Right then.... so After a trip to Troy two weeks ago, I crawled under my truck and noticed the Straps on the u-joint were....EXTREMELY loose, went to tighten them and.... two of the bolts snapped off in the yoke. so instead of replacing the yoke...
I finally got around to putting the 8.8 in that I've had about a month or so.
got the rearend from a 2000 Explorer XLT V8 so it's got 3.73 gears, Disc brakes and Limited slip!
didn't want to drill the axles or rotors so I went for some Ford wheels with a high positive offset....ended up getting 16" 2007 Escape wheels, which I personally think look bad ass on the truck.
Removal pictures
Finished pics
Along with the swap I also got a Dana Spicer 3R to 1330 U-joint and I finally put the JTR set-back plates in.
Next upgrade will be a Aluminum Drive shaft (probably from an Explorer)
and Power stop brakes all the way around.
with Drilled/slotted rotors and Ceramic pads.