axle question

[tigercat]

i need to swap axles how much for a used one from pick & pull?

 

[91exploreron37]

The u-pull it in my area charges 100bucks for a complete rear axle. But I've heard of differents amounts being charged depending on the yard. Check the phone book for a pick n pull near you and give them a call to make sure.

 

[LBarr2002]

I just got a 3.73 axle out of an '01 (disk brakes) unbolted from the spring perches for $250. That was with the springs, sway bar, e-brake cables, lines, everything.

 

[91exploreron37]

Did you have to pull it your self?

 

[LBarr2002]

no, that was them doing it. would have been 225 if I did it myself, but I was busy pulling a lift kit off a Bronco II.

 

[tigercat]

any other options for 3.73 gears

 

[XxxMonoxideChild]

do the 2nd gen's have all the same gearing? im heading out to the junkyard in like 20 minutes to pull a rear end out of a 96 X. to install into my 92. (i need to do rear brakes, and hate doing drums. figured this would be more worth it) lol.

according to the sticker on my door, and on the 96's door. both trucks have the D4 axle, so i assume it should be the same gearing and everything. just not sure.

 

[LBarr2002]

Yeah, the axle codes are the same. The only difference I know of is that the 2nd gens were available with a 4.10 ration, 1st gens were not.

 

[91exploreron37]

any other options for 3.73 gears

The only other option is to buy some brand new 3.73 gears and pay to have them installed into your axle which isnt cheap. But if your going to go that route you might as well go to a 4.10.

 

[XxxMonoxideChild]

ok, well i bought that 96's rear end and pulled it. took me about 3 hours with the tools i had right there in the yard.

got the rear end, calipers, an extra metal line off a different truck also since it was in better shape, have ALL the E-Brake wiring all the way up to the pedal! the rubber lines that were on the rear end, and another sett of a different truck there. and the rear struts and lower bracket off the same truck as the rear end.

you ready for this, $75 bux out the door!
i even got a interior drivers side inner door panel. (my handle area broke like is typical)

been a busy day, but i think for the amount of crap i grabbed, im doing pretty good. i plan to go back, and get a 2nd gen brake master cyl, and brake boosted. then i need some new disc's, pad's, and e-brake shoe's.

and here's a new one ive never seen mentioned!! once i ripped out the rear end, i remembered the ford aerostars had ALUMINUM driveshafts. so i dragged the X's driveshaft around and compared it to a RWD aerostars. was too short. found a 4WD aerostars. guess what? exact same length, and like 1/8th the weight. the input at the trans was a slip in, instead of bolt on, but that just involves popping the U-joint, and swapping ends. easy power gain!! thats better then A aluminum flywheel mod!!! so that will also be bought on my next trip out there!

 

[XploreAlaska]

A lot of those 2nd gen axles are 410's, those metal tabs have whatever gear ratio it is, or you could count ring/pinion teeth and there's a axle code chart floating around here somewhere

 

[tigercat]

what spline axles does a 1992 2dr 2wd explorer have? 28 or 31?

 

[FROADER]

All explorers are 31 spline.

 

[TACO626]

All explorers are 31 spline.

Thank You!