If you removed your dogbone... Get in here!!!

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mikeflys1

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3.08's--->3.55's Dogbone's gone and never vibrated before or after.

 

droptopford 5 0

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isnt the vib felt more with it on than off, since the vibs are kind of directed more towards the driver, instead of just reverberating against itself, but it is safer to have it on, even if it is felt more? its the anti harmonic dampener for the driveshaft... i think the crucial point with stock 3.08's is around 80-90 mph and with 4.10's it happens at a much much lower speed like high 50's or 60's maybe... i cant remember which speed exactly. also, an aluminim driveshaft will flex more to harmonics than a steel one... just my .02 that i picked up somewhere, im just too scared to take her off...

 

94-302-vert

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Nope. the point of the dogbone it sto absorb the vibration and cancel it out. This means it will not build on itself.

Basically it is to reduce NVH more so than extend bearing life.

However it can only be tuned for certain frequencies and if these correlate to lower d/s speeds then it can work completely the opposite at higher d/s speeds (actually increase NVH). A lot of this depends on the condition of the dogbone bushings. I eralized last night that one of the bushings on mine was crackied and the other was oil saturated from a previous pinion gear leak that was reapired when the gears were done.

Chris

 

95Vert

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2.73s --> 4.10s, removed after and no vib before or after with steel shaft. Al. is waiting to go on.

 

slvrbullit302

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3.08-3.73, al. d/s, removed dog bone for dietary reasons. No vibs before or after.

 

OL' WHITEY

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2.73 to 3.73. Took it off. No problems. 9.2 lbs sounds a lot closer to the weight than 16. I used some spare bolts to put the snubber piece back in just in case.

 

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anyone have a pic of their dogbone, and the plate that needs to be reinstalled?? i wanna remove mine but not sure what im removing?? and the snubber, anyone know the advantages of buying a adjustable one?

 

SeventyMach1

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I can get a pic tomorrow if you need it ..... but it's really easy to spot. It's on the lower front side of the pumpkin (toward front of car). It's about 8-10" long.

It has a bracket on the top. When bolted together, the bracket & dog bone kind of wrap around the pinion. The upper bracket also is used to smack the pinion snubber when you hit hard bumps.

When I removed mine, I just took the innner metal bushings out of the dog bone. I slipped them over the original bolts, and bolted the upper bracket back on.


An adjustable snubber is good for lowered cars. Some lowering springs come with aftermarket snubbers already, though.


It's really easy. Took 10 minutes or less if you don't have pissed off dirt dauber's nests on your pumpkin. You'll see once you get down there & remove it.

 

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projectfiveo

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ok i have a lil wheel hop and need some better traction, and i was told told to raise my pinion up some and it would stop all that?? is that what the snubber is or someone said they might have been talking about upper and lower control arms?? iono myself?? lol

 

SeventyMach1

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I wouldn't think the snubber has anything to do with wheel hop. Control arms WILL help. Also, quad shocks will help. Do fox's have quads?

 

Therian

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mine fell off while driving. I almost **** my pants when I looked in my rearview mirror to see a decent sized chunk of metal flinging itself down the road

no vibrations!

 

tmoss

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If you didn't get your driveshaft precision balanced with the new gears - do it and the vib may go away. Went from 3:08 to 3:73, removed dogbone - had a vibration at speed. Got shaft balanced, vib is gone.

 

Pokageek

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Therian said:

mine fell off while driving. I almost **** my pants when I looked in my rearview mirror to see a decent sized chunk of metal flinging itself down the road

no vibrations!

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HAHAHAHHAHAA!! :SNSign:

 

final5-0

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Never had vibes

Always had a sds

Went from 308's to 373's minus the db

Grady

 

95cobraguy

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Therian said:

mine fell off while driving. I almost **** my pants when I looked in my rearview mirror to see a decent sized chunk of metal flinging itself down the road

no vibrations!

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how the hell did it fall off while driving? that must have sounded lovely hearing that thing crashing up under the car.

 

Therian

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I hit a rather large bump...a second of grinding metal later, I lost a bit of my car

one side had completely broken off somehow, so it was hanging off angle...I had noticed that 3 days before the rest came off

 

loudpedal99

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I went from 3.08 to 3.73s and removed the dog bone in the process; I now have vibs over 80mph, and they get pretty bad around 100mph (factory driveshaft). I plan on getting the FMS shaft and hopefully the vibs go away.

 

tmoss

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they will go away if you get your stock shaft precision balanced, but buy the FMS shaft if you want to reduce rotating mass.