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Technical => Drivetrain Tech => Topic started by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 10:19:43 PM

Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 10:19:43 PM
87 3.8 bird rear end size not sure want 5 kugs now need right size??? help plase
Title: help
Post by: CougarSE on March 29, 2007, 10:50:07 PM
Slow down son!  Re read what you posted.. Not a bit of it makes any sense!
Title: help
Post by: JeremyB on March 29, 2007, 10:53:28 PM
You've got a 7.5" in that sweet ride. That don't help none though. You want some axles from a 94-98 'Tang. Make sure they don't have the ABS rings.
Title: least i know the size now
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 10:56:59 PM
well i figured that some one would anwser and let me know least i was hoping. what size rear end would it b from a stang for those years and would it bolt right up
Title: help
Post by: JeremyB on March 29, 2007, 10:58:46 PM
Claude would know!
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 10:59:17 PM
that would be who lol
Title: help
Post by: CougarSE on March 29, 2007, 11:06:12 PM
Quote from: willywags05;137198
well i figured that some one would anwser and let me know least i was hoping. what size rear end would it b from a stang for those years and would it bolt right up

The v6 stang bangers would have the 7.5 and its axles would fit fine.  Aside from the brakes the stang rear would bolt in without a hitch.
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:08:07 PM
from a 94 to 98 stang rear end bolt right up and what size is it
Title: help
Post by: CougarSE on March 29, 2007, 11:09:39 PM
Quote from: CougarSE;137203
The v6 stang bangers would have the 7.5 and its axles would fit fine.  Aside from the brakes the stang rear would bolt in without a hitch.



:beatyoass:.
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:12:41 PM
so a 7.5 rear with 5 lug will work  for my 87 bird
Title: help
Post by: CougarSE on March 29, 2007, 11:13:13 PM
Quote from: CougarSE;137203
The v6 stang bangers would have the 7.5 and its axles would fit fine.  Aside from the brakes the stang rear would bolt in without a hitch.

:mad:.
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:18:34 PM
i am confused
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Post by: JeremyB on March 29, 2007, 11:18:55 PM
That makes 3 of us.
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:23:56 PM
ok here what i am trying to do make my 87 tbird with a v6 4 bolt to a 5 bolt
Title: help
Post by: Chuck W on March 29, 2007, 11:25:01 PM
*BUZZ*!!!!!!

Try again.

86-88 Tbird/Cougar 7.5's will not work with the Mustang axles....

You can swap the entire rear axle assy from the SN-95 Mustang, brakes, housing and all if you like and have the same width axle  to axle , but the axles alone will not swap into the wider 87 7.5 housing.
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:25:52 PM
i understand know thanks
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:27:09 PM
just get a rear axle assy from sn-95 stang and bolt it up
Title: help
Post by: JeremyB on March 29, 2007, 11:28:20 PM
Quote from: Chuck W;137216
*BUZZ*!!!!!!

Try again.

86-88 Tbird/Cougar 7.5's will not work with the Mustang axles....

You can swap the entire rear axle assy from the SN-95 Mustang if you like and have the same width axle  to axle , but the axles will not swap into the wider 87 7.5 housing.


That is news to me. :confused:

Bearing areas don't match up?
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:30:44 PM
maybe i dont get it hell i dont know
Title: help
Post by: Chuck W on March 29, 2007, 11:35:08 PM
Quote from: JeremyB;137219
That is news to me. :confused:

Bearing areas don't match up?


IIRC that's one of the issues covered in the threads that touched on this whole issue.  The 3/4" may not be an problem, but most likely it is.

The 86-88 Tbird 7.5 housing are wider....and thus the bearings are in a different spot than the  others.

willywags....there is a search feature on this board.....it works....
Title: help
Post by: CougarSE on March 29, 2007, 11:37:12 PM
I thought that the axle housing of the sn95 was the same width as the 86-88.  Infact i slid my sn95 axles into my old 88 housing and they seem to fit fine...


ERER I ARE CORNFUSED..
Title: help
Post by: 84 Fila on March 29, 2007, 11:38:09 PM
shiznit, I JUST REALISED that your right in my backyard. Sorry,
/end spaz attack
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:40:58 PM
not far from ya
Title: help
Post by: CougarSE on March 29, 2007, 11:41:26 PM
Quote from: 84 Fila;137229
shiznit, I JUST REALISED that your right in my backyard. Sorry,
/end spaz attack

Now I understand....
Title: help
Post by: Chuck W on March 29, 2007, 11:41:28 PM
Nope....the 86-88 Tbird 7.5 housings are 3/4" wider per side than the Mustang and early Tbird 7.5's and the 8.8's.

The axles will slide in....
Title: help
Post by: 84 Fila on March 29, 2007, 11:42:27 PM
Understand what Cluade?
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:42:55 PM
ok
Title: help
Post by: CougarSE on March 29, 2007, 11:44:14 PM
Quote from: Chuck W;137234
Nope....the 86-88 Tbird 7.5 housings are 3/4" wider per side than the Mustang and early Tbird 7.5's and the 8.8's.

The axles will slide in....

So the fox stang and sn95 housing is the same?
Title: help
Post by: Chuck W on March 29, 2007, 11:47:19 PM
LOOK HERE (http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showpost.php?p=33775&postcount=1)

Yes, the 79-98 Mustang 7.5 and 8.8, the 83-85Tbird 7.5 and 87-88TC 8.8 housings are all the same width...


The 86-88 Tbird/Cougar 7.5's are wider....
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:49:00 PM
so dropping a ho 302 in and and tranny th axle will need changed right
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 29, 2007, 11:50:39 PM
since i want 5 lug
Title: help
Post by: CougarSE on March 29, 2007, 11:54:14 PM
so my sn95 axles will fit my 83's rear end.. Excellent.
Title: help
Post by: Chuck W on March 30, 2007, 12:07:11 AM
Quote from: CougarSE;137243
so my sn95 axles will fit my 83's rear end.. Excellent.


Yup.  That's what I used in my 84.

What year axles?
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 30, 2007, 12:36:26 AM
so 8.8 28 spline axle will fit
Title: help
Post by: CougarSE on March 30, 2007, 04:26:55 PM
Quote from: Chuck W;137247
Yup. That's what I used in my 84.
 
What year axles?

Nina fo
Title: help
Post by: Chuck W on March 30, 2007, 06:41:08 PM
Quote from: CougarSE;137353
Nina fo


Yeppers.
Title: help
Post by: willywags05 on March 30, 2007, 10:14:03 PM
what about an 85 linclon cont rearend in my 87bird
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