Super 8.8 Kit?

[KarlVP]

Anyone have an opinion on this kit? I just read the article in the fresh Petersen's 4WOR that I just got.

It seems like a good idea, but the amount of abuse I have thrown at my "stock" 8.8 in my TJ, I just don't know if it is worth it. I don't plan on running taller than 36 inch tires, and that is why I built the 8.8 in the first place.

I would really like to see this kit installed and in use. Quick!!! someone buy one and beat the crap out of it. This way I can see if I really want one.

 

[Totalled]

I haven't read the article... yet...

But I will say... You will break a stock 8.8 carrier before you break a stock 31 spline axle in one. I'll have to pick up the mag in the AM and see what they got.

 

[Toyotanut]

LRZ may know something about this......

 

[FiFo]

I would guess your going to break the front end again before you brake your 8.8 I mean you never managed to break the Dana 35, (amazingly) yet how many Dana 30s have you gone through? If it was me, I would see about getting that Dana 44 you want first, and then worry about the rear.

 

[boxboy]

I have beat the piss out of the 8.8 with 35 MTR tires for 1 1/2 years and now I have been running 38.5" TSL all summer with no issues (will no issues with the 8.8).

 

[Little Red Zuk]

LRZ may know something about this......

Nope, new one to me.

However, I'm not sure I see the point of it if you run an 8.8 in a Heep. In an Exploder yes, because I see a lot of those overtowing. But I only know of a few cases where someone's grenaded an aftermarket carrier in an 8.8, usually in F-150's.

 

[GaryTJ]

the kit is designed to eliminate the c-clips and widen the axle to match the newer Jeep wms. It uses a spacer that is a press fit into the housing and looks like an a-20 bearing, with longer axles. Moves the brakes out with it.

looks real easy to install and you can order the axles with the bigger bolt pattern if you wish to.

 

[JOOP]

I'm running a 8.8 with 35"s. I'm not worried about breaking it. Plus for the price of the kit I could get a rear 60.

 

[lilzuki]

tell ann to get one and you'll know how it works

 

[KarlVP]

tell ann to get one and you'll know how it works

She'd buy it too!!!

 

[boxboy]

widen the axle to match the newer Jeep wms.

What wider WMS on what new Jeeps?

 

[KarlVP]

widen the axle to match the newer Jeep wms.

What wider WMS on what new Jeeps?

The explorer WMS is 1.5 inches shorter than the TJ. So you are loing 5/8 of an inch of WMS each side.

 

[JOOP]

The WMS is an easy fix.

Take a 1.5" spacer, put it on the passenger side. Then recenter your axle. Guess what?? It aligns your pinion with your T-case too. So you dont have 2 angles to be worried about.

 

[boxboy]

widen the axle to match the newer Jeep wms.

The explorer WMS is 1.5 inches shorter than the TJ. So you are loing 5/8 of an inch of WMS each side.

Yes but running a little narrower in the rear can help your turning radius... but it's only 5/8's on an inch :;

 

[Totalled]

I have beat the piss out of the 8.8 with 35 MTR tires for 1 1/2 years and now I have been running 38.5" TSL all summer with no issues (will no issues with the 8.8).

38s break 8.8s under F-150s. I'd say you're getting close to it's limits under a lighter jeep.