8.8 covers, all the same fit?

[racsan]

my '93 ranger has the 28 spline 8.8 open 3.73 ratio. i was looking at a cover through summit which said 8.8 ford but didnt specify ranger application. it should fit , right? http://store.summitracing.com/large...g+Rear-End+Support+Covers&img=sme-8510100.jpg
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[mjonesjr]

all 8.8 covers will fit......any cover off an Explorer, F-150, or Ranger will fit.....and quite possible the Expidition....

 

[racsan]

great, got it on order now. thanks
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[racsan]

wow, got it next day! probly put on this weekend. summit is fast!
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[CopyKat]

all 8.8 covers will fit......any cover off an Explorer, F-150, or Ranger will fit.....and quite possible the Expidition....

Couldn't be more wrong. I've had a steel cover supposedly from an F150 and it didn't fit on my ranger 8.8. I tried a chrome mustang one and same thing. I ended up needing a 1/4" spacer so that the cover wouldn't hit the ring gear.

BTW Mine started life with a composite cover.

 

[mjonesjr]

Couldn't be more wrong. I've had a steel cover supposedly from an F150 and it didn't fit on my ranger 8.8. I tried a chrome mustang one and same thing. I ended up needing a 1/4" spacer so that the cover wouldn't hit the ring gear.

BTW Mine started life with a composite cover.

Well you hade the wrong covers then.....all 8.8's use the same cover and gears.....the only difference is the Explorers, F-150's, and Expidition's have 31 spline axles.....the Mustang's use 28 spline axles like the Rangers.....8.8 axle housings are all the same.....

 

[pillen140]

i can vouch for that, are you sure yours wasnt a 7.5, the 7.5s some come with fiberglass cover, no 8.8s come with a composit cover.

 

[4x4junkie]

No, this appears to be true.

Where the cover bolts up on my Ranger 8.8 does appear to be ¼" closer in than on the Explorer 8.8 in my BII. I suspect it's because of the smaller tube radius due to it being 28 spline.
I would think a Mustang cover should fit fine though (after all, it's also 28 spline).
Most cast aftermarket covers should fit as well (the finned AL one I have fit no problem).

(and yes, some (most Ranger?) 8.8s did come with composite covers (mine also had one).

 

[pillen140]

sorry, i didnt think composite one were ever on 8.8. i have an axle guide here and it says only 7.5s had em, i will have to choke those who wrote it! sorry again!

 

[rickcdewitt]

Couldn't be more wrong. I've had a steel cover supposedly from an F150 and it didn't fit on my ranger 8.8. I tried a chrome mustang one and same thing. I ended up needing a 1/4" spacer so that the cover wouldn't hit the ring gear.

BTW Mine started life with a composite cover.

yep i had the same thing happen using a cover from an f-150 so i'm still running the plastic crap.good excuse to make one from 3/16" or 1/4" plate

 

[Destroyer000]

so if i pull a 8.8 cover off an f150, for my 8.8 axle out of a 92 ranger the dif cover is going to be a 1/4 deeper correct? or is it IDENTICAL to mine? a few of the posts sorta confused me lol

 

[rickcdewitt]

so if i pull a 8.8 cover off an f150, for my 8.8 axle out of a 92 ranger the dif cover is going to be a 1/4 deeper correct? or is it IDENTICAL to mine? a few of the posts sorta confused me lol

no your gears will grind it.

 

[Destroyer000]

thanks rick.. so its 1/4 shallower..

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

We ordered a chrome cover for our drag car at work and it hit the ring gear aswell

 

[CopyKat]

.....8.8 axle housings are all the same.....

Not all 8.8's are the same.