My 93 2.5 low output build by zte87

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Yeah I am just waiting on the diff cover now! My super 35 is still in great shape and hast let me down yet so I am not in a crazy hurry which is nice! I am only doing the swap to gain the beef and of course to brag about it! I hate telling people I still have a Dana 35 in the rear! Hahahahaha. I got board today and painted my 8.8 calipers with high temp red so nothing really cool happen today!

5-18-2012

So today I got my e brake shoes and the rotors for the 8.8 I am almost ready to start putting this axle together! Today I also replaces my front spring frame bushings, it made my steering more responsive which is a good thing! The only reason I replaced them was because when it was flexed out they would tweak real bad and also my shackle were't sitting straight! I think I may go ahead and replace the rears to!

5-19-2012

hey so I go my ucf diff cover today and with the help my my 5 year old daughter painted them up hints the smile face lol! today we also made some for head way on the 8.8 we got the old ford brackets torched and grinded off and welded the tubes to the diff! we should be welding the perches in tomorrow, would it be best to set the pinion angle to where I can ditch my degree shims?

5-20-2012

Got the perches and shock mounts burned in and the axle painted up today should be getting the years setup next week than all that's left is to plumb the new brake line in! We set the pinion angle at 18-19 degrees so we can hopefully get rid of my degree shims!

So this morning before it started raining I took the wife out to get breakfast topless/doorless it was great, than a little later decided to go do some light wheeling haha and ended get getting crossed up in a bad place I the I did't get any pics of the other side of the jeep but it was a lot worse than it looks lol! I also got a chance to test out my new longer front shocks and must say they did help a bit!

5-21-2012

Yeah I have yet to have to be trailered home yet fingers crossed! So today I installed my spartan in place of the stock spider gears! I had to grind down a tooth on the ring gear to clear the cross pin! (randys ring and pinion said to do this) and also pressed the old pinion bearing off! So it looks like I will be setting the gears up this coming Monday (memorial day) than all that is left is the brakes lines! I can't wait to toss this axle in! Oh yeah I also installed my front diff cover today and inspected my front spartan ever thing looked great all tho the fluid was pretty nasty all ready!

5-23-2012

So I picked up a Lr 8.8 soft brake line today since the stock one was't going to work with my extended steel breaded brake line so now all I need is to bend new hand lines and the brakes will be done aside from the ebrake! I also decided to cut the front military wrap off my front fabtech springs, they always seemed to be limiting my flex so I said screw it and cut them off they look like the Rubicon express spring now! I would say it made a big difference now that my spring can separate more which equals more droop which what was killing me before! when I was flexing out I found that my rf axle seal is leaking does any one know the part number for that seal keep in mind that I deleted the two piece shaft in favor of the tj shafts? Lol 91BoD just talked me into cutting the rears to haha!