Ford 8.8 Backing Plate?

sureshot007 · Apr 12, 2010

I'm in the middle of swapping in an 8.8, and the backing plates were both completely shot and tore off. What does everyone do in this situation? I'm figuring on just cutting some new ones out of some steel I have laying around. Just curious if there is an easier/better solution out there.

stroked88 · Apr 12, 2010

buy new backing plates?

sureshot007 · Apr 12, 2010

The dealer wants to sell me the whole bracket for $300

jeepme · Apr 12, 2010

Go to the junk yard and find an Explorer with good backing plates and pull them.

sureshot007 · Apr 12, 2010

The junkyards around here (in the rust belt) are full of explorers that are just as bad as the ones we pulled off.

I have no problem making new ones. I was just curious if there was a common thing that people did in this situation.

SPXJ · Apr 12, 2010

Take them off and leave them off! You don't have to run them. Problem solved...cost $0.0

sureshot007 · Apr 12, 2010

What about the parking brake hardware? The retainer springs mount to the backing plate.

SPXJ · Apr 12, 2010

Trim the backing plates larger than the 4 bolt pattern where they bolt on. That will be enough to support the parking brake hardware.

sureshot007 · Apr 12, 2010

Trim? I don't have them to begin with. That's why I have cut a piece of steel in just that exact shape.

RedHeep · Apr 12, 2010

SPXJ said:
Trim the backing plates larger than the 4 bolt pattern where they bolt on. That will be enough to support the parking brake hardware.

Umm, what about where the cable mounts? Or the spreader at the top?

I would get on car-part.com, find a southern junkyard with a couple backing plates and pay them the 10 bucks they want to ship them to your house.

sureshot007 · Apr 12, 2010

RedHeep said:
Umm, what about where the cable mounts? Or the spreader at the top?

The spreader/cable mount is attached to the bracket. The backing plate is riveted to the bracket.

kastein · Apr 12, 2010

sureshot007 said:
What about the parking brake hardware? The retainer springs mount to the backing plate.

Exactly what I was going to say.

Find someone friendly from the south/southwest and pay them to pull backing plates at the JY maybe? I can get a whole axle for 100 bucks around here, if it weren't for the fact that most of the backing plates here are just as rusty as yours I could probably get you some for like 20 bucks.

jeepme · Apr 12, 2010

I would get on car-part.com, find a southern junkyard with a couple backing plates and pay them the 10 bucks they want to ship them to your house.

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sureshot007 · Apr 12, 2010

I would have done that, except the backing plate is not removable from the caliper bracket, and the bracket won't come off unless you remove the axle, so I doubt that anyone is going to do that work for $10.

homebrew · Apr 12, 2010

the backing plate is rivited to the mounting bracket just got done messing with mine.

jeepme · Apr 12, 2010

Well there is always this option
http://www.currieenterprises.com/cestore/productsRE.aspx?id=2321

But i would check car-parts.com. You never know, a yard might allready have an 8.8 with the shafts pulled and backing plates ready to go.

sureshot007 · Apr 12, 2010

homebrew said:
the backing plate is rivited to the mounting bracket just got done messing with mine.

exactly.

sureshot007 · Apr 12, 2010

jeepme said:
Well there is always this option
http://www.currieenterprises.com/cestore/productsRE.aspx?id=2321

But i would check car-parts.com. You never know, a yard might allready have an 8.8 with the shafts pulled and backing plates ready to go.

There is no way I'm paying $150 for those.

mk4dubbin · Jul 24, 2010

homebrew said:
the backing plate is rivited to the mounting bracket just got done messing with mine.

so you can drill out the rivits while the backing plate/bracket is on the axle still, and the bracket will come off without having to remove the axles?

kastein · Jul 24, 2010

Warning... the backing plate is kinda needed if you want the e-brakes to function.

I cut the heads off the rivets with my angle grinder, only to realize I would need them, so I threw them back on and bolted it up again. Ended up just cutting the disc shield portions of the backing plates off with a pair of shears, since they were pretty mangled and badly rusted as well.

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