One tire Spinning!!

[almostbritish]

What is the cheapest way to lock up my rear diff? I have heard of welding the "??spider gears??"" together?? Any tips I have a 1989 lx with a 8.8 open diff and 2.73.1

 

[gt40_2003wes]

no dont weld ur spider gears thats the worst thing to do buy a locker befor u even think of tht.

 

[Dean85GT]

or you can just get a trac-lock rebuild kit.

 

[90mustangGT]

Traction-loc rebuild kits go for about $50 or so. Rebuild it, it will be fine.

 

[almostbritish]

Trac loc

Did my car have trac loc to begin with??

How do I find out?

 

[HISSIN50]

To me, open diff connotates a rear end with no limited slip provision. Yours is worn out, but not open.

A search will reveal tips people like to do like using an extra plate, etc.

Good luck.

 

[90mustangGT]

Open it up, it will have clutches and plates behind the spider gears and a S spring between them through the pinion shaft.

 

[almostbritish]

are most 1989 lx mustangs locked in the rear??

 

[slow93]

hmmm,all of the 89s i know of have traclok,yours if prolly just wore out like mine is.

 

[Realmongo]

Did my car have trac loc to begin with??

How do I find out?

You can post your driver's door tag's axle code here, or crawl underneath and see if your ratio number (i.e 3.08:1) is listed as 3L08 for locking or 308 for open.

 

[almostbritish]

Door Tag

This is everything that I got off of my door tag:

1FABP41E2KF266406

618 xxx E9 C Z 2PPBB

F0168
R0097
57

 

[Realmongo]

This is everything that I got off of my door tag:

1FABP41E2KF266406

618 xxx E9 C Z 2PPBB

F0168
R0097
57

A rear axle code of Z indicates a 3.08:1 Traction Lok rear.

 

[almostbritish]

Spline Count??

What would be my spline count?
28,31,33

 

[Realmongo]

28 if it is stock.

 

[almostbritish]

rebuilding

Is the rebuild a pretty straight forward job??

I know that installing gears is best to leave to the pros.

 

[Realmongo]

It is not bad because you don't have to touch the pinion gear, just put it back together with the spacers that come out. You can add extra clutches to make it lock up tighter. Have a look at the October Mustang Monthly to give you an idea as to what is involeved in removing and installing the Traction Lok

 

[almostbritish]

thanks for all of your help realmongo!!

 

[Realmongo]

Just glad if I helped.