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Old 12-28-2012, 04:59 AM
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When swapping from 7.5" to 8.5" Rear, the Driveshaft will be 1.00" shorter. So if the 7.5" shaft was 58.70" - 1.00" = 57.70"
As BGH said you're gonna need a 3-Series Diff.
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