bzlover

hi.., i have 3.73's (ring and pinion) that i wanna put in my new LX.., would you know any good tips on doing the swap??

88natchback

for an 8.8?

red9535

Don't try to do gears yourself if you've never done it before. You'll **** up the shims and end up with noisy gears, if you can even get them in right. No disrespect, but get someone who knows what they're doing to help you so you can learn.

Boss_Hotrod

If you want to do them yourself read this page. You will have to have a few tools to do the job correctly.

http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/5o...5ohtech001.htm

dillon1340

i never did gears before and did mine. turned out fine. but i took my time, had the right tools, and did a lot of research.

red95gtconvert

I installed my 3.73's myself and they turned out fine, the hardest part was compressing the crush sleeve while laying on my back in the driveway. There are some excellent writeups on the web, that and the right tools you can do this job on you own. Good luck.

bzlover

well ima try it my self and see what the outcome will be.., thanks for the good info guys..!

86HOGT

Try and get a pinion depth tool. It will help out so much, so that you don't have to press the inner pinion bearing on and off a bunch of times trying to get the right shim behind it.

steel1

My friend and I did my gears on my 93GT, helps that my buddy used to be a Ford mechanic. It's not a normal do-it-yourself job, but with patience a good set of instructions and the right tools it can be done. I agree the hardest part was crushing the crush collar and mine was done on a lift!! If your not confident doing it ,bring it to someone who can, or you'll spend more money repairing what was done wrong, imo.

Boss_Hotrod

I went through 3 sleeve before I got it right. Luckily I had to whole rearend out of the car setting on a couple of sawhorses. That made the whole job a lot easier. I took it down to a bare housing and completely rebuilt it. It was the first one I did and I followed that website I posted and the rear hasn't come apart yet and I beat the leaving crap out of the car. Luckily I know how to fix the crap I break.