DTE trans/diff brace
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DTE trans/diff brace
Those of you that have the dte trans/diff brace or have installed one, can you install and adjust it with the car on jack stands and without removing the rear end? Also, I have read that you have to cut an ear off of the diff with the ecs brace. The dte brace does not require this, correct? I have searched, and I have not found a definitive answer. It seems that most install it while everything is out, but I want to install one now so that hopefully it will be a while before I have to pull everything out! 
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From: Henderson Nv
Those of you that have the dte trans/diff brace or have installed one, can you install and adjust it with the car on jack stands and without removing the rear end? Also, I have read that you have to cut an ear off of the diff with the ecs brace. The dte brace does not require this, correct? I have searched, and I have not found a definitive answer. It seems that most install it while everything is out, but I want to install one now so that hopefully it will be a while before I have to pull everything out!
I will say that you're wrenching by brail 90% of the time. Took me about 3 hrs and I have every tool needed. Just very tedious tightening bolts and 1/8 turn at a time.
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From: Lake Elsinore, CA
Installed the ECS brace with drivetrain out of my C5 since I was upgrading everything anyway. I did have to grind some material off the cross member as the lower right tie rod was too close for comfort. I do have the DTE diff mount and the Hinson short motor mounts so they probably contributed to the clearance issue.
DTE diff mount
Passenger side - fine
Driver side - tight
Driver side - clearanced
DTE diff mount
Passenger side - fine
Driver side - tight
Driver side - clearanced
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Did you leave the drivetrain in the car, or was it out? I got a quote to have it installed for $260ish, thats really not bad, but if I can do it myself on jack stands I would much rather do that. I've done an ls1 fbody clutch swap on jack stands, but this scares me more for some reason... I think most of my apprehension is just getting the car off the ground high enough on jack stands.
Last edited by z06tolbs; Jul 26, 2016 at 12:13 PM.
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Did you leave the drivetrain in the car, or was it out? I got a quote to have it installed for $260ish, thats really not bad, but if I can do it myself on jack stands I would much rather do that. I've done an ls1 fbody clutch swap on jack stands, but this scares me more for some reason... I think most of my apprehension is just getting the car off the ground high enough on jack stands.
Last edited by Jason913; Jul 26, 2016 at 08:15 PM.
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