stock axle width

wainemaine · 03-30-2006, 02:00 PM

i'm embarassed askng this here ,but i do have a 91 XLT , I also have a 91 S-10 2 wheel drive with a 350 CU.inch chevy and it keeps tearing up the stock chevy rear end , and I need to know if a 2 wheel drive explorer rear end , is the same width ( from wheel flange to wheel flange ) as a 4 wheel drive explorer rear end . S-10 V8s say the 2 wheel drive fords and 4 wheel drive fords are dif . but the wrecking yards show them as the same . If it's close to the S -10 in width I want to use a 8.8 with a locker and disc brakes instead of that crappy 7.5 inch chevy because i have beat my explorer to death and the rear axle seems plenty tough!

redranger4.0 · 03-30-2006, 05:11 PM

im almost positive that both the 4wd and 2wd explorers are the same width

**james t** · 03-30-2006, 06:11 PM

2wd an 4x4 explorer's are all 60" rear. I think your S10 is like 57 or 58". If you dont want to go to a rear wheel with more backspacing to compensate look for junkyard 9" rears. The early bronco rear is 58" and most car rears are the same.

03-30-2006, 02:00 PM	#1
wainemaine Wannabe Elite Explorer phillips . maine 91 XLT Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	stock axle width i'm embarassed askng this here ,but i do have a 91 XLT , I also have a 91 S-10 2 wheel drive with a 350 CU.inch chevy and it keeps tearing up the stock chevy rear end , and I need to know if a 2 wheel drive explorer rear end , is the same width ( from wheel flange to wheel flange ) as a 4 wheel drive explorer rear end . S-10 V8s say the 2 wheel drive fords and 4 wheel drive fords are dif . but the wrecking yards show them as the same . If it's close to the S -10 in width I want to use a 8.8 with a locker and disc brakes instead of that crappy 7.5 inch chevy because i have beat my explorer to death and the rear axle seems plenty tough!

03-30-2006, 05:11 PM	#2
redranger4.0 Wannabe Elite Explorer Salem CT 2000 Ranger XLT Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 738 Vehicle Specs	im almost positive that both the 4wd and 2wd explorers are the same width __________________ Join the Resistance

03-30-2006, 06:11 PM	#3
james t moderation Texarkana AR/TX 94 SAS sport Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 11,248 Vehicle Specs	2wd an 4x4 explorer's are all 60" rear. I think your S10 is like 57 or 58". If you dont want to go to a rear wheel with more backspacing to compensate look for junkyard 9" rears. The early bronco rear is 58" and most car rears are the same. __________________ my rebuild "It started as a hobby, slowly turned into a lifestyle, then spiralled downward into mental illness. My lawnmower has tree rash on it."