89frankenford
Grabber Green Consultant
yup i picked up the axle in Maine tonight . basically the story behind the axle is i bought it from someone about my age. he bought a 9th generation pickup that rolled. the body was junk obviously but the chassis was perfect. (slow speed role). he has an 84ish lifted bronco on i believe 35's.(no picture because it was dark there. he took the whole drivetrain out of the f-150 and put it into the bronco(engine to rear end). said it went great. he then took out this rear end to put a beefer offroad axle in. the truck it originally came out of was a california truck with about 125xxx miles on it. the axle looks pretty good. really no backlash on the gears which is awesome! the gears seem right where they should be. im planning on putting all new drums, shoes, hardware, wheel cylinders, axle seals, e-brake hardware, brake lines, brake hose, new diff fluid and posi additive with a new diff cover gasket and possibly a new diff cover that is aftermarket. the axle is a ford 8.8" with 3.55 gears and its a POSI!!! which is the main reason why i bought it.
now my question is it has a different yoke on the axle then the end of my driveshaft. it has the newer connection. can i take mine off and use it on this axle? is it just a bolt in?