ok first off sorry no pictures :flipoff:

ok to the install
i bought a auburn mini spool from national drivetrain for 153 shipped


here are the steps
1) raise rear of trucka dn suppost with jackstands
2) remove rear tires and drums
3) after raising the rear end remopve the diff cover bolts startiing at the
botom( i have found this to be the easy way)
4) drain diff of the gear oil
5) drop you drive line that way you can turn the pinion and carrier
6) on the side of the carrier will be a 8mm bolt that hold the pin in place
remove it
7) turn your carrier to remove the upper spider gears
8) have a helper pus in the axle shafts and remove the c-clips
9) remove the last two spider gears
10) place the fisrt part of the new mini spool in where the spioder gear was
11) do the same on the other side making sure you REPLACE the c clips
12) next place the last two parts of the mini spool in the middle of the two
side halves
13) replace the carrier pin
14) replace the carrier pin bolt
15) reconnect your drive line
16) put the diff cover back on with a new gasket
17) put gear oil in
18) repeat steps 1&2 in reverse order and go test

ok first off sorry no pictures :flipoff:

Where's the damn :NOPICS: when ya need it! :lollol: :rofl: :lollol:

i dont know but we need to find it again hey pepe` can ya do that for us? :cheers:

Is it really that easy? Man you are doing more projects than I am here lately gearrat. Gotta get some pics when everything is done.

yea basicly all you are doing is replaciing the spider gears with teh mini spool

So would it be worth it to swap it out for spider gears when you get back from a wheeling trip, and then put it back in when you want to go wheelin? I go wheeling about once a month

if you want to tear into the rear ends once a month you can i am just leaving the mini in and driving that way

What about tire wear? And axle bindage?

what about it
:roll:

i dont know but we need to find it again hey pepe` can ya do that for us? :cheers:

Looked and looked, but couldn't find it anywhere.
So how's this?
http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/users/2116/1332/nopics.gif

http://smilies.networkessence.net/s/contrib/ruinkai/biggthumpup.gif

cool

I made an even better one, but then DSOT-Joe went and found the originals... or made them closer... Oh well.
Now I have my own I spose!
http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/users/2116/1332/nopics2.gif

how hard an you on your 8.8? how is it holding up? i am going back and forth between a 10.25ff and keeping the 8.8. i know i wont break the 10.25, but worried about the 8.8. how hard are you on it, and what have you broke?

here i will give ya some idea of how hard i am on it this was outside vegas last december.. and all this was before the spool... :twisted:
http://pics.montypics.com/gearrat/2003-03-06/v16.jpg
http://pics.montypics.com/gearrat/2003-03-06/v17.jpg
http://pics.montypics.com/gearrat/2003-03-06/v18.jpg
so far it is holding up well i have had to replace pinion bearings but
they had over 150 k on them..
i have not broken nothing yet :roll:

I have had a mini in a 9 inch for a little over a year now and love it. Your tires will chirp, this is because the axle actually twists a little like a torsion bar. I have yet to snap an axle or have any problems associated with the mini. Tire wear is noticable, espedcially on the right rear, but if you rotate your tires it isn't a problem. The only thing is street driving in snow! Take it slow in the curves...


and Gearrat...$153!!!! for a mini? I paid about forty for mine. You could have gotten a full spool for that amount! :shocked:

i paid that much because of the rear emd being a 8.8 and i had no choice

i just looked in jegs, they have them for under 100 bucks for a 8.8 31 spline. thats the 8.8 we all have right?

what brand? mine is made by auburn

ssshhhhno one tell Littleone! ;)

well if she finds out oh well it is already in the truck ;) :mrgreen:

Old thread I know, but I thought I should let this be known. Now Auburn Gear includes a couple shims with their mini-spools as I found out Saturday. These must go on the mini. Gearrat and I were talking about this Saturday night. Apparently when he ordered his, they didn't include them, but mine did however. Just thought I'd give a heads up to anyone who's planning on a mini-spool in the back.