hey man sorry it took so long, it's been one of those weeks, ok the rear I got came out of a 87 mustang of course it was 4 lug to begin with, I first had to gring all the brackets off to make room for spring perches I went ahead and cut the excisting brake line on it to make it easier to gring on it, after grinding the old stuff up I set mine up to get the pinion angle and transfered it to the new one, messureed from the center out to make sure i had the perches in the right place and welded them up, my old rear was an 8" rear, on the drivers side there was a bolt that held the brake line block to the rear the 8.8 has one but on the wrong side so I just took a stud and welded it to the tube to hold it down, next a pulled the axles out of the 8.8 and put mine new 5 lugs on, I did have to get the lugs pressed on but other than that nothing else, the bearings on a 8.8 are not pressed on, they just slide on, next came the brakes, I kept the same backing plates from the 8.8 and moved my parking brake cables to it with no problems they fit in the same hole that the 8.8 cables came out of, after that just put the 8.8 brakes back together and put the new 5 lug drums on, I was also able to use the same brake line that came off of the 8" they were a tad long but with a little careful bending you'll never tell the diff, all of this minus putting it back in the car took 5 hours it was actually pretty easy, as for the parts
axles were part #SAG-EV80-28 $249.99 which are 28 spline superior axle , from summit racing
spring perch part # DCC-4120074 $12.95 from summit racing
Brake drums I have no part # but I got them at advance auto for 35$ each they are for a 87 Ford Ranger
I also had to get a different U joint since the 8.8 and my 8" are diff sizes it was 8$ at advance auto and as luck would have it I no longer have that part # sorry
also the rear I got did not have the driveshaft companion flange, where our rears th u joint connects to the driveshaft and the rear end with u bolts the 8.8 is a bit diff it uses a press in type u joint on all 4 sides you will have to get this piece from ford but it is only 20$ the rear will have a round flange with bolt holes around it this piece bolts to the rear and the other end has holes for the u joint hope that makes since, if you get an 8.8 you will see what I am talking about when you try to hook your driveshaft up
my driveshaft after all is said and installed has about 1/2 " of slide room, this is working fine for me now but it really isn't enuff especialy if you have soft rear
suspension so you amy have to have it shortened I was quoted 60$ to take an inch off and rebalance it
Summit also has a axle conversion tha tincludes the rear drums for $197.95 part number FMS-M1126A not sure if it has the bearings and studs though
if you go with the summit kit you should be able to get out for around 250 bucks plus getting the driveshaft shortened
if it matters any my car is a 302 with a c4 tranny
hope this helps if not drop me a line and i will see what i can do
