Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ - Jeeps Canada

11-04-2003, 04:49 PM

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Brent Bogrees

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Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ

Hey All,

This weekend I successfully swapped in a Ford 8.8 axle to replace my
Dana 35C. I wrote a tech article about it for anyone that is
interested in doing this.

http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...le%20Swap.html

Later

-Brent Bogrees
'89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI – 33x10.5 BFG MT's
'94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L – 31x10.5 BFG AT's
http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogrees/html/Jeep.html

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11-04-2003, 05:08 PM

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L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

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Re: Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ

Hi Brent,
Looks good, but there is no way you'll ever be happy with your
driveshaft, for fifty bucks a machine shop will chuck up your yokes and
press fit and weld a new, balanced tube.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Brent Bogrees wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> This weekend I successfully swapped in a Ford 8.8 axle to replace my
> Dana 35C. I wrote a tech article about it for anyone that is
> interested in doing this.
>
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...le%20Swap.html
>
> Later
>
> -Brent Bogrees
> '89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI – 33x10.5 BFG MT's
> '94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L – 31x10.5 BFG AT's
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogrees/html/Jeep.html

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11-04-2003, 05:08 PM

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L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

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Re: Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ

Hi Brent,
Looks good, but there is no way you'll ever be happy with your
driveshaft, for fifty bucks a machine shop will chuck up your yokes and
press fit and weld a new, balanced tube.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Brent Bogrees wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> This weekend I successfully swapped in a Ford 8.8 axle to replace my
> Dana 35C. I wrote a tech article about it for anyone that is
> interested in doing this.
>
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...le%20Swap.html
>
> Later
>
> -Brent Bogrees
> '89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI – 33x10.5 BFG MT's
> '94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L – 31x10.5 BFG AT's
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogrees/html/Jeep.html

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11-04-2003, 05:08 PM

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L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) Hughes III

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Re: Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ

Hi Brent,
Looks good, but there is no way you'll ever be happy with your
driveshaft, for fifty bucks a machine shop will chuck up your yokes and
press fit and weld a new, balanced tube.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Brent Bogrees wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> This weekend I successfully swapped in a Ford 8.8 axle to replace my
> Dana 35C. I wrote a tech article about it for anyone that is
> interested in doing this.
>
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...le%20Swap.html
>
> Later
>
> -Brent Bogrees
> '89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI – 33x10.5 BFG MT's
> '94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L – 31x10.5 BFG AT's
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogrees/html/Jeep.html

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11-04-2003, 05:30 PM

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Earle Horton

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Re: Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ

You have to give him credit for trying though. I don't believe that I have
ever seen one welded together in the middle like that. The stock Wrangler
drive shift is one of the shortest I have ever seen too, and this can create
problems that removing an inch from the middle probably doesn't help with.
I suspect from the side view picture of the drive shaft that the universal
joint angles might be excessive now. This Wrangler might have a slip yoke
eliminator in its future, especially if any sort of suspension lift is
involved.

Still, nice job and nice web page. Maybe if I ever get bored, or get some
spare time, or break the 35c I will do something like that.

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:3FA82372.C2A42FE4@***.net...
> Hi Brent,
> Looks good, but there is no way you'll ever be happy with your
> driveshaft, for fifty bucks a machine shop will chuck up your yokes and
> press fit and weld a new, balanced tube.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Brent Bogrees wrote:
> >
> > Hey All,
> >
> > This weekend I successfully swapped in a Ford 8.8 axle to replace my
> > Dana 35C. I wrote a tech article about it for anyone that is
> > interested in doing this.
> >
> >
http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...le%20Swap.html
> >
> > Later
> >
> > -Brent Bogrees
> > '89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI - 33x10.5 BFG MT's
> > '94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L - 31x10.5 BFG AT's
> > http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogrees/html/Jeep.html

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11-04-2003, 05:30 PM

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Earle Horton

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Re: Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ

You have to give him credit for trying though. I don't believe that I have
ever seen one welded together in the middle like that. The stock Wrangler
drive shift is one of the shortest I have ever seen too, and this can create
problems that removing an inch from the middle probably doesn't help with.
I suspect from the side view picture of the drive shaft that the universal
joint angles might be excessive now. This Wrangler might have a slip yoke
eliminator in its future, especially if any sort of suspension lift is
involved.

Still, nice job and nice web page. Maybe if I ever get bored, or get some
spare time, or break the 35c I will do something like that.

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:3FA82372.C2A42FE4@***.net...
> Hi Brent,
> Looks good, but there is no way you'll ever be happy with your
> driveshaft, for fifty bucks a machine shop will chuck up your yokes and
> press fit and weld a new, balanced tube.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Brent Bogrees wrote:
> >
> > Hey All,
> >
> > This weekend I successfully swapped in a Ford 8.8 axle to replace my
> > Dana 35C. I wrote a tech article about it for anyone that is
> > interested in doing this.
> >
> >
http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...le%20Swap.html
> >
> > Later
> >
> > -Brent Bogrees
> > '89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI - 33x10.5 BFG MT's
> > '94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L - 31x10.5 BFG AT's
> > http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogrees/html/Jeep.html

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11-04-2003, 05:30 PM

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Earle Horton

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Re: Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ

You have to give him credit for trying though. I don't believe that I have
ever seen one welded together in the middle like that. The stock Wrangler
drive shift is one of the shortest I have ever seen too, and this can create
problems that removing an inch from the middle probably doesn't help with.
I suspect from the side view picture of the drive shaft that the universal
joint angles might be excessive now. This Wrangler might have a slip yoke
eliminator in its future, especially if any sort of suspension lift is
involved.

Still, nice job and nice web page. Maybe if I ever get bored, or get some
spare time, or break the 35c I will do something like that.

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:3FA82372.C2A42FE4@***.net...
> Hi Brent,
> Looks good, but there is no way you'll ever be happy with your
> driveshaft, for fifty bucks a machine shop will chuck up your yokes and
> press fit and weld a new, balanced tube.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Brent Bogrees wrote:
> >
> > Hey All,
> >
> > This weekend I successfully swapped in a Ford 8.8 axle to replace my
> > Dana 35C. I wrote a tech article about it for anyone that is
> > interested in doing this.
> >
> >
http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...le%20Swap.html
> >
> > Later
> >
> > -Brent Bogrees
> > '89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI - 33x10.5 BFG MT's
> > '94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L - 31x10.5 BFG AT's
> > http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogrees/html/Jeep.html

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11-04-2003, 05:52 PM

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aGraham

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Re: Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ

none of your images show up for me on a Mac..... tried three different
browsers

Its be the relative windows file paths

for example
http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...ge\Jeep\main\m
ain%2020031102.jpg

should be

http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...n%2020031102.j
pg

In article <6a04cef7.0311041349.113745dc@posting.google.com >,
bogrees.1@osu.edu (Brent Bogrees) wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> This weekend I successfully swapped in a Ford 8.8 axle to replace my
> Dana 35C. I wrote a tech article about it for anyone that is
> interested in doing this.
>
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...-%20Ford%208.8
> %20Axle%20Swap.html
>
> Later
>
> -Brent Bogrees
> '89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI – 33x10.5 BFG MT's
> '94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L – 31x10.5 BFG AT's
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogrees/html/Jeep.html

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/| ,[_____],
|¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯¯¯ )_)

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11-04-2003, 05:52 PM

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aGraham

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Re: Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ

none of your images show up for me on a Mac..... tried three different
browsers

Its be the relative windows file paths

for example
http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...ge\Jeep\main\m
ain%2020031102.jpg

should be

http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...n%2020031102.j
pg

In article <6a04cef7.0311041349.113745dc@posting.google.com >,
bogrees.1@osu.edu (Brent Bogrees) wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> This weekend I successfully swapped in a Ford 8.8 axle to replace my
> Dana 35C. I wrote a tech article about it for anyone that is
> interested in doing this.
>
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...-%20Ford%208.8
> %20Axle%20Swap.html
>
> Later
>
> -Brent Bogrees
> '89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI – 33x10.5 BFG MT's
> '94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L – 31x10.5 BFG AT's
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogrees/html/Jeep.html

--
o_o_o_o
/| ,[_____],
|¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯¯¯ )_)

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11-04-2003, 05:52 PM

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aGraham

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Re: Update on Ford 8.8 Axle Swap into a Jeep YJ

none of your images show up for me on a Mac..... tried three different
browsers

Its be the relative windows file paths

for example
http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...ge\Jeep\main\m
ain%2020031102.jpg

should be

http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...n%2020031102.j
pg

In article <6a04cef7.0311041349.113745dc@posting.google.com >,
bogrees.1@osu.edu (Brent Bogrees) wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> This weekend I successfully swapped in a Ford 8.8 axle to replace my
> Dana 35C. I wrote a tech article about it for anyone that is
> interested in doing this.
>
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogr...-%20Ford%208.8
> %20Axle%20Swap.html
>
> Later
>
> -Brent Bogrees
> '89 Jeep Wrangler YJ 2.5L TBI – 33x10.5 BFG MT's
> '94 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4.0L – 31x10.5 BFG AT's
> http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/~bogrees/html/Jeep.html

--
o_o_o_o
/| ,[_____],
|¯¯¯L --O|||||||O-
()_)¯()_) ¯¯¯¯¯ )_)

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