hey everyone- was swapping gears in the 8.8 for my MK4, and these 4 shim/spacer pieces fell out when I pulled the pinion gear. anyone know what the heck these are? I'm stumped!
thanks in advance!!
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hey everyone- was swapping gears in the 8.8 for my MK4, and these 4 shim/spacer pieces fell out when I pulled the pinion gear. anyone know what the heck these are? I'm stumped!
thanks in advance!!
That's odd. I don't claim to be an expert on those things, but I've rebuilt a few 8.8 IRS units and never saw anything like that. If I had to make a guess, I'd say perhaps they are damaged parts of a factory Trac-Lok clutch pack. I imagine someone here will know.
Pretty sure they are the "ears" in the clutch pack.
You can see them in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GsLDg3C6Hc
Mike
Last edited by michael everson; 04-29-2017 at 10:07 AM.
thanks for commenting!
yet another broken thing to fix!!!!
Maybe 10 months ago I installed this in my old 8.8
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/fms-m-4204-f318c
You may need a 28 spline unit depending on your axles. Previous to that I had an Eaton TrueTrac which was good but wore itself out in 4 seasons of AX and there are no replacement parts to rebuild it. Just pitch and buy a new one.
FFR MkII, 408W, Tremec TKO 500, 2015 IRS, DA QA1s, Forte front bar, APE hardtop.
Yes does look like the clutch pack ears but how did they get behind the pinion ? I could see them falling when the ring and center was pulled.
Kenny
craig, I looked at that before ordering the clutch pack, but no reasonably priced one for 28 spline (and just bought new 28 spline 5 lug axles).
and not sure how long they have been in there but case and gears look ok...