NEED TO BUY: Rear brake brackets and diff cover!!!
 

Hey guys as you know I'm slowly putting my junk together between school and work I haven't had much time to get shit done so I'm trying to get the parts I need NOW for the rear end swap! All I need is:

1. An aluminum 10 bolt rear diff cover, doesn't really matter if its the braced one or not anything used for a decent price will do I'm just going to polish it up with the black rear.
2. Rear LT1 brake brackets. I need these so I can have my rear axle assembled and ready to go!

If any of you guys have this or know anyone who does please let me know I'm looking to get this stuff ASAP. Thanks...

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Is your old rear still good IM looking for a blown one I want to try and build a rear for my car

honestly Kev. getting the brackets to save time isnt going to save much time really. all i do is unloop the brake lines off the rear unbolt the hose from the rear and swing the brakes up out of the way. then just take the axles out of the one in your car pull the brackets. and before you "assemble" the new one just toss the brackets onto your rear end thats going in. especially if the cover is off anyway. its like 15 minutes more work and you didnt waiste the time and money on going to get LT1 brackets that are UNBELIEVABLY hard to find now.

Fine then! I still need a cover tho guys!

summit girdle cover 100 bux shipped unless someone on here has one used. id go that route.

Is the stock cover aluminum? I think I still have my complete old rear. Just sitting around. cover and all.

No the stock covers are steel and rust and look like a gay balloon. I hate em, Aluminum ribbed FTW! Mike yup I'm trying to see if someone has one used for cheap before spending the 100

I've got a series II carrier in there now the 2.73's. Its posi tho, I was hoping to keep it around as a spare in case i grenade this 3.42.

i have that 3.08 open diff rear Boomer? didnt make a soundddddd

what happend to the blown up one I just need it for mounts and measurements I want to try and cut down a ford truck 9 inch and make it fit in the SS with a set of 4.11 gears due to it looks like im going to be broke as hell for the summer but i really want a rear and i have mad fab skills

haha thats what i was gunna do for my 8.5 10 bolt i had laying around wen i had NO cash!!!! i junked the old one. the spring perches were rotted off.

and i think bronco width 9" with Moser F Body axles will be the right width.

What year bronco? Been kicking around this idea myself. Along with setting up a 4 link setup to get rid of the torque arm and make it all adjustable.

why get rid of the torque arm? thats what makes these cars so handling and hook friendly. a 4 link is NOT better. and wont quite fit. there is a company selling a ladder bar conversion wasnt too bad on price But again WHY!?

Not a full on 4 link. A short arm one like this: http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/gears-...8-8-build.html
So yeah, like a ladder bar.

Basically for simplicity and budget sake. If I do that I don't need to worry about a torque arm mount on a different rear, and, it frees up all sorts of space to run true duals if I decide to go that route.

Not set in stone, just kicking around some ideas.

yeah man i dunno seems nice to get rid of the torque arm BUT it will not hold the tires down as well and will make more noise. just saying

i would defenatly go with a bolt in sub frame connector and weld it in if i was to do that its nice to have the LCAs push strait on the sub frame connectors.

I was going to do my own 9" but found my complete moser for cheap. 4 links require having to cut the floors on thirdgens I know that.

And I need SFC's :(

dont launch your car on good tires till you get them josh my 87 is all tweeked up from doing dumb shit. even with them i had to get it pulled after it went wheels up

I like how this turned into a suspension tech thread. WHO CARES its keeping my thread auto bumped LOL.

What about the "watts link"

i dont think its worth the cost. its better for sure. but unless your an intence road racer id stick with a pan hard setup. its not as bad as they make it out to be, all they try to do is make it sound like shit to sell the watts link.

Precisely

the tq arm setup has been as fast as 6's its not that bad...

check out a company called mac, they do exhausts but they had a cheap diff cover i was gonna get

Well, I suppose if I go 9" there's brackets to keep the torque arm. I do realize they work pretty good. Especially when you uncouple it from the trans mount to it's own crossmember that attaches to the subframe connectors ;) S&W makes a nice kit that works really well.
So, any idea what year range bronco had a 9" that's the right width?

And you're welcome lol

oo btw matt, check out currie, IIRC they sell a TQ arm mount to weld onto rear ends. MOSER or Strange wont sell you one of theirs seperately.

Quick Perfomance also sells the bracket. and early 80's i think Matt are the correct width. youll just need to get the moser housing ends for the big ford bearings and they also accept GM rwd brakes. including Lt1-LS1 discs

Hmm, does anyone make a torque arm bracket for something other than a 9"?
If I have to change housing ends anyhow maybe I'll use the 12 bolt out of the 68. Just put some ford ends on it and ditch the c clip eliminators. I need to break out a tape measure and start walking around the yard lol.

you cant really make a torque arm bracket for a cast iron housing... the reason they make it for the 9" is you can weld it on to the mild steel housing.

Well, what do they use then on aftermarket 12 bolts and dana 60's? Or do they cast their own centers with the nounts in them?

they cast there own centers and some how that is the same price as a 9

Exactly. its seperate casting.