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Like title says, i have a 8.8 posi rear end and i was wondering if the little counterweight is absolutely needed on my Fox... My previous one broke off

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The weight on the diff...sorry for not clarifying

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Talking about the dog bone?
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Originally posted by 88DroptopGT:
Talking about the dog bone?

Yeah, wasn't sure of the proper nomenclature

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http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/removing-dogbone-bracket-bad-news.494065/

Some people remove it to save weight. Some people believe it to be an vibration dampener made by Ford engineers for driveline balancing.

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Originally posted by 88DroptopGT:
http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/removing-dogbone-bracket-bad-news.494065/

Some people remove it to save weight. Some people believe it to be an vibration dampener made by Ford engineers for driveline balancing.

Thanks bro, big help.

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