That weight on the rear end....

[The Green GT]

I think Ive heard it called a wishbone, but not sure.

When i was doing my gears I was thinking about taking it off, but I could swear I remembered someone saying that it was a bad idea. Is this true? And if so, why?

 

[JJ95GTID]

The "Dogbone" dampens certain frequencies caused by the rotational pieces of the drivetrain and thus is a good idea to keep it on.

That said, I took mine off when I did my gears 3 years ago. I drive on the highway regularly at elevated speeds and have had no problems at all.

 

[go-stang5.0]

Yea what joe said...if you do take it off make sure you keep it. Some people notice more noise, etc. after removal. If this happens to you, you can put it back on.

 

[HISSIN50]

I have a technical article somewhere outlining why one wants to keep it around. I can find the article if needed.
I'd also keep it (not even remove it). Weight on the rear end aint all that big a deal anyhow.

 

[1TallMF]

I took it off and noticed no difference whatsoever. I thought I read that it was designed to canel-out the harmonic frequency of the stock 2.73 gears and figured with 3.73's there was no more use for it
Its unsprung weight too, which is always good to reduce.

 

[94-302-vert]

I pulled mine off after doing my gears and it helped reduce my noise/vibration a bit...

IF you are satisfied with it on then leave it on... but i can't hurt to remove it and see whether or not it improves things... it is strictly for NVH which MOST of us don't care about (loud exhaust, poly bushgins, stiffer springs, lowered, etc)...

 

[HISSIN50]

The dogbone had little to do with stock gears or not. Here's some technical info about it.

Good luck.

 

[juiced_94gt]

If you remove it, LEAVE the bracket that it attaches to on the car, if not your driveshaft WILL rub on the body no matter what.

 

[The Green GT]

If you remove it, LEAVE the bracket that it attaches to on the car, if not your driveshaft WILL rub on the body no matter what.

How. The bracket does not touch and could not touch the drive shaft. I think you are thinking of something else.

 

[juiced_94gt]

How. The bracket does not touch and could not touch the drive shaft. I think you are thinking of something else.

No, that bracket that the dog bome attaches to is also the bracket that the pinion snubber hits when it bottoms out, without it the driveshaft will rub (Even the stock one) on the e-brake cable because it will hit that before it hits the rear end...trust me, take a look under there and you will see what im talking about, i have chewed up a FRPP aluminum shaft and even the stock one was rubbing until i re-installed the bracket, now even the New FRPP shaft doesent rub anymore.

 

[The Green GT]

I mean, mine is made of thin sheet metal, I dont see how it would even stop the snubber.

 

[1TallMF]

Mine's pretty thick (haha thats a great line). It looked like probably 1/8" thickness. My stock driveshaft chewed half-way through the e-brake cables because for some reason the actual pinion snubber went missing. Put a new one on, and even the FRPP DS never hits the floor even with 4 200-lb guys in the car. Now I have to find some shorter bolts to mount the braket with, I still have the stock ones on there with the steel sleeves. Looks kinda funny. Does anyone know what size thread I need to get for them? I'm thining 10mm but I dunno

 

[MOTORBREATH53]

I thought it was a kind of "right of passage" to slap the driveshaft into the floor at least once... mine hits....

My buddies 2000gt doesn't though course he's got all the MM coil-over stuff...

 

[juiced_94gt]

Mine's pretty thick (haha thats a great line). It looked like probably 1/8" thickness. My stock driveshaft chewed half-way through the e-brake cables because for some reason the actual pinion snubber went missing. Put a new one on, and even the FRPP DS never hits the floor even with 4 200-lb guys in the car. Now I have to find some shorter bolts to mount the braket with, I still have the stock ones on there with the steel sleeves. Looks kinda funny. Does anyone know what size thread I need to get for them? I'm thining 10mm but I dunno

13mm

 

[GTA_V6_Mustang]

Hey green GT I would be happy to take that dogbone off your hands if the bushings in it are still good. Just let me know what you want for it if you are willing to part with it