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ta Ian,
after a chat with stevie looks like im going the 8.8 route, cheers for the time taken out to talk me through it stevie and the photo's etc

next thing, wheres the best and cheapest place to get it narrowed???

PMd

replied ta mate

Dont keep secrets you guys!!!

Where can we get our axles narrowed???

Pel, its a mate of mine who does it, he has just done a case for Reg, [R2D2HP], he is just at the bottom of the M40 so its easy for you to get to

if you've a welder, do it yourself for free !!!! ( and an angle grinder )

right,
have been given some duff info,
the capri CASING is 52"
overall face to face is 57" wide,
so looks like with my offset wheels i run on the back i may get away with an 8.8 around 59" wide, (explorer) need to measure the rear end with my race wheels on to see what gap i have each side at present,

i have read that the 8.8 has different length half shafts,
the capri dont though, is it to do with the diff offset?
and if it needs narrowing would i benefit by setting the diff up same as the cappa and shortening the longer side so they are both the same length?

may get told im being silly just thinking aloud,

thev8kid wrote:right,
have been given some duff info,
the capri CASING is 52"
overall face to face is 57" wide,
so looks like with my offset wheels i run on the back i may get away with an 8.8 around 59" wide, (explorer) need to measure the rear end with my race wheels on to see what gap i have each side at present,

i have read that the 8.8 has different length half shafts,
the capri dont though, is it to do with the diff offset?
and if it needs narrowing would i benefit by setting the diff up same as the cappa and shortening the longer side so they are both the same length?

may get told im being silly just thinking aloud,

My 8.8" has both shafts same length ( as it also did from the factory ). I guess it will depend on the application and how the centre housing sits in the axle.
Maybe some 4x4 applications have it offset. Although I highly doubt a rear axle on any car would be like that. I'd expect them all to be central.

HAHA just got your email mate

was yours a mustang axle?

i have read on the net that the explore has a 27. xx" shaft and a 30.xx" shaft
maybe im reading it wrong

thev8kid wrote:HAHA just got your email mate

was yours a mustang axle?

i have read on the net that the explore has a 27. xx" shaft and a 30.xx" shaft
maybe im reading it wrong

Havent a notion what it was out of.

Both shafts on mine are exactly the same length.

ah ok mate,
will keep searching

If you are getting shafts, I wouldnt worry about it though.

Just cut the axle tubes and position the centre housing where you want it in the car, and weld em back together again and source shafts that will work.

At the end of the day, you'll still have an axle to work with.

Or maybe a housing that has the pinion off centre might work for you ?

yeah true,
waiting on the guy getting back to me, want to make sure its a pucker explorer axle, with lsd,
asked for the ident tag infso on the axle so can check myself, but heard nowt yet,
if its what im after then i may go ahead and get it, then work out if we need to change anything,
failing that will keep eye out for another axle with the 28spline diff and still get your parts off you,

To use my parts, all you need is an empty casing.

Obviously if you can get a setup with both 31 spline shafts and an LSD that you can use, that would be a bonus.

But really the main priority is to get a casing to start with.

true,
still not confirmed if the explorer does have two different length shafts,
seems a very shhady area on the net,
unless some one else can find any info????

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_li ... er8_8.html