The stock u-bolt plates won't work because the 8.8 is larger in diameter so when you buy larger u-bolts they won't line up with the holes on the plates. I took the exploder plates and swapped them side to side because on an explorer the shocks are behind the axle and on my mustang they are in front of the axle. I couldn't use stock shocks because they use a stud type mount and the explorer u-bolt plates use a eye mount. I also had to tweak the shock mount on the u-bolt plate a bit to get it to line up.
The yoke was around $65 and I didn't need any mods to the driveshaft other than a new u-joint.
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