so after a long time, money burning a hole in my pocket, and the devil on my shoulder..I went ahead and cut up my explorer.
I started out with 2 dana 60's..one was a full float with brackets, 4.10's and stupid drum brakes.
I went ahead and took the ring and pinion out of that and set the rest aside for a rainy day.
Then I got my dana 60 housing, which is a semi float 5x5.5 pattern axle with no brackets, carrier, or gears.
i rebuilt the whole thing and stuffed in the gears.
after that part was all finished, I went out and got a set of ballistic fab GM caliper brackets and calipers, also I got the old axle out and thrown aside
Then the new axle was all ready to be put in..so I switched the springs around in the rear to give me a little...