yea it did have them they shot out the hole when it self distructed lol

yeah it only had four spider gears in it and it was not posi

Are the axle shafts fine?


btw i properly named your thread

where's a good place to find the rebuild stuff for the 8.25

the JY. lol.

You will need a new Ring and pinion and the crush washers and then you will need alot of marking paint, alot of time and patience to do gear installs...

and a feeler gauge and a torque wrench (non click style)

at the risk of sounding dumb what the feeler Gage for and could i get the ring and pinion from the Junk Yard or are those better bought new

you could get a R&P from the JY as long as it was in good condition. Like i said you just need new Crush washer for the pinion. And a master instal kit. ($30 -$80).

a feeler gauge is for installing the gears. you need certain backlash as well as other tolerances have to be met.

Non normal tools for gear instal:

Bearing separator and puller, or hydraulic press
Dial caliper/ feeler gauge
Inch/pound torque wrench
Foot/pound torque wrench
1” dial indicator with magnetic base
Impact Wrench (optional)
½” breaker bar

Here is a good article to read over.

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/...d.php?t=144780

alright i have to check that out since this i my first time working on this particular kind of rear end pun intended lol.

good luck

Hey man thanks for all the help!!

so from what I'm reading i that article most of the complex stuff is in putting in pinion

Yes do to the Preload. And if you set to much pre load then you need to get a new crush washer and start over... However once that is done then you need to set your gear contact patch. Which is where time comes into play. sometimes you can just drop it in and its perfect other times it may take a few tries. I have seen someone remove/insta gears 10 times on a single axle before it was perfect. It is not that hard as long as you take your time You just need to be patient with it