Lets Talk Differentials
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Lets Talk Differentials
Hey guys trying to get as much info as possible about differentials before I return home from deployment in a couple months.
A little background first I suppose, I have a 88 FC with a 5.0 swap and a T-5 trans. Currently im running a stock T2 rear end and I could tell before I left that it wasnt engaging like it used to. Im not sure if its a S4 or S5 and currently have no way to check since im half way around the world.
What would be the best route to go with the rear end? Should I look into welding the T2 diff, should I just shim it? I know some are going to say swap out the internals for some baller 1.5 or 2 way but I cant really afford that.
So really any help would be greatly appreciated.
A little background first I suppose, I have a 88 FC with a 5.0 swap and a T-5 trans. Currently im running a stock T2 rear end and I could tell before I left that it wasnt engaging like it used to. Im not sure if its a S4 or S5 and currently have no way to check since im half way around the world.
What would be the best route to go with the rear end? Should I look into welding the T2 diff, should I just shim it? I know some are going to say swap out the internals for some baller 1.5 or 2 way but I cant really afford that.
So really any help would be greatly appreciated.
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ive heard of the shimming and looked at a couple quick threads on here about it. I cant remember where i saw it, but i heard something about being able to add extra material, such as beer or coke cans, and it would become fully locked?
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Pretty,much pulled out the differential and took pinion off, then pull the clutch housing apart. Since Forrest welded,some of it I wasnt able to get to the spider gears inside. No pics but I have a pic in the welded diff thread.
You can take one side of the clutch packs out, and weld the side gear to the housing. The side gear is splined to the axles.
You can take one side of the clutch packs out, and weld the side gear to the housing. The side gear is splined to the axles.
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