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whitedog76 · 10-20-2018, 12:22 PM

There really isn’t an issue with offset axles. Manufacturers have been doing it for years to compensate for fuel tanks, exhaust routing etc... As long as you’re engine/trans are 90 degrees to your rearend.

If you have a speed square hold it on it’s perpendicular axis. The angles stay the same regardless if it’s horizontal or verticle.

It’s pretty common to pitch the rearend down 1/2 to 2 degrees to compensate for axle wrap, with an offset axle you would lean more to the 1/2 degree side of things.

10-20-2018, 12:22 PM	#3
whitedog76 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Peoria, IL Posts: 1,450	Re: Explorer 8.8 swap There really isn’t an issue with offset axles. Manufacturers have been doing it for years to compensate for fuel tanks, exhaust routing etc... As long as you’re engine/trans are 90 degrees to your rearend. If you have a speed square hold it on it’s perpendicular axis. The angles stay the same regardless if it’s horizontal or verticle. It’s pretty common to pitch the rearend down 1/2 to 2 degrees to compensate for axle wrap, with an offset axle you would lean more to the 1/2 degree side of things.