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- Kansas City, MO area
- Vehicle Year
- 1996
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- Manual
I have a 92 Ranger, as seen in the pic, that is donating its whole drivetrain to a 92 Explorer Sport that I just purchased. I've been told the motor/tranny/t-case swap should work flawlessly. However, I noticed the rear axle set up is a spring under, whereas the Ranger is spring over. I want to run the Explorer axle for the 31 spline axles but I'm guessing that I am going to have to cut the perches off the axle and weld new ones on top. Correct me if I'm wrong. Another option would be to remove the guts and install them in my Ranger axle as it already has the perches on the top side. Are they located in the same place as the sploder? I thought I once heard that the sploder axle is wider as a whole, is that correct? What suggestions do you all have? I'm assuming the front end will bolt right up also. I was running a 6 inch lift in front on the Ranger and basically a 4 inch on the back (2 inch add-a-leaves, +2 shackles, stock 3 inch block). The spring over will probably add, what, almost 4 inches in itself, won't it? Suggestions?
