to hard mount the front of the diff. Since the rear of the diff won't have the soft mount like in the car it came out of, it will be hard mounted also. If the front moves, the rear brackets can also break off so hard mounting is the only way to insure a solid mount.

I'll try to get some pics as soon as I can- may be a few days. I do have some work to do on mine to discover and cure a clunk I've developed, so I'll be under there this week. Do you have plans for the control arms as part of the drawings you got?

Bob
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