8.8" Axle Exploded, with open differential
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Early versions have a ~2.87" hub flange stickout (pilot), causing the wheels to be lugcentric. Most have ~3.47" (~'87-96) and hubcentric wheels.
Axle Shaft (4234)
Left: E7TZ4234B,
Omix-Ada Ultimate,
Motive,
Dorman 630-201,
SVL 2022605-2
Right: E7TZ4234A,
Omix-Ada Ultimate,
Motive,
Dorman 630-200,
SVL 2022605-1
Seal Assembly (1177):
Motorcraft BRS-40 or Ford E3TZ-1S177-A,
Spicer 39246
U-washer (4N237) (C-clip or C-lock):
Yukon YSPCC-010
Pinion Shaft (4211):
Yukon YSPXP-027,
Yukon YSPXP-026
Pinion Shaft Lock Bolt:
Ford D8BZ-4241-C,
APDTY 92159,
Dorman/HELP 81048
Pinion Seal:
Ford BR3Z-4676-A,
National 3604,
Timken 3604
Ford 8.8" axle uses 10 lug studs D6AZ-1107-A ('83-00)
Dana 44IFS uses 10 lug studs D6TZ-1107-A ('83-96)
Ford TIB axle uses 10 lug studs F4UZ-1107-A ('94-96)
For limited slip (Eaton Traction Lok), see:
Ford/MotorCraft XL-3 Friction Modifier Additive
Fullsize truck owners love to hate the 8.8", and are often hung-up on the 9", but the 2011 Local Motors' Rally Fighter micro-production 2WD vehicle uses a stock 8.8" with stock TracLok spinning ~33" tires, and is powered by the 430hp/450lb-ft GM E-rod & 4L85E. See the article in Off Road March 2011 p.28-30. In a different article in the same issue, one of the writers expresses a desire to swap an 8.8" into his Jeep, on p.63.
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