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Well,
You guys can laugh with, or at, me but I did up an 8.8 out of a 92 Explorer for my 87 BII a while ago and finally got around to installing it tonight only to find the perches are about a 1/2 inch to far toward the pumpkin. I put the new perches on before I cut off the factory ones and made SURE they matched and were level, even, etc.; should have known better than to fully weld them on before making sure they would fit
. Especially since the welds were the best I have ever done..... However I never thought about measuring the BII perch to perch as I thought they were the same 
I thought about using a ratchet strap to pull the springs in a bit but it seems they would have to move a lot to make it fit. Seems there is nothing for it but to cut these off and move them, or put new ones on, outboard toward the backing plates. Any other way I might be saved the trouble ??????
PS. I also posted this in the axle section but wanted more coverage....
You guys can laugh with, or at, me but I did up an 8.8 out of a 92 Explorer for my 87 BII a while ago and finally got around to installing it tonight only to find the perches are about a 1/2 inch to far toward the pumpkin. I put the new perches on before I cut off the factory ones and made SURE they matched and were level, even, etc.; should have known better than to fully weld them on before making sure they would fit
. Especially since the welds were the best I have ever done..... However I never thought about measuring the BII perch to perch as I thought they were the same I thought about using a ratchet strap to pull the springs in a bit but it seems they would have to move a lot to make it fit. Seems there is nothing for it but to cut these off and move them, or put new ones on, outboard toward the backing plates. Any other way I might be saved the trouble ??????PS. I also posted this in the axle section but wanted more coverage....
