Will 08 Rear axle assy work in a 94 Ranger?

[wilcox800mr]

I've found a 08 7.5" rear axle assy with 4.10 ratio at a recycler 1.5 hrs from home. They're not sure if it will work in my 94. Leaving at daylight in the morning to go get a stock front suspension from a 97 to replace the lowering kit on it now.
I would like to get the rear axle IF it will work in my truck. Any problems with fitment?, drive shaft flange/yoke?, ABS sensors?, Parking brake cables?, pinion angle?, spring pad width? Shock mounts? Something I haven't thought of?
I've tried the resource and tech sections, and didn't see anything. But?
Thanks for the help.
Aaron

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Should work out just fine. It will bolt right in. Abs sensor should be the same, if not the one out of your current diff will swap into it. Spring perches are the same width. Pinion flange should be the same.

 

[wilcox800mr]

Thanks, was running bad late this AM and didn't reply. Got rear axle from a 08 and front suspension cut-off from a 97. Interestingly enough, rotors and knuckles are completely different from my 94, though they were listed as an interchange, but the indentical 08 rear axle wasn't. Imagine that.

Again, Thanks

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

97 has the bolt on calipers and the 94 uses split pins. The 97 style is a much better system.

 

[wilcox800mr]

Sorry it took so long to update thread. Finally got driveshaft back in this morning, completing rear axle swap. Everything went great right up to the parking brake cables. I guessed at the brackets and connecters and after trying several configurations have much better parking brakes than before. Everything else was just R & R. Now for the front end. I'm working on the shift rail plugs as well, easy access from thru the floorboard. Again, Thanks for the help.

I like the looks and potential of the two piston calipers from the 97. I just hope I don't have to mix and match on the front brake lines like I did on the brake cables.