I need some help IDing an ifs axle

[kshaw]

Hey guys I went to pick and pull today and pulled this IFS axle from a 2002 ford explorer xlt 4x4 but the id tag is missing so I was hoping for some help figuring out what it is exactly. These are the numbers from the last picture as far as I can tell 0833-2 163 217:37

 

[adsm08]

It's a Dana 30.

 

[kshaw]

It's a Dana 30.

Awesome, I appreciate the help!

 

[kshaw]

So how can I identify what type of dana it is?

 

[Kirby N.]

35 not a 30


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[Kirby N.]

U can identify it because it came in a explorer. The diff covers are egg shaped on 35s and simetrical too. It's a low pinion iirc


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[Kirby N.]

I did some reading and apparently I have no idea what I am talking about.


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[Sasquatch_Ryda]

It is a D30.

 

[Captain Ledd]

I did some reading and apparently I have no idea what I am talking about.


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Yup, when Explorers went to true A-arm IFS, they switched to a D30 differential.

 

[4x4junkie]

Just to clarify, the D30 came about when they went to IRS on the '02 4-door model (the 2-dr Sport continued two more years with a solid rear axle and D35 IFS).

 

[Captain Ledd]

Oh, yeah... Shows what I get for posting in the middle of the night. But I was thinking of the 02+ Explorers. Keep forgetting they went to A-arm IFS in 95's...

Yeesh...