explorer axles with3.73 gears. What year?

[juice90]

So I found a decent lsd assembly for not a lot of money for my truck and all total will be around 400 bucks, not including brakes and out sourced labour to rebuild the whole diff.

The second option is of course to swap out the diff with an explorer axle which I did on my dad's 92 ranger. I lucked out on that one as his truck had 4.10 gears and so did the explorer donner.

My truck has 3.73 gears and I am wondering if there were any particular years in which they put 3.73's into the explorer. If I have to start swapping gears, I may as well just rebuild my existing diff.

BTW a used ranger diff in A1 condition is running 850 bucks at most wreckers, but I know where I can get an explorer diff for a couple hundred bucks.

 

[exbass94]

Explorers were always available with 3.73 gears since Ford started building them in 1991. They went to independent rear suspension in 2002, so look for trucks 1991-2001. 1995 and newer have rear disc brakes, 91-94 have drums.

 

[PlumCrazy]

IMO....A stock Ranger or Expo axle is worth $200 tops...

 

[RangerSVT]

Where you located and where's that junkyard at? I need to go pull all the axles from my yards and sell them to that yard for quadruple the price...

SVT

 

[juice90]

Interesting.. wonder why that one I took from had 4.10 in it. Thought afterwards was maybe an auto trans thing. Defiantly have to wander over and see what my local garage/junk dealer has then. Hopefully he has sumpthing with trac loc ( lsd) in 3.73 gears or else I am doing a rebuild.
I live in rural sask Canada, and anything on line shows 850 bucks, because that's 50% new price, and they only have 3 available. I live 3 hrs from the nearest wrecker and no way of getting there just to simply look, let alone pull and drag home. Sometimes I miss living in the city. lol

 

[RangerSVT]

Most 4 door explorers were 3.73, 4x4's mostly had the ls. Explorer sports, about half to two thirds, were 4.10's...

SVT

 

[juice90]

ok, that would explain it. Handy info to have. Have to maybe go boo see tomorrow or sat weather permitting. Thanks SVT

 

[scotts90ranger]

When I went to the bone yard turkey day weekend (50% off at that yard...) I had my pick of like 5 Explorers that had disc brake, LS and 3.73's, I found two across from eachother, one was rusty with BRAND NEW discs and pads, the other was clean but the brakes were shot, pulled the nicer one and did a brake job while there... out the door the axle was about $100 including core charge... I bought it to do a disc brake swap on my Ranger with a drum Explorer axle, gonna flip the axle afterward and might as well have the best of the best

Explorers were available with 3.27, 3.55, 3.73 and 4.10 gears, 3.55 and 3.73 were the most common with 3.73 probably taking the most common award...

 

[MastuhWaffles]

Mines and 01 with 3.73 lsd and disc brakes.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

My parent's '94 was open with 3.27's. My 3.73 LS is out of a '96. Both are 4dr, 4x4 with the 4.0.