8.8 and general gear question

[94BonB]

I got an explorer 8.8 rear end with disks and 4.10's, The problem is that the carrier was welded, this wouldn't be a problem if it was just a trail truck, but its my DD. Anyway I'm replacing the carrier and putting a lock right in it. My question is, if I pull the carrier with the ring gear but not the pinion do I have to go through all of the gear set up? like if a swap the ring gear to the new carrier can I just go a head and bolt it back in? because my pinion depth hasn't changed.

 

[merace19]

You may get lucky. I have 4 times out of 5 with replacing same with same. I had same issue, some asshat welded up the rear, so I swapped out a open carrier for open carrier. and pattern was perfect. Side to side shims are a hellava lot easier to adjust than that depth.

 

[4x4junkie]

You will need to check the ring gear backlash to make sure it's the same as before. You won't need to mess with the pinion at all though.