313 gearing?

[motorhead7635]

i am swaping the dana 35 front axle out of a 2002 exsplorer sport (cuz the pinon barings are about to go. there humming and leaking.) and i picked up a parts exsplorer sport awd form 1996. I have pulled the dana 35 and on the ring gear it said 313. is this the gearing or somthing differnt. i dont want to pull my fornt axle out of my 02 daliy driver to see if it is the same but i know there rear gearing on the 02 is 3.73 any help would be great.

 

[Justawajz]

are you swapping the whole axle assembely?? I'm pretty sure 02 and up was a different style axle housing then the 96 you have....... prob not gonna bolt up

 

[nssj2]

first, it's an 02 sport, so life is good about the part matching up. second, if its from an awd like you say, it was a V8, which had 3.73s. i don't believe a 3.13 was ever offered, as it's a strange ratio. 4.10s and 3.73 are what you find under 2nd gen explorers. I have a free guaranteed 3.73 in CO if you want it

 

[motorhead7635]

it was the old 4.0v6 in it with a 5 speed not a v8. and i want to swap the hole housing

 

[motorhead7635]

i just looked up the rear axle tag off the 96 exsplorer and it said it is 3.27 gearing

 

[nssj2]

so time for a refund/exchange. Here is a helpful chart for axle codes
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/Axles.html

 

[IZwack]

Numbers on the ring gear I think rarely indicate the ratio because if you have the ring and pinion set on hand, then you should be able to determine the ratio by the teeth count.

 

[motorhead7635]

i know the 8.8 rear end ring gear says the ratio. but im not sure on the fornt