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Hi. I just noticed that the driver's side vanity mirror cover is broken in my Explorer. Seems like the right side hinge is broken. Is this easy to replace? I would guess that it just clips in there but I don't want to break it completely trying to fix it. I'd like to try to fix it myself with a...

I would assume not anything really different, just the new gears and the heavier diff oil when they did the repair. Explorers have an 8.8" rear end which is in a bunch of other ford products including my CrownVic. I doubt that there is anything inherently wrong with the design in the Explorers...

Well, to my knowledge whenever you replace the gears in a differential it must be re-shimmed and adjusted for the new gears that are going in. You can not just leave it adjusted/shimmed the way it was for the old gears or it is almost guaranteed to fail. That goes for any differential not just...

They replaced the 'ring and pinion'. The same differential service that is in that TSB. Seems to be ok so far... Took them like three days to get it done. First day the guy that was going to do it was tied up on another car. Second day he had it all apart and didn't have it done yet and the...

I'm going to be bringing mine to the dealer to have the diff service done under warranty next week. Exact problem that is in that TSB. The mechanic said there is a newer TSB than that one but basicly the same thing. I asked him (actual mechanic, not service advisor or whatever) if they have many...

Just saying hi. Probably won't be on a whole lot except if I have problems. Just bought my wife a 2004 Explorer XLT V6 4x4 with 30K miles. It's in good shape. Needs to have the rear diff service done for the common noise issue which should happen next week. I like driving the Explorer since it...