D28 - D35 hub Switcheroo

[85_Ranger4x4]

The ol' '94 Explorer is getting close to leaving the fleet, but it has a set of fairly new Warn hubs on it. My Ranger is still sporting the red faded to pink style hubs it left the factory with.

So I would love to swich them around if possible before it gets traded in.

There was a thread a little over a year ago that kinda got off track about the interchangablity of the hubs from the two axles. I need both rigs to still have a functional 4x4 system when we are done.

So will it work? Just take the snap rings out and swap guts or how do you do it?

Original thread:
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19139&highlight=d28+d35+hubs

 

[AllanD]

Your switch won't work but I can offer you a set of auto lockers for the Explorer (CHEAP! $35 shipped w/hardware) so you don't let that set of D35 hubs out of your possession...

For WHEN you upgrade to a D35 (You know you wanna, right?)

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[85_Ranger4x4]

Thanks for your difinative answer before I started tearing things apart.

There is a very good chance that the Ex will be gone this week...before I could either get the hubs to swap on or even pysically swap them on. It is my parents car and I live over an hour away from it. Dad is calling tomorrow to try to close the deal on it, if it was possible I was hoping to work on it last weekend.

 

[orfordguy@yahoo.com]

if they were ford and not warn it would only take swapping the internal gears. I used a Bronco 2 hub on a 91 exploder when the tire shop broke the lock knob off.