My IRS swapped sn95

modularmustang

modularmustang

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#24
#24
Got a bunch done this weekend while I was home (live in CT, car is in NY in my parents garage)

Removed all the old bushings and fitted the new ones in. They were for the most part easy to remove and install. Got everything lined up as you can see in the pictures below. I had to stop when i noticed I didn't have a 9/16" drill bit to drill out my stock 12mm front holes. So the IRS is temperately held up by the 12mm bolts just to see if it lined up and it did. The rear bracket came pretty close to lining up perfectly, i need to bend few bits of metal to get it to fit better but I'm pretty pleased with where I've gotten this weekend.

I also dropped off my IRS pumpkin to get the bearings, dif clutches and gears replaced. Its all coming together now!

PICTURES:

















 
modularmustang

modularmustang

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small update, the diff is still being worked but I was told that there was a different clutch pack installation method that increases the locking point for a bit more performance. Also told that the clutches will be very noise in til the break in period is reached. Hoping to head home next weekend to get another solid weekend into it and maybe finish it up. Im also reconsidering trying to install the greese fitings onto the control arms... no with wearing out parts but with squeaking parts after about 8 months (heard from someone who didn't install them). So ill prob try to install them.
 
modularmustang

modularmustang

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Timspony said:
Looking good!!! Flows on yet?
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Hells yea!

Almost finished the whole install actually. I found there is a small rip in the drivers side outter cv boot(argh), the gas tank filler neck gasket was ripped and the tee fitting i got was inverted bubble connections and i needed normal ones so i need another brake tee fitting now. Other then that everything went fine. The fitment of the bushings was awesome, FTBR really has there shit down! I got the shocks fitted up too.

So what really needs to get done is adjusting the flows on the driver side (its a hair too high and touching the bumper a bit), remove the out calipers, install the new soft and hard lines, bleed the brakes, connect the filler neck on the gas tank, get a 1/4" rear wheel spacers (315mm tires are rubbing even with the MM rear round bolt), and finally getting it aligned.

I decided to install the grease fittings o the upper and lower control arms after a few people highly recommended I do it.


Here are some more pictures!




^My brother(the help)


Let there be flows!





bf brace and flows



almost done!

 
modularmustang

modularmustang

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#32
Alright, I finished technically speaking... Everything went together and fitted up great. Got the wheels on and drove it out of the garage. flows sound great, not too loud at idle but loud when you get on it. I drove it down the road and everything was great, no odd sounds, clunks, or the car pulling (even without a alignment). After a mile or so I felt it necessary to do a little slalom to see how it felt... It was awesome, car was a rock even with the sumi's! Of course right as I was pulling into the driveway I heard a odd noise... I removed the wheels again and noticed while i was removing them that the hub was moving alot... great more work.

Finished... kind of:


hub that has some play:



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs4ybI3ou2g]‪Cobra IRS hub play‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

So I think that that wheel nut is just loose but worst case its a wheel bearing.

Im getting the registration taken care of next weekend.
 
Cobra Esq

Cobra Esq

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#35
Watch that wheel bearing. The nut is NOT meant to be reused. If there is damage to the hub you are looking at a couple of hundred for a new one and it is only sold by Ford.
 
modularmustang

modularmustang

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getting the registration tomorrow. wheel bearings are pressed in along with a new torque wrench that reads up to 250ft*lb. Alignment is scheduled for Saturday and new front tires on Friday. If everything goes right I should be at the lot Saturday night :D

cant wait to drive it again, its been since April (i think, its been that long!)
 
modularmustang

modularmustang

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Cobra Esq said:
Watch that wheel bearing. The nut is NOT meant to be reused. If there is damage to the hub you are looking at a couple of hundred for a new one and it is only sold by Ford.
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the hub was fine, the hub nut was hand tightened at best! i couldn't believe it myself. the two inner races pulled apart a bit and created that movement the video showed. luckly the hubs werent damaged in doing so.

Also i cant say enough about Bruce from Full tilt Boogie (owner), i noticed that he sells a hub assembly with his own custom dust boot for the cross axis joints. I asked if i could buy 8 of them on their own and he agreed to sell them to me on their own, this is great since no one else sells these and the dust boots crack and break easy. Anyone else look for these get ahold of Bruce and he'll help you out (45 shipped):headbang:
 
BAzombie

BAzombie

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Great news Ryan. Only thing that sucks about major upgrades is the down time. Well worth it in the long run. :awesomework:

Hope you make it Saturday. :headbang:
 
Cobra Esq

Cobra Esq

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modularmustang said:
Also i cant say enough about Bruce from Full tilt Boogie (owner), i noticed that he sells a hub assembly with his own custom dust boot for the cross axis joints. I asked if i could buy 8 of them on their own and he agreed to sell them to me on their own, this is great since no one else sells these and the dust boots crack and break easy. Anyone else look for these get ahold of Bruce and he'll help you out (45 shipped):headbang:
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I have never used them but have heard good things about Full Tilt Boogie before.:awesomework:
 
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