[Tom of VA]

I bought my SPF used, so I don’t know the story of what happened, but my left inner CV joint has been damaged and needs replaced. I have and older car that used the 8.8. It looks like the shaft pulled out of the rear end at some point and slapped around damaging the housing of the inner joint. The old owner just spot welded it up before selling it to me. (nice guy huh?) Now I need to replace the CV joint for sure, but I also noticed that the front pass side diff mount has been torn. I’ve heard of some problems with the mount and was wondering if anyone else had some info on this? I need to get it welded but maybe there is a stronger mount now being used? I also remember a seeing a breakdown of the joint removal from the axel posted here, but I can’t remember where I saw it. Any one have info on the Ford 8.8 and axel shafts?