Dogbone removal

[ponysarepretty]

I'm going to get this done in the next few days and from what I gather it is safe to put the top bracket back on and i need a shorter bolt to do that. What size bolt should i get, could i get it from like home depot? I would like to pick it up first and do the job in the garage rather than in the parking lot of home depot.

 

[White Stang]

The dog bone is suppose remove some rear end noise. Just remove the whole thing. Definatly remove it after a gear swap. Its a few pounds your stang doesn't need.

 

[ponysarepretty]

No the top braket thing apparent prevents bad stuff happening if you get wheel hop.

And it seems to be impossible to remove.. damn rusty

 

[Justin03GT]

its pretty tough to get wheelhop in a solid axle car with quad shocks...just take the whole thing off...

 

[DropTopPony]

the bracket holds the bump stop doesn't it.

 

[MustangLife]

I had bad wheel hop in my car with the stock upper and lower control arms, but my quad shocks were busted. But my aftermarket uppers and lowers put a stop to that. But if you drag race and still have quad shocks there probaly busted anyway.

I've always heard the only way you should remove the dog bone is if you get a aluminum driveshaft.

Josh

 

[ponysarepretty]

they don't make an aluminum driveshaft for autos

 

[ProCharger GT]

you can put an aluminum with an auto, slight modification to the linkage...i know there's a thread on here about doin the conversion

 

[tomustang]

the bracket holds the bump stop doesn't it.

isn't that what he's talking about?

 

[Dark Knight GT]

you can put an aluminum with an auto, slight modification to the linkage...i know there's a thread on here about doin the conversion

Yup. I have an aluminum driveshaft in my 01 GT, and it is an automatic. Just buy the driveshaft recommended for the five speeds, and swap yokes. That is all there is to it.