Hub swap/front brake mod

[dnsherrill]

iron thunderbird pumpkin with 3:73s and traction lock? I've got a line on one, with new front bushings and the correct speedo gear

speedo gear goes with the pumpkin? or with the trans?

 

[chris2523]

speedo gear is in trans. the tail housing at the back.

gets changed to reflect the gearing in the pumpkin.

 

[dnsherrill]

Pretty much the only way you will find a bolt in differental with 3.73s or higher is buying used from a Mark, Thunderbird, or 1999 Cobra that the owner had built.

let's say I find an entire IRS rear end from a 99 Cobra, what all can I use? shocks? diff/pumpkin? half shafts?

 

[DieselDan]

Shocks/carrier/half shafts/brakes, if your feelin' saucey.

 

[keVIIIn]

let's say I find an entire IRS rear end from a 99 Cobra, what all can I use? shocks? diff/pumpkin? half shafts?

I'd say get on a few mustang forums and start asking if anyone with a cobra has swapped to a solid axle..and buy all the stuff off him..easiest way. No way you're gonna find one in a junkyard and wrecked ones are usually stripped of anything useful.

 

[dnsherrill]

finished bleeding the brakes, then put the wheels on, lowered it, cranked down on the axle nuts w/ a 48'' steel pipe
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i 'think' I may be buying some 1'' dropped springs before long

 

[chris2523]

if you just put it on the ground, it should settle a little the first time you drive it.

looks good though.

 

[dnsherrill]

thx C, the front lug studs are too long for the nuts that came with these wheels. i guess I''ll have to 'double nut' em? put an open nut down tight, then the polished, trim lug nut on top....
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wheels are 30mm offset...245/45/17 tires, 5 rims on 5 mismatched performance treads

 

[Right on the Mark]

thx C, the front lug studs are too long for the nuts that came with these wheels. i guess I''ll have to 'double nut' em? put an open nut down tight, then the polished, trim lug nut on top....
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wheels are 30mm offset...245/45/17 tires, 5 rims on 5 mismatched performance treads

Trim studs down?

 

[DieselDan]

Or use the open lug nuts only, until you find a solution. Double lug nutted is going to look stupid.

 

[dnsherrill]

the rear lug stud lengths are fine, it's the fronts that are too long...the factory Mustang hub/bearing assemblies

 

[slowmkviii]

Did you buy the right lug nuts cause mine fit fine
Over the mustang studs.

 

[lobird91]

I love those 98 Cobra wheels, my all time favorite OE mustang wheel. Need some better pics now.

 

[Right on the Mark]

the rear lug stud lengths are fine, it's the fronts that are too long...the factory Mustang hub/bearing assemblies

Do the mustang studs have the first 1/4 inch of the stud with no threads like a mk8 stud? If so just trim it off.

 

[dnsherrill]

Did you buy the right lug nuts cause mine fit fine
Over the mustang studs.

I bought the rims/tires, caps and nuts from the previous owner, he had em on a Fox Mousetang
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Do the mustang studs have the first 1/4 inch of the stud with no threads like a mk8 stud? If so just trim it off.

I'll look again after work tonight, and measure what's sticking out...I wonder if there's an aberration with the rotor depth- causing there to be more stud exposed...the way the studs are hidden in the wheels, i don't 'think' dbl-nutting would look bad or stand out

 

[DieselDan]

It'll just look ghetto.

 

[dnsherrill]

you mean it will look
'ATL' ?
:I

 

[dnsherrill]

Did you buy the right lug nuts cause mine fit fine
Over the mustang studs.

lug stud lengths etc., and the variety of nuts i bought with the rims
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closed/finish-nut as far as it can go down
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plenty of depth for dbl nut w/out sticking out past the recess?

 

[dnsherrill]

drove this car tonight,
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first time in about a month or more.....way out of alignment, pulls to the right, none of the tires are real bad so I guess the swapped knuckles have me all cattywampus...it drove real straight and smooth before the swap
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(I have NO IDEA why it looks like I'm sporting a 1'' lift kit now)

 

[Right on the Mark]

Those are not stock studs. Those are 2.5 inch racing studs that previous owner installed. These are the style lugs that are used on those studs.

 

[dnsherrill]

solution = push em out, pull new ones in?
or I could have used the new hubs I ordered then had returned :facesjump

 

[Right on the Mark]

solution = push em out, pull new ones in?
or I could have used the new hubs I ordered then had returned :facesjump

Or you could just cut them to length and be done.

 

[dnsherrill]

re; alignment, is there a specific brand/type of machine I should look for to get optimal results? I've been going to the local NTB b/c it's close, but ...well, they have disappointed repeatedly

 

[dnsherrill]

and.......a leak
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pretty sure this only started leaking after i test drove it, maybe i pierced a piston dust boot when installing pads? (8 new copper washers around all 4 banjos, all 4 calipers rebuilt)

 

[Right on the Mark]

Fluid will not leak out if there are holes in dust boots. I work on cars all the time and boots are F'ed up and no leaking.