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guys, what is the purpose of the dogbone?

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ADRENLN

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i know alot of people take this off, but what is the purpose? i would like to remove it, but not if i need it.

also i never had a car with a dogbone, can somone post a quick pick to make sure i remove the right thing. thanks
 

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It's a harmonic dampner to deaden drivetrain vibrations. Some people get away with removing this 8lb weight, others start getting resonance at 65-75mph, which can sometimes be cured with an aluminum driveshaft.

It's the funky dog-bone shaped piece of metal bolted to the under side of the pumpkin.
 

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To add to that....it's made to work with stock gearing only and once you perform a gear swap, it serves no real purpose (unless you want to count the additional few pounds it gives adds to the rear end for traction purposes). Otherwise, it's scrap metal
 

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Gearbanger 101 said:
To add to that....it's made to work with stock gearing only and once you perform a gear swap, it serves no real purpose (unless you want to count the additional few pounds it gives adds to the rear end for traction purposes). Otherwise, it's scrap metal
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I didn't know that once you swapped gears it could be ditched..good info I may have to start forming a crush on you also if Tommy will share
 

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droptopponynj said:
I may have to start forming a crush on you also if Tommy will share
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Tommy's a , he won't mind.
 

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Gearbanger 101 said:
Tommy's a , he won't mind.
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Philly boys
 

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it's the lehigh valley, ladies

i ain't no locust st queer from philly
 

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.....poor Tom.....always in denial.
 

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what happened? the air pump break?
 

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Where is it... can a person with only hand tools remove it?
 

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^The air pump or the dog bone?
 

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dogbone
 

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Should be able to. I took one of my '86 Fox about 7 years ago.
 
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mine didnt wanna come off with hand tools, actually it wouldnt come off...the SOB even strained my 400ft/lb impact gun to get it off... but mine was also fairly rusted...
 

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thanks everyone. i slithered under my car eairler today to take it off.

car was in the garage and i squeezed under didnt jack it or anything.

my car isnt droped yet so i can fit anyway i took the dog bone off with a socket wrench. not too much space the way i did it, but its no problem with a socket wrench.

the bolts are on a bit tight, but they came off. havent driven it yet, but if you guys say its cool, then its cool.
 

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Gearbanger 101 said:
it's made to work with stock gearing only
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Do you by chance have a source for that bit of info? I'd like to read more in to this if you happen to have a link or anything...
 

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It's only 8 lbs....
 

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but every pound counts
 

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I was under the impression that when you remove the dog-bone you had to get 2 new shorter bolts to replace the ones you took out. Is this correct?
 

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ADRENLN said:
thanks everyone. i slithered under my car eairler today to take it off.

car was in the garage and i squeezed under didnt jack it or anything.

my car isnt droped yet so i can fit anyway i took the dog bone off with a socket wrench. not too much space the way i did it, but its no problem with a socket wrench.

the bolts are on a bit tight, but they came off. havent driven it yet, but if you guys say its cool, then its cool.
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just make sure you re-attach the upper stamped steel brkt, as it serves as the contact point for the rear pinion snubber
 
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