What gears do you have in the front? What happens
when you wish to drop it into 4x4?
--- Fast4x4Dakota@aol.com wrote:
> Well a week ago today I finished up swapping in an 8
> 3/4 into my Dakota. The
> swap went well I think, it took me a little longer
> only having a few hours
> per night to work on the truck. I started on a
> friday and finished Tuesday.
> This included setting up the ring and pinion,
> removing old spring perches,
> redrilling the holes in the perches I bought cus
> they were too small, welding
> on new perches and shock mounts, shortening my drive
> shaft 3/4", installing
> and assembeling, and plumbing all the brakes, and
> setting up axle end play
> since I'm using the stock adjustable bearings since
> they're supposed to last
> longer and I put a lot of miles on the truck. All
> in all the only things I
> didn't do was make the axles, and shorten the
> driveshaft. I redrilled the
> drums, set up the ring and pinion, pressed all the
> bearings and races etc,
> etc... One thing I'm VERY glad I did was to install
> a 1/2" drain plug in the
> housing, I did this on the last 8 3/4" I set up too,
> it's a real time saver.
> The upgrade to 10" brakes from 9" was great, I love
> the new stopping power.
> So Far I have about 1300 miles on the rear axle that
> I've put on since it's
> been in last week. I have a spare 3rd member with
> 2.76 gears for highway
> cruising, and a race set with a set of 4.56's for
> when I go back to the track
> :o) Updates as they come along!
>
>
>
> Luke
> 1996 Black 4x4 Dakota 318, Auto
> 8 3/4" E-Body 3.55 gears Sure grip and 6 Lug Custom
> axles
> 16.75 @ 83 with the old rear end...
> TBD w/ 8 3/4
>
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