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Old July 16th 05, 11:51 PM
RSCamaro
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Default 8.8 rear 28 or 31 spline axles

Not having the best of days today. I just finished putting my 8.8
rear out of my 00' Mustang GT Vert. back together. I ordered Superior
Gear axles which arrived at 31 splines. Removing my axles I find a
rather large differance in the dia. at the c-clip end. 28 vs. 31
spline. No help from Summit, Superior is on vacation until monday and
I have a 1,000 mile trip soposedly going on starting Thursday.

My question, after all the ranting bs I just laid on you is... Are
there 2 different live axle rears that were installed in 2000? The
new axles came in at 30-1/2" long according to Summit they are 30-5/8"
long. I could have miss measured. The old ones are 30-11/16" long, of
courese the same goes for these. Old ones are approximately 3/16"
longer than the new ones. Do I have a 98' and older 8.8 rear under my
Mustang possibly? Just looking for possibilities, thanks for looking.
Tag on rear info as follows... It is definately a posi rear.

(top line) S229G
(bottom line) 3L27 88 9L16


...Ron
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88' Firebird Formula
00' Mustang GT Vert
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Old July 17th 05, 03:25 AM
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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:51:06 GMT, (RSCamaro)
wrote:

>Not having the best of days today. I just finished putting my 8.8
>rear out of my 00' Mustang GT Vert. back together. I ordered Superior
>Gear axles which arrived at 31 splines. Removing my axles I find a
>rather large differance in the dia. at the c-clip end. 28 vs. 31
>spline. No help from Summit, Superior is on vacation until monday and
>I have a 1,000 mile trip soposedly going on starting Thursday.
>
>My question, after all the ranting bs I just laid on you is... Are
>there 2 different live axle rears that were installed in 2000? The
>new axles came in at 30-1/2" long according to Summit they are 30-5/8"
>long. I could have miss measured. The old ones are 30-11/16" long, of
>courese the same goes for these. Old ones are approximately 3/16"
>longer than the new ones. Do I have a 98' and older 8.8 rear under my
>Mustang possibly? Just looking for possibilities, thanks for looking.
>Tag on rear info as follows... It is definately a posi rear.
>
> (top line) S229G
>(bottom line) 3L27 88 9L16
>
>
> ...Ron


Stock is definitely 28 spline for 96-04. I believe there is a
difference in length between the 96-98's and 99-04's but I don't have
the specific measurements handy for the stock pieces. Here's a link
to Moser's application page, they list the measurements as 29 31/32
for the 96-98 and 30 11/16 for the 99-04 for their replacement units.
I'd bet Moser's numbers are accurate.

http://www.moserengineering.com/mose..._cclipford.htm

No matter how you slice it the 31-spline stuff that Summit sent you
isn't going to get you down the road.

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1998 GT Coupe 5-spd.
2001 Ranger XLT
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Old July 17th 05, 02:05 PM
RSCamaro
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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 21:25:09 -0500,
wrote:


>Stock is definitely 28 spline for 96-04. I believe there is a
>difference in length between the 96-98's and 99-04's but I don't have
>the specific measurements handy for the stock pieces. Here's a link
>to Moser's application page, they list the measurements as 29 31/32
>for the 96-98 and 30 11/16 for the 99-04 for their replacement units.
>I'd bet Moser's numbers are accurate.
>
>
http://www.moserengineering.com/mose..._cclipford.htm
>
>No matter how you slice it the 31-spline stuff that Summit sent you
>isn't going to get you down the road.


Thanks, I was beginning to second guess myself for awhile yesterday.
Now it's time for me to get back on the phone with Summit to straiten
this mess out.

...Ron
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>Okie Tom - TS #62
>
>1998 GT Coupe 5-spd.
>2001 Ranger XLT


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