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Old 01-01-2020, 01:24 PM   #15
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Default Re: Looking for a better rear end

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Originally Posted by Ole Don View Post
I used a Ranger Supercab 4X4 with a trailer hitch. It had an axle 56 and 5/8 flange to flange, 3.73 traction loc, and I don't remember what year. About 92 or 93 when the cab got wider, the axles did too. Get the narrow one. The small engined Rangers had small brakes, don't go there. I beat on that 8.8 for years with a built 312, and someone else is beating on it now. It never failed me.
So is the Ford explorer the same rear end? Is that a drop out carrier? As I remember I thought that was a Spicer type carrier.
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