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As thick as the new ring gear is I’m thinking it picked quite a bit of rotating mass. Lol. My previous gearing experiences were with Dana 60s and 80s. This explorer stuff is cute comparatively. Lol

Thank you for the quick reply. I was thinking that I didn’t need it, but couldn’t remember for sure and didn’t want to have to tear back into it after filling it with new gear oil. I’m excited to get this thing back together, going from 3.27s with 35s to 4.88s.

So I got the 4.88s and tru-track installed in the rearend of my ‘94 Explorer yesterday. I realized I had forgot to transfer the tone ring over from the original carrier. My explorer is an automatic. The ABS has been deleted. Do I need this tone ring for my automatic to shift correctly? I’ve...

I'm excited to see this build. The last one escalated nicely. I ended up buying an Explorer because of that build. I blame you. lol

I just finished putting 64" chevy springs under my '94 Ex while also doing a SOA. It rides better and feels less squirrelly in the corners. The bushings were gone in the factory leaves and I was running a shackle lift before.

Awesome Build! I also have a CNC plasma table. It comes in really handy for building stuff and speeds up the entire process. You have come up with some cool stuff that I may have to copy on my Explorer build.

I meant $20 - 30k including the purchase price. The 4 seater CanAm is over $20k. Because of your build and ChaseTruck's bad influence I ended up buying a 1st gen Explorer for a beater/builder. I have less than $1k in it and it rallys pretty good. The best part is that the parts are cheap. I...

'94 XLT salt eater poor mans RZR

$7,000 seems like a bargain when you think about it. A SXS that would do what your explorer does would be $20-30k and would not be near as plush (though similar in size). After watching your video it appears that you have the suspension/steering dialed in pretty well. Its a sharp Explorer...

Good write up.... Good job on the write up. It was totally clear until I read the questions and input from the rest of the of the thread...... The switch diagram was good. The inside of the dash pics were very helpful. I'll be doing this to my '99 soon.

More..... Looks fun, I have been wanting to build one of these for a few years now.....

Wo...... I am pretty sure I would tear into that unit......right away. That does not sound good to me. Is it the axle shaft itself that moves in and out? I'd investigate that before I drove it any more.

This is my wife's rig, I gotta keep it somewhat user friendly. It is her daily driver. I plan on rotating the spare through the set of tires in order gain some tire life. I will keep it inflated and make the hitch fit around the tire. The main purpose of the hitch is a recovery point anyhow...

The tire squeaks on the rack, I strapped it down to make sure it would stay there. I did not notice any wind noise, I think the goofy looking deflector probably prevents that. The plan is to put it in the factory spot, but I have to modify the hitch some for it to fit.

only on the swaybar.......I haven't decided how I want to deal with that yet. I did trim about 3/4" off the lower corner of the bumper, but you don't really notice it. It drives like a pickup now, we like it alot better. No more saggy floaty feeling.

What if the CV wasn't the limiting factor? I've been devising a plan to lower the differential around an inch or so. This way a guy could get more down travel w the torsion bars turned up and not bind the CVs. I don't know if the gains would be worth the effort, but I am curious. Back to...

It is my bride's vehicle, I informed her about it and she said she could deal with it. She is just excited about the additional snow clearance as we live out in the boonies and she has to "pioneer" through a couple of feet of snow some times. As far as the wheels, I will keep the stockers as...

So I just lifted my EX 3" and mounted up 32" tires on the factory aluminum rims. before full turn lock the sides of the tires rub on the front swaybar. I have been toying with the idea of removing the front swaybar and leaving the rear installed. The rear suspension flexes fair, but the front...

cv spacing So is it possible to move the lower and or upper mount out of the way of the CV shaft to enable more shock options. You could probably gain some shock travel by doing that also. I have been toying with that option myself as the last shocks I put on it suck. The ol' LesSchwab MTN...

Probably Rearend I had to rebuild the rear in mine at around 90,000 miles due to one of the carrier bearing giving up the ghost. It would let the ring gear carrier assembly move out of adjustment when coasting and sounded pretty weird. I only know what it was because the same thing had...

Well, I finally got all the pieces together. The poor ol' Ex was sagged out worse than I thought. I had the rear leaves re-arched and a second leaf added to support the ends of the main leaves to prevent another banana incident. Then I cranked up the torsion bars trying to be careful to stay...

ditch em.... I took the steps off of my wife's Explorer, it looks like I lifted it 3" by the additional clearance created. I also lifted it 2.5", it looks way better and now that the pontoons are gone, maybe we won't get stuck in the snow as easily. The only drawback is the holes that are...

I finally got around to lifting my wife's Explorer......I did the torsion twist to about 1.5" and had the rear springs re-arched and a full length add-a-leaf included in the pack. It looks a ton better. I may try to get a smidge more height out of the front after the rear settles in some. I...

confused.... So I scored a set of F150 4x4 leaves.....3" wide....the Explorer leaves are 2.5" wide. Every F150 4x4 I have looked at has 3" wide leaves. What is the deal?

wider...... Easiest/safest way to go about this would be to get different offset wheels. That is still going to add a bunch of load on your wheel bearings and balljoints. The other problem you are going to run into will be a lack of clearance at the bumper and rear of the front fender when...

I missed the middle section. Thank you for the help.

clip holes How did you fill the clip holes? I took the lousy boards off my wife's Exploder last night, and realized I was wrong about the clips.....

Do you happen to know what the part number is for the control arm bushings? I have been looking and they are not listed in their catalog anymore.

Energy Suspension Part numbers Does anybody have the part numbers for the Energy Suspension control arm bushing kit?

intake venturi (cone deal) If I remember correctly, the "cone-deal" just quarter turns in. I removed mine for awhile before I made my own CAI.:thumbsup:

cone filter I put a ricer car cone filter on mine. I drilled and tapped holes in the steel base for the MAF to bolt to. I then built an air box out of aluminum that also holds the unit from bouncing around. I got the filter for free, so I'm only in it for the 8 rivets I used to attach the...