Easy to swap diffs?

[Ninety2StangGT]

I am going to be doing a 5 lug conversion soon and I want to go 31 spline. I am bidding on a 31 spline Trak-lok diff on Ebay right now and I was wondering if I can swap the diffs out myself or would this be something a shop would need to do? I do almost all of the work on my car and I have a buddy to help. I guess I am just worried about messing up the gears. Should I be?

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

I would have a shop do it. If you don't have experience with axles and diffs, and don't have the right tools, I wouldn't bother.

 

[86bluecobra]

you can do it yourself get a book and the tools to measure backlash. If you do it wrong you will have a horrible howling from your rear. Maybe its best to have a shop do it.

 

[ronburgundy]

it's quite easy, but you should use a dile indicator to measure backlash before and after. just mark the caps and shims as they come apart, put em back the same way, torque the caps, and hope fully the backlash is within a thow or two of where you started.

 

[Ninety2StangGT]

Well it sounds like if I am doing all of that, I might as well get some gears put in at the same time too.