Shortening Ford 8.8 For Vortec 4200 Swapped Volvo 240 Wagon.

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Blaser Builds

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@BlaserBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Realizing this c clip eliminator setup wont work as planned. Will figure something else out.

@cameron878 8 ай бұрын

I thin you have to delete the e brakes for them to work. I have 9" ends on mine so I'm not certain.

@TheProchargedmopar 8 ай бұрын

I showed my daughter your son working and said, "look, we need to get in the garage and do some work. I started watching A21 when you were 3-4 and his son was a baby" 😂

@BlaserBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Nice!

@BigMikesGarage 8 ай бұрын

Nice work. I always use 9 inch ends instead of the c-clip eliminators. Then you can get larger splined axles, and aftermarket disc brake kits work with the 9 inch ends. Tig the tubes to the housing, and build your own brace kit.

@Van.Go101 6 ай бұрын

I applaud you for all your work, very good job. Do your kid a favor though, when you're welding and he's watching, put a welding jacket on him. The UV's from welding are extremely harmful for him.

@steventurner476 8 ай бұрын

Dude, you're super clever! Great work.

@jim5549 8 ай бұрын

I cut the bolt just past the threads drilled the center of head 1/8". I would screw the bolt back in (as a bushing) and using a long 1/8" bit (flexible enough for any misalignment) I could drill just enough of a hole in the remaining pin that a small easy out will grip & hold long enough to pull the pin out. Even used to do this at Pic A Part LOL. Probably useless since you may never have that problem again but if you do.......... Why didn't the pin spin when drilling? IDK - magic! But always worked. Did a similar narrowing of a 9" diff. for a Camaro project long ago. Great memories!

@davidgeibel1331 8 ай бұрын

That axle is 2 7/8" plus the thickness of the file shorter, js.

@funfun8095 8 ай бұрын

He figured that in, genius. SMH

@jayinmi3706 8 ай бұрын

I've seen a lot of 8.8 narrowing videos, but I think this is the first with the giant pipe cutter! Looked like your kid had a matching welding helmet. That's awesome. BTW, is this an Explorer rear?

@BlaserBuilds 8 ай бұрын

It is an explorer rear.

@TheProchargedmopar 8 ай бұрын

784,000,001 now so this is the one I'll watch when time for me to shorten an 8.8. 👍💪

@lorenpotter868 8 ай бұрын

see you are in Wisconsin. where at? Oshkosh here

@mchristr 7 ай бұрын

The idea is not just to narrow the housing but to eliminate the c-clips and have larger bearings outboard. There are any number of aftermarket housing ends that should work. Borrow a jig, cut off the housing ends, and you'll be happy in the end.

@philbetthauser9547 8 ай бұрын

That's a great use for a pipe cutter.

@cameron878 8 ай бұрын

Definitely required to comment on the smell.

@AverageJoeBuilds 8 ай бұрын

I dont think ive seen a tube cutter that big. Way better than cut off wheel!!

@funfun8095 8 ай бұрын

There are bigger ones. Pipe fitters use them, all the time.

@blackout7615 8 ай бұрын

I never understand people not using a guard on the grinder. I've burned up at least ten grinders in my life and most has been using cutoff disks. I've always used the gaurd and never really felt hindered by it. I have also at one point made contact with a finger and cut halfway through it. That little blade is mercilous and eventually it's going to get ya!

@funfun8095 8 ай бұрын

I have 7 grinders, only 1 still has the guard. I always use thick leather gloves. Haven't cut through them, yet, in 20+ years. I guess it depends on your skill.

@jagharingenyoutube 8 ай бұрын

@@funfun8095 your hands are not the scary part, the scary part is your face when the cutoff disc explodes. Had a friend that got a hole in his chin

@funfun8095 8 ай бұрын

@@jagharingenyoutube Yep. I wear safety glasses under my full shield.

@BlaserBuilds 8 ай бұрын

I took it off when I had a larger concrete disk on it when I did the garage floor, never put it back on.

@BlaserBuilds 8 ай бұрын

@@jagharingenyoutube I got hit in the thigh once. I just try to make sure the disk is never rotating in line with my face. Like around the 10min mark can see my head is sideways.

@xozindustries7451 8 ай бұрын

Looks good!

@HeadFlowInc 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if you could lathe a precision piece of pipe to fit inside the axle tube to help align? Pre-drill plug weld holes as needed to secure the internal coupler then fully weld the union. Just thinking out loud… 🤔

@jagharingenyoutube 8 ай бұрын

The "correct" way is to buy/make some guides that fit in the center and end bearing locations and a long axle through it all. The axle tubes are almost always a litte bit crooked in the center so just lining them up like he did doesnt make them straight

@HeadFlowInc 8 ай бұрын

@@jagharingenyoutube Axle jig, I’ve seen them. I used the same angle iron method when we narrowed my Explorer 8.8, axle turns smoothly no binding. There’s a video/s on my channel showing the process. I’m very curious if Ryan found c-clip eliminators for the large bearing and tube Explorer 8.8… we were told our disc brakes will hold the axle but it’s not track legal. Also when we looked the only option was convert the housing to Ford 9” ends… 🤔

@jesudassvinodkumard480 8 ай бұрын

Bro I saw your subwoofer game video and I want ro see sau put the baby on the subwoofer 😂❤

@carport-customs 8 ай бұрын

Could you please provide the part number on c-clip eliminator kit that fits behind the disk brakes?

@BlaserBuilds 8 ай бұрын

One I got is Moser 9333. Honestly didn't put any thought into ordering it, so we'll see where we end up.

@carport-customs 8 ай бұрын

@BlaserBuilds awesome thanks I'll stay tuned!

@BlaserBuilds 8 ай бұрын

@@carport-customs Which I'm realizing now the 9333 is not for stock axles, the 9300 is for stock, so this won't work. Woops. May just go back to LSD and no eliminators then use this kit in my truck or something.

@SloppyMechanics 8 ай бұрын

ah yes the please do not strip or break pin

@cameron878 8 ай бұрын

Are you left or right handed? And what way do you skate? I'm right handed, goofy footed, and I tig weld like you, but I've been told usually you hold the torch with your dominant hand, I don't.

@BlaserBuilds 8 ай бұрын

Haha, hard question. Here we go. I write left handed Hold torch left hand Shoot pews left Shoot bow right(left eye dominant) Throw right Kick right Jump of left foot Skate goofy Naturally push Mongo(left), but learned to push with right. Eat left, but cut with left so eat right when cutting something like steak. Trans brake left, bump right, lol.

@cameron878 8 ай бұрын

@@BlaserBuilds I just need the last four of your social and your mother's maiden name and I'll be done here! LOLOL. That's definitely a combination. If there's one thing I've noticed in my limited anecdotal data acquisition, the way you skate has almost nothing to do with what hand you write with. That's always fascinated me.