Looking to have 3.55gears put in my 1990 GT and I cannot find anyone near me who will do the work. Anyone know of anywhere to get the gears installed?
Fox Rear Gear Install Near Pearland, Tx?
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Hey man, I live down in Brazoria and I've done like 4 sets this year. Get a few quotes and pm me. Maybe I can do it cheaper.
Thanks boosted. Never done gear before but seems pretty straight forward. I am willing to pay 250-300 to get it done but no shop will do it. Even called gforce and they said they don't work on foxdoby mustangs. Willing to help just don't have some of the specialty tools. Call me if you're interested . 281-755-7839. Jason
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Ok.. there are a few tricks you can do that keeps you from needing expensive specialty tools. I'm a machinist and have some, but I've got a pretty good system down.. the important part is using ford gears. I wont touch anything else.
My plan is to get the ford racing kit from late model restoration and new crush sleeve as well as the flange saver. Ford Racing Mustang 8.8" 3.55 Ratio Rear End Gear Kit (86-09)
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Save your money. Buy the ford gears, 2 qts oil with friction modifier and a timken pinion bearing. Royal purplecomes w/ friction modifier in it... get the larger inside bearing. That's all you need. Do not buy ford racing bearings, they are chinese and will not match your factory race.
you'll have to get that bearing from autozone most likely.
you'll have to get that bearing from autozone most likely.
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And when changing gears, Not only is it good to have specialty tools, It's always good to know somebody in the cryo-freezing biz, and pizza delivery biz. Ask me how I know that.
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An oven and a cookie sheet will suffice.. but that's for the bearing, not the pizza.
But how will you get the 7.5" ring gear onto the 8.8 carrier w/o the buddy in the cryo lab?
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How many shops have a cryo freezer and how many gear swaps have been done to the fox mustang?
I feel I should mention that I had a guy install gears in my '86 GT about ten years ago exactly the way y'all are describing. He replaced the inner pinion bearing, but nothing else (he may have even resued that, I don't recall 100%). He reused the old crush sleeve because he said new ones "are a bitch to crush." He didn't check any tolerances once everything was installed because, as he explained, "Ford gears are all machined the same, so you don't have to set them up." I didn't get a mile down the road before it started whining like crazy.
I didn't know any better at the time, but I'll never let someone do a gear install for me unless everything going in is new and I watch them do it. No offense to @Boosted92LX, but I would just recommend a good shop for @JasonFOXBOD that won't rip him off.
I'm not trying to bad mouth anyone here, I just want to help the OP avoid any possible problems. For what it's worth, after finally getting fed up with the guy who did the first gear install (he became difficult to reach shortly afterward), and after scraping enough money together for a new set of gears (Motive brand) and install kit, I had another guy do the install. He charged a little more, but everything was done right and I watched him do it (he was a dealer tech who used his tools and the dealer's lift in his off time).
Whatever the OP decides to do, I'm sure @Boosted92LX at least knows what he's doing more than the guy who did my gear install years back.
I didn't know any better at the time, but I'll never let someone do a gear install for me unless everything going in is new and I watch them do it. No offense to @Boosted92LX, but I would just recommend a good shop for @JasonFOXBOD that won't rip him off.
I'm not trying to bad mouth anyone here, I just want to help the OP avoid any possible problems. For what it's worth, after finally getting fed up with the guy who did the first gear install (he became difficult to reach shortly afterward), and after scraping enough money together for a new set of gears (Motive brand) and install kit, I had another guy do the install. He charged a little more, but everything was done right and I watched him do it (he was a dealer tech who used his tools and the dealer's lift in his off time).
Whatever the OP decides to do, I'm sure @Boosted92LX at least knows what he's doing more than the guy who did my gear install years back.
How do I know? For that matter, how many guys pack the rear end so full of sawdust there's no room for any gear oil, then drive around wondering why they smell smoke?
The link to the story detailing the "procedure" was in the bottom of my last reply.
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Look. . There are tricks to setting up a ford rear end that an ase ford mechanic taught me. A guy that's literally done hundreds of them. I've done maybe a dozen. I've had one whine bad because I used yukon gears, not ford.. there definitely is a difference. You can reuse the crush sleeve... you rotate it on the old pinion and tap it with a hammer on an anvil to re-elongate it and recrush it which really is a helluva lot easier than crushing a new one.. then you reset your preload and check backlash with an indicator. It's not difficult and amazing how many ppl think it's voodoo because so many idiots screw it up..
I'll try to help the OP if he's willing, if not that's ok too. Whatever.
I'll try to help the OP if he's willing, if not that's ok too. Whatever.
Wack it with a hammer, hope it rounds back out so theres no misaligned pressure point, ya man! Oh and only 10% shows any signs of improper install by whining, wow you guys take the cake for attacking some people and then justifying your own BS responses.
I have no skin in this game, just making observations
I have no skin in this game, just making observations
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Dude you really don't know what you are talking about. Seriously. Pull the stick out of yer butt and move on.. unless you've actually done this and have something useful to add. I'm telling you things that professional mechanics do that I've picked up on. Real hands on work. Experience. If you have that, then by all means speak up.. if not.. then why not just shut up because well you know..
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