Domaas

found a axle from a friend, free. Its a 8.8..but its from a crown vic.96 disk brakes complete 58.5 wms to wms. think is a 27 spline axles. i know everyone goes for the exploder rears cause the ease of use and 31 spline axles. has anyone used of of these??

E-Rok

pretty sure they are wider than explorer ones, and weaker.

just get an explorer one, theyre cheap.

Domaas

yeah, having a bit of a hard time trying to nail down the exact ifo on the axle, as far as weak...my turdy 5 is a pile..lol

mud-dog27

i know people who have used em, pretty sure they are same width but i believe they are 28[not 27] spline instead of 31. Now if you could find a 9" from the back end of a crown vic or a merc then i would say deffinately go for it.

sam24th

Yea the 28spline will be weaker than the 31 spline. Its also probably a 3.73 ratio as that was very common on the vickys. Overall it will still be better than the turdy 5. I think its worth swapping if the axle is free. Only prob you might run into is the gear ratio.

Domaas

any idea how deep you could go on a 3.27 carrier?

Domaas

would this help with you ford guys?

SeriousOffroad

Don't bother messing with it.

An 8.8 out of an Explorer makes more sense. A very change in leaf spring perches and shock mounts is all that's needed. Compare that to the axle you posted....OMG!

Sometimes a "Great deal on a _______!!" really means "Look at what I get to waste a lot of time and money on unnecessarily!"

mud-dog27

yea after seeing pics of the axle thats gunna be a lot of work tearing all that old crap off, as for how deep can you go on the carrier i assume you mean what range of gears can you run with the carrier, if so the 8.8 does not have a carrier break so you can run what ever gears ya want, there is however a difference between the LSD and open carriers.

Domaas

Thanks for the input guy s, free not always a good thing...lol.and the search goes on..