axle truss?

[86 slo-vo]

Damn Slo-Vo!! Thats nice!

that one went under an 800hp turbo 03 cobra. thanks man

 

[unoleisu]

Ok, so here is my bolt on 8.8 diff gaurd. I used what I had laying around, so it isn't pretty, but I think will work for awhile. I cut and used a 8" ID pipe with 3/8 wall thickness.
Originally I made a couple of horrizontal cuts (not all the way through) to allow the 5" wide strip to flex out so it would span the diff cover hump. When I welded those cuts up afterwards, I failed to clamp the whole thing down, and after adding the side support "hoop" as well, it warped. Soo....... I had to cut it all the way through one of the horizontal welds I just did, flexed it down, (this time bolt it in place) and did short one inch welds (letting it cool in between welds) using a piece of steel as a filler in the new gap. It's strong, but not as clean looking as I planned. sigh.

 

[unoleisu]

OK, done deal. Here is the finished and installed 8.8. Also the connector I made for the park brake lines, using the Explorer 8.8 brake lines.

You can see I used all threads and welded e-brake line connectors to them. This allows me to adjust each line individaully. I also welded brackets on the frame supports to hold the P brake lines. I found that after installing and hooking everything up, that the parking brakes themselves were way out of adjustment, so I had to dial them in, like any other drum brake, with the little adjustment wheel in the drum.