8.8 in before school on Monday!!!

[mxracer513]

Ok so me and jake (jeepwyj94) went to the yard and got an 8.8 w/ 4.10 gears and posi in it today (thursday) for his YJ and he has to drive it to school at PTI on monday . . . this is going to be an interesting couple days.

Donor vehicle.



Pouring rain wheelin' with a wagon!



So as of right now the discs are at NAPA getting cut, got new u-bolts at uniontown spring, brake lines from Advance auto, new pads, and new fluid. Tomorrow i get out of class at 3 so after that we're takin it on. This can't be as hard as putting an 8.8 in my TJ w/ a 4-link. Leafs are sweet .

Pics and updats as it happens, wish us luck.

[2002wranglerX]

was that at millerstown? that place is a swamp when it rains!

i love a good 8.8 swap

[mxracer513]

No u-pull-it in perryopolis


I also like a good axle upgrade ... this will be his 4th (finally saying goodbye to those turdy5's)

[DeathBlade556]

Whats the running dollar amount?

[mxracer513]

bout $300 i'll add it up but that's about where we're at right now. I think we do have everything though!

[Mykal]

What are you doing for brackets? Reusing the ones from the D35? Ebrake?

[mxracer513]

Moving the perches that are on the 8.8 and i'm not real sure about the e-brake yet. The 8.8 on my TJ had drum brakes and i put my stock TJ e-brake lines right in them but this one has discs so i'll have to devise a plaan when the time comes lol

[Mykal]

Loop and cable lock? Let me know what you do to get it to work please.

[mxg342]

I'm guessing you already have something in mind for a driveshaft?

[mxracer513]

yeah the stock jeep shaft with the 8.8 yoke on it, it's a CV shaft with an SYE

[Mykal]

Theres a 8.8 ebrake in a XJ thread going on Pirate right now. Not sure if it will help you or not. They are talking about what cables drop in.

Thread is here

[Deadman 94 xj]

I'll try to post a pic of mine later on.

[Deadman 94 xj]

Also, a great source for 8.8 info:

http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/forums...d.php?t=371713

[NeonRyder]

Loop and cable lock? Let me know what you do to get it to work please.

I've been running the loop and cable lock thing for quite a while. Its working lust fine.

[mxracer513]

Ok here it is.

So at 4pm yesterday we tore into it.
Grinded all of the unneeded tabs and plates off.



Then drained the fluid and cleaned the case.



Dana 35 came out pretty easy. Maybe cuz it's only been in there like a month.

Difference in size is pretty big.



Got the 8.8 in place. The brakes off of the YJ went right to the distribution block.

[mxracer513]

Mocked up and set pinion angle.



And got the perches and shock tabs burned in.



Then a coat of paint.



Ten it went back in and after about 2.5 hours of fighting ebrake pads and springs and frozen calipers we got everything working smoothly. Did use the loop and clamp method for the ebrake, seems to work great!



Everything was tightened down and wheels went on.



By that time it was getting light outside.



So as i was trying to put the ujoints in the driveshaft i realized that the 8.8 yoke plate that bolts to the axle yoke was the wrong size, duhh they come in 2 sizes!!!

So after going to breakfast to waste time and wait for the junkyard to open we went and got the new, right sized, yoke plate.



So now it's done!!!! feels good, no vibs.

[Mykal]

awsome!

[limegreentj]

good stuff!

[ridgerunner97]

Badass guys, looks awesome!

[XJchris98]

Looks good!

You might want to consider welding the tubes to the housing though (one of the weak points on the 8.

[mxracer513]

Well we went wheelin today, 8.8 definately got put through it's paces without a problem.

[Sloth_Fratelli]

i just started out at pti what classes is he in?

[dkevech]

this is jeepwyj94 for some reason it wont let me post but this is my roommates name....anyways im in my second term of mechanical drafting if you look in the paking lot you will see it maybe not tommarow becuz i blew the steering gear box wheeling sunday