RoamingCanuck
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- Jan 30, 2016
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- Vehicle Year
- 1997
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 5L
- Transmission
- Manual
I pulled a replacement 8.8 from a junkyard with 4:10 gears in it, from the door it said it was open diff. But I broke the cardinal rule of JY pulling, take a picture of the OEM Vin panel with all the vehicle info on it. It was pouring rain, I was miserable but it was a perfect complete axle to replace my ailing one in my ranger so I had to have it.
My question is do the drum brakes change at all over the years? I know for sure the donor was 98 or newer but I'm not certain of the exact year. I see various part numbers from Raybestos and AC delco on rockauto based on year.
However I see that the Ford part number BRDF16 for drums is present in every year from 97 up to 2011 so I'm not really sure.
I want to put all brand new brake hardware on the axle before I install it so that I know its 100% good. The truck sees a lot of km towing a trailer so I don't like to risk it on brakes.
My question is do the drum brakes change at all over the years? I know for sure the donor was 98 or newer but I'm not certain of the exact year. I see various part numbers from Raybestos and AC delco on rockauto based on year.
However I see that the Ford part number BRDF16 for drums is present in every year from 97 up to 2011 so I'm not really sure.
I want to put all brand new brake hardware on the axle before I install it so that I know its 100% good. The truck sees a lot of km towing a trailer so I don't like to risk it on brakes.