Okay, made a bunch of progress on the IRS today. Got it completely disassembled and all the bolts in their own labelled little baggies, got the components set out on the floor to await their bushing swaps, and got the old subframe bushings removed and ready to sand and reinstall the new bushings. Also go the differential slightly cleaned up and got the new Ford Racing cover and lube locker gasket on. Hopefully get all the bushings changed out tomorrow and then I've got all week off the last week of the month to actually do the swap. We're going to leave everything disassembled until we can get the original axle out and get the holes drilled for the rear subframe mounts since it's so much easier to move around with everything out of it. Going to leave it on the cart and drop the car down on top of it with using my lift instead of trying to hold everything in place while we get it aligned. About to order swaybars, rebuilt calipers with pads and rotors, and maybe some hubs/bearings while I've got it apart depending on how much they cost lol... Anyway, enough typing; here's some pics:
New parts on the benches with tons of little baggies full of bolts:
Empty cradle:
No more factory rubber bushings here!:
All the different components hanging out on the floor:
Shiny, new Ford Racing diff cover with machining for use with the Maximum Motorsports solid diff mount:
Whole bunch of stuff we're not going to be using if anybody is interested lol: