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Should I buy this rear axel for my 2003 Ranger Edge?




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My '97 has an open 4.10 gear and in the right condition the rear end will slide out, but conveniently it's a mile long (that wheelbase is kinda out there, I like the wheelbase of a 4 door explorer better... even after 50k miles and 3 years I still park dumb with the '97 but the '00 Explorer parks perfect...) so "most" of the time it's easy to recover :), way better than the square wheelbase of the old Geo Tracker I had, that thing would go backward if you weren't careful sometimes...

Like everyone says, I don't think the trac lock is a night and day thing, it helps a little but there's only so much those tiny diameter clutches can do. I'm a firm believer in driving on the edge of conditions though, I know where the line is and try to stay on the right side of it and am getting better about recovering if I cross the line, me and the '90 Ranger have been through a lot, I push it pretty hard at times but I know it pretty good, I'm pretty sure it looks kinda funny when I'm doing some things with no sway bars at all... might drive it to work a day next week just for giggles...

Here's the spider gears that were in my '00 Explorer 8.8 when I got it, it lost rear drive... the clutches had NO friction material left, this is what happens with an extremely neglected stock limited slip ford axle...

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Apparently there was about 6 accidents in town. First snow of the year I guess.....
Reading this thread, seems those six cars must have had LSD's that caused it, and they are likely to sue the auto manufactures for the accidents. haha :p
 

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Reading this thread, seems those six cars must have had LSD's that caused it, and they are likely to sue the auto manufactures for the accidents. haha :p
Two of them were school buses. 😬
 

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Reading this thread, seems those six cars must have had LSD's that caused it, and they are likely to sue the auto manufactures for the accidents. haha :p
Reading this thread, I can't help but think there's a section for this thread and this ain't it.
 

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Reading this thread, I can't help but think there's a section for this thread and this ain't it.
I guess that we sometimes drift a little bit off the mark. I'm kind of a drifter too. It's alright though. I rather like to hang out here, especially these last couple weeks when the temperature hovers below zero. Less work and more talk even has its own time and place.
 

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I guess that we sometimes drift a little bit off the mark. I'm kind of a drifter too. It's alright though. I rather like to hang out here, especially these last couple weeks when the temperature hovers below zero. Less work and more talk even has its own time and place.
Theres drifting off theark, then there's missing the mark completely. This one missed the mark from the word go.

This subforum is for showing off and/or documenting the build of your truck. This thread is about axles and axle tech. There is a sub forum dedicated to axles and axle tech further down the main forum list.

For everyone that's going to complain about my complaining.Yes, this is one of my pet peeves and a soap box I'm not likely to climb off of. Taking a moment to find the correct section of the site to post in both keeps the site neater and more organized, and also helps the thread starter better get the answers that they seek. I understand that it happens accidentally some times, but most of the time it doesn't, and you can ask a mod to move it if you realize that you posted in the wrong place.
 

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mine is 2wd so a LSD was a great improvement..Ok I'm in south Texas, we don't get snow. We get freezing rain & ice, a light foot and white knuckle steering, but it goes where I want
 

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I could have sworn I moved this thread to the axle forum already. I must have not hit "save".

It's moved now... continue side tracking.
 

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