Has anyone found stock 4.10's?

[Tired Iron]

I know ford lists a 4.10 gear set in the 1Gen explorer, has anyone ever found one? I am wondering what would be the best way to find one. I have a nice setup on my '93 but I was thinking of replacing it and moving the goodies over to a 5 speed sport 2 door. Is there any point in me holding out for one with a better axle ratio?
Also, Is it likely to find it with leather? I've grown fond of my leather seats.

 

[techieman33]

If you swapping stuff over swap your leather seats over while your at it. I have never seen or read about a factory 4.10 1st gen on this site.

 

[Tired Iron]

Door sticker code 'D2' for LS or '42' open diff. 4.10's

 

[Foxracin]

Never seen a factory 4.10 in a first gen. Seen a lot of second gens with them though.

 

[Maniak]

There is a Dana 35 front end with 4.10's for sale up in Canada.. so they must exist

Here it is.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=296675

~Mark

 

[Anime]

They list it in the owner's manual and the factory service manual, but I've never seen one myself nor heard of anyone on the site that had one. I don't doubt Ford made a few, but they were apparently far between. My guess is they either offered them early in '90-91, or were something new for the '93-94 lineup but Ford never received enough of the parts to offer them as an official option, since the dealer brochures only show the 3.27 and 3.73 ratio options.

Some XL/base models came with 3.08 gears, which are the other ratio shown in the charts, but not in the brochures, either.

In any case you'll be looking for a loooooong time if you want to hold out for factory 4.10's. 3.73's are cheaper and easier to find. They are also the lowest price gears through the dealer as well, way less than the 3.27's.

No telling if those 4.10's in the TTB are stock or not...or maybe Canada got the few that came with them. Those would be the ones to have, as gears for the 8.8 rear are easy to find and cheap, even factory.

 

[techieman33]

3.55 was also a factory option, my first explorer had them, it was a pretty early model though.

 

[Foxracin]

I have "heard" the easiest factory front ttb d35 to find with a 4.10 is a 90-92 4wd ranger with a 4 cylinder. Dont know if there is any truth behind it or not though.

 

[kaskustomz]

I got my 4.10 front pig out of a 92 ranger I searched for over a year for an explorer with 4.10 but no luck found the ranger dana 35 in a day at the local pick a part for 50.00 needless to say i love my new gears perfect for my driving