calling all rear end specialists!!!

[maximus]

Ok well I went to get my insection done today and it turns out that my rear axle is bent bcuz my grandfather hit something on the highway so hard that it put a quarter size hole in my stock rim...anyway I need to buy a new axle and they quoted me 390 for parts n labor...my question is, i am planning on getting a t-lock and gears for my v6 auto...so should i just go and buy a special axle or what? If you guys think i should, any suggestions on brands or special parts i should request.any info is gunna help out alot.

[STEVE]

Is the axel tube bent or the axel itself?
If it is just the axel, simply replace it and install a ford 28 spline t-lok along with 4.10 gears you will need a speed calibrator from dallas mustang to fix the sopeedometer thereafter.

[SpectorV]

If your axle shaft is bent (the part that slides into the rear end) then it will not be much of a problem to swap this part out while you are doing rear end gears. If the axle shaft is bent you would know about it as the whole car would shake pretty darn bad. You can also make sure since you have to slide the axles out a bit to install rear end gears/tlok units. They can just slide it all the way out and inspect it. If they have to replace it the replacment is just as simple. They just have to slide the new one back in.

Very little keeps your rear axles in your car, and that is rather scary.

[maximus]

i figured i might as well put in the gears n t-loc while they have the rear end apart...im not sure which part is bent but they did say i need a new right axle, sry im not a mechanic so im not too sure about the tube or the shaft, but im learnin. hopefully if i do it all at once it will save me alot on labor...wasnt plannin on doing any moddin for atleast 3 months, guess i should kinda be happy altho everythng is goin on a credit card...any idea about the cost of the gears n tloc n axle??

[STEVE]

Ok its the shaft.
Go to stang suspension.com for the gears and t-lok and ford for the axle. Or a junk yard for the axle.

[Cajun JungleBoy]

Ask Zim... Ceiling kitty spyed on him piitb...
SHIT WRONG END!!

[STEVE]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cajun JungleBoy Ask Zim... Ceiling kitty spyed on him piitb... SHIT WRONG END!!

[Zim]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cajun JungleBoy Ask Zim... Ceiling kitty spyed on him piitb... SHIT WRONG END!!

this makes no sense to me...

[bbunt302]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cajun JungleBoy Ask Zim... Ceiling kitty spyed on him piitb... SHIT WRONG END!!

Translates to:

Quote: Originally Posted by Cajun JungleBoy in English Ask Zim. Ceiling kitty spied on him putting "it" in the buttocks. (Now yelling, and impersonating ZimStang) "<expeletive for feces>! Wrong end!"

Note that information in parenthesis is used to convey tone and meaning, while angle brackets are used for word replacement due to either foul language or general incoherence.

Back on topic, the problem you have is a bent axle (or axle shaft). The axle housing is an actual part of the rear end. It would take a great deal of force to bend it and would cost a lot more than what you were quoted to fix. It would basically require the entire rear end to be replaced.

New gears will run you about $200 bucks (I think, I'm not sure on 7.5 gears. I know 8.8 gears can be had for ~$150). I'm not sure on cost of the T-Lok either, never priced one. As for the axle, you are probably better off hitting up the junkyards for that. You should be able to find one fairly easily. Brand new from Ford, they are riduculously expensive. The cost of the install will vary quite a bit from shop to shop, but I really wouldn't pay over $300 for it. It's going to be the same amount of work as any other gear and T-Lok swap. Don't let them try to charge you extra just because the axle is screwed.

[Cajun JungleBoy]

lmao niceee!!!