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Will a rear end out of a 2005 GT work on a 2002 GT
 

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Thought this would be a no brainer but after searching I have found nada. '05 is still 8.8 but with 31 spline axles now and that is about it. Hard to believe this has not come up many times before.
 
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Yeah I know the stumps are different. I was wondering if the whole housing would inter change
 

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Just wondering. What are we trying to accomplish?

Because inquiring minds want to know. Why not rebuild the 2002 rear end?

I also know that the drive shaft is different. This makes the pinion different as well.
 
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I have complete rear end out of a 05 GT another guy has a 02 GT and wants to buy mine to put in his. So before I sold it I was going to make sure it would fit his needs so the guy wasn't stuck with something he couldn't use
 

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For a list of interchange parts try this. Go to www.car-part and look up the part in question (2002 GT 8.8 rear end). Look at the list of "other" model years and applications that come up.

When I do the search the interchange comes up 1999-2004 Mustang GT.
 
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Thanks that will be a great help on this and in the future.
 
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