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| Author: | DusterIdiot [ Mon Jun 11, 2001 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Arrggghh!!!Who makes a install kit for 8 1/4" axle |
I'm going mad. No auto parts or diff. shops in my area can help me. Summit doesn't even list one. I want to change my rear gears out and need a prepackaged kit with shims crush sleeve and all that other stuff... Anybody knows who makes one for an 8 1/4" rear axle?!?!? TIA -D.Idiot res0aus2@verizon.net |
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| Author: | Mojack [ Mon Jun 11, 2001 8:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arrggghh!!!Who makes a install kit for 8 1/4" |
Just a shot in the dark, but try the local Mopar dealer or Randy's Ring and Pinion. Randy's ads are in major Mopar mags. Quote:
: : I'm going mad. No auto parts or diff. shops in : my area can help me. Summit doesn't even : list one. : I want to change my rear gears out and need a : prepackaged kit with shims crush sleeve and : all that other stuff... : : Anybody knows who makes one for an 8 1/4" : rear axle?!?!? : : TIA : : -D.Idiot Mojack65@aol.com |
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| Author: | sandy in nova scotia [ Mon Jun 11, 2001 8:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arrggghh!!!Who makes a install kit for 8 1/4" |
I bought a bunch of stuff at the dealer for an 8.25. Mopar Performance sells a kit of shims etc. It was 2 years ago but I had to get some stuff separate. The axle bearings and maybe the carrier bearings. I bought everything new including the sure grip (even down to the ring gear bolts!). It was a steal at only $200. Prices have gone up big time at mother Mopar but check the SG in the MP catalogue. I used a set of 4:30's in that were NOS ( new! try and find that ratio for an 8.25). It went bad (growling, not sure why) after some serious pounding, but I'm going at it again with a set of 3:55's I just got out of a van. I'll let you know how it goes in a week or so. Might sound insane but I have the 8.25 behind the 340 and the 8.75 is behind my slant! Sandy in Nova Scotia 70 duster 70 chrysler 300 2dr htp 72 d-100 swb adventurer 72vh aussie dodge ute 72 vh aussie charger 73 duster 340 79 l'il red express 82 ram prospector 84 regal t-type 3.8 turbo 96 grand caravan es (wife's) 98 ram SS/T sandy.colter@ns.sympatico.ca |
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| Author: | Craig [ Mon Jun 11, 2001 9:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Randy's website.... |
Try <A HREF="http://www.ring-pinion.com">www.ring-pinion.com</A> for Randy's Ring and Pinion website and toll free phone number. http://www.ring-pinion.com cfield@ll.net |
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| Author: | ray [ Tue Jun 12, 2001 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Randy's website.... |
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: Try <A HREF="http://www.ring-pinion.com">www.ring-pinion.com</A> for Randy's Ring and : Pinion website and toll free phone number. yep....Randy's got it all. I put 3.55 and a trak-lok in few months back. His prices were decent too. |
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| Author: | Tim_K [ Tue Jun 12, 2001 5:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arrggghh!!!Who makes a install kit for 8 1/4" |
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: I'm going mad. No auto parts or diff. shops in : my area can help me. Summit doesn't even : list one. : I want to change my rear gears out and need a : prepackaged kit with shims crush sleeve and : all that other stuff... : : Anybody knows who makes one for an 8 1/4" : rear axle?!?!? : : TIA : : -D.Idiot Mopar Performance has one, but like much of their stuff, it is a P.O.S. ! I bought mine at the Nationals last year for $4.50. It included the crush collar, waved washer, and a new nut. Well, the crush collar refused to crush, the nut threads don't quite fit right, and I managed to use the washer. They didn't screw up the washer. I wonder if the nut might have been a metric thread. It almost fit, but after putting it on and taking it off the pinion with a ratchet wrench on clean threads, the nut threads had marks all over them. Like the threads were too close or too far apart. I just reused the old nut, and hammered the old crush collar to expand it a bit. So far so good. |
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| Author: | Bob D [ Tue Jun 12, 2001 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arrggghh!!!Who makes a install kit for 8 1/4" |
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: I'm going mad. No auto parts or diff. shops in : my area can help me. Summit doesn't even : list one. : I want to change my rear gears out and need a : prepackaged kit with shims crush sleeve and : all that other stuff... : : Anybody knows who makes one for an 8 1/4" : rear axle?!?!? You might also want to try <A HREF="http://www.manciniracing.com">www.manciniracing.com</A>. They sell 8-1/4 ring & pinion installation kits, crush sleeves , etc. Bob D BBobbias@aol.com |
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| Author: | DusterIdiot [ Tue Jun 12, 2001 9:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Thanks w/*pic* *PIC* |
Thanks guys for all your help. I found that Ratech makes a full kit and am inclined to order from them since Summit carries that line for the other Mopar axles. I didn't go to the dealer, the guys behind the parts counter are twits. The mentality of the manager is "Make it hard for the guy and maybe he'll buy a *NEW* car...." Thanks again, I'm sure I'll have some better questions. -D.Idiot  res0aus2@verizon.net |
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