Just finished gears!! OMG!!!!

boricuaitaliano said:

Whats that site called, I want to do my own stuff..
What do you think would be the heardest thing to do...
Install gears or
Install a Clutch?
Joe

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Gears are harder... I would do the clutch without thinking twice but I'd never touch the differential without someone there who knew exactly what was up.

Black95GTS said:

Gears are harder... I would do the clutch without thinking twice but I'd never touch the differential without someone there who knew exactly what was up.

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i agree. with a clutch, the R/R is basically academic. bolt out, bolt in. with gears, you gotta do some finicky adjustments, as everyone outlined. i dont think i would do gears myself (im so anal i would worry that i did not get them perfect, though ironically, i would probably do a better job than a shop).

IIRC, Id-withheld ran 4.56's in his late-model cobra (like '99 or somewhere around there). he fried trans after trans before he had to get rid of it.

Congrats. I was in your shoes. Never touched a rearend differential in my life and then ended up installing my own FRPP 3.73 gears. I did mine with the car on jackstands in my garage. I used all the original shims with no problems at all. Here is where my experience is different than yours. There was no way to crush the crush collar from under the car with the tools I had. Talked to a local Mustang guru and he said I could reuse the original crush collar as long as it was not fully collapsed. I did this and have not had any problems. Kinda wish I had gone with 4.10's also.

Nice man, you member when I tryed help you what kinda gears you have last year
3.73s are way to go