joe98tj
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So a while back I picked up a yukon super 8.8 kit from Nick:
https://eastcoastgearsupply.com/i-11790471-yukon-ford-8-8-c-clip-eliminator-kit.html
With finally getting around to re-gearing the 8.8 I figured it was a good time to throw the kit in. Its a pretty straight forward install, and the kit from yukon comes with very clear instructions. So here's my process of going through it:
I was doing more than just installing this kit so I had the axle out of the jeep but it's an easy enough process to do with the axle in the jeep.
After removing all brake hardware and the backing plates, the first step is to remove the oil seal and bearings. The oil seal comes off pretty easy with a pry bar. A bearing puller is the easiest way to remove the bearings, but, I don't own one so I just pulled out the gears and punched a socket through from the other end of the axle. This took a lot of extensions and my buddy holding them straight in the pumpkin, but, they came out pretty easy with a few good hits. I also found one of the bearings fell out of the race, explains my leaky passenger side....
After the bearings are out, it was time to cut off excess flange. With this kit you cut down to the shoulder that sticks out at the backing plate mounting part of the flange. If you're not a precise cutter like myself, I suggest cutting 98% and grinding the rest down. Be sure to use rags inside the tubes so nothing gets down to the pumpkin. This was a good time to clean of the outer side of the backing plate mount surface as they have you silicone the back side of the bearing seat to prevent leaks.
After letting the rtv have some time to to set a little, I put the bearing seats in using the supplied spacer nuts and setting nuts. The bearing seats both went in smooth and I torqued them down to the required 90 ft-lbs.
All that was left was to go to toms and press the mounting plate, new seal, bearing, and bearing retainer onto the axle shafts with his press. I also put on the wheel studs while I was there. The shafts are drilled out for 5x4.5 and 5x5.5. The wheels stud are also screw on if you were to change rims.
I did a quick reassembly to make sure everything fit on correctly. A few issues I ran into were the bolts did not fit through the backing plates too easily. My backing plates are a little rusty and needed some filing/minor drilling out to fit nice. Also, the center hole was a bit rusty and would pull the seal off the bearing when I would slide the axle shaft in and i could not push the mounting plate into the seal hard enough to get the seal to slide back on so I also needed to file out that center hole in the backing plate.
Overall a pretty decent kit. The shafts are pretty beefy and install was a breeze. However, the price is a bit steep.
https://eastcoastgearsupply.com/i-11790471-yukon-ford-8-8-c-clip-eliminator-kit.html
With finally getting around to re-gearing the 8.8 I figured it was a good time to throw the kit in. Its a pretty straight forward install, and the kit from yukon comes with very clear instructions. So here's my process of going through it:
I was doing more than just installing this kit so I had the axle out of the jeep but it's an easy enough process to do with the axle in the jeep.
After removing all brake hardware and the backing plates, the first step is to remove the oil seal and bearings. The oil seal comes off pretty easy with a pry bar. A bearing puller is the easiest way to remove the bearings, but, I don't own one so I just pulled out the gears and punched a socket through from the other end of the axle. This took a lot of extensions and my buddy holding them straight in the pumpkin, but, they came out pretty easy with a few good hits. I also found one of the bearings fell out of the race, explains my leaky passenger side....
After the bearings are out, it was time to cut off excess flange. With this kit you cut down to the shoulder that sticks out at the backing plate mounting part of the flange. If you're not a precise cutter like myself, I suggest cutting 98% and grinding the rest down. Be sure to use rags inside the tubes so nothing gets down to the pumpkin. This was a good time to clean of the outer side of the backing plate mount surface as they have you silicone the back side of the bearing seat to prevent leaks.
After letting the rtv have some time to to set a little, I put the bearing seats in using the supplied spacer nuts and setting nuts. The bearing seats both went in smooth and I torqued them down to the required 90 ft-lbs.
All that was left was to go to toms and press the mounting plate, new seal, bearing, and bearing retainer onto the axle shafts with his press. I also put on the wheel studs while I was there. The shafts are drilled out for 5x4.5 and 5x5.5. The wheels stud are also screw on if you were to change rims.
I did a quick reassembly to make sure everything fit on correctly. A few issues I ran into were the bolts did not fit through the backing plates too easily. My backing plates are a little rusty and needed some filing/minor drilling out to fit nice. Also, the center hole was a bit rusty and would pull the seal off the bearing when I would slide the axle shaft in and i could not push the mounting plate into the seal hard enough to get the seal to slide back on so I also needed to file out that center hole in the backing plate.
Overall a pretty decent kit. The shafts are pretty beefy and install was a breeze. However, the price is a bit steep.
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