Heard a rumor......

[Iceman_19]

My dad was talking to a 4x4 guy, and he said the explorers have a 1 piece differential or the u-joint is attached to the rear end orsomething silly, and its really expensive to fix. it sounds liek a load of crap to me, or the guy is just mixed up in what he is talking about. from what i know about ford stuff, it would just be a transfer case, u-joint, driveshaft, u-joint, and rear end. all of which are easily removable and replaceable, correct?

 

[Chew_12]

Doesnt sound right to me. Dont believe anyone that talks about explorers, other than from this site.

 

[Doug]

What? huh? Explorer's have regular old flanges and u-joints just like most any other truck. Your friend's dad MIGHT be talking about the bronco II they had some sort of crazy one piece driveshaft/CV thing going on.

 

[wired_af]

Dont believe anyone that talks about explorers, other than from this site.

Amen to that. :fire:

 

[Ray Lobato]

The front drive shafts on 95+ 4wd Explorers are a CV type shaft that attaches to the transfercase. It uses a standard U-joint from the drive shaft to the front differiental. It kinda looks like it's 1 piece, but it really isn't. So this rumor is indeed kind of correct, if you have a 95+ Explorer. I don't know about the 91-94 models, but I'm sure one of our gurus on the pre95's will chime in here pretty soon.

 

[Iceman_19]

What? huh? Explorer's have regular old flanges and u-joints just like most any other truck. Your friend's dad MIGHT be talking about the bronco II they had some sort of crazy one piece driveshaft/CV thing going on.

thats what i thought. hes an old school bronco guy, and i told my dad that his friend was off his rocker. i cant see ford taking the 8.8 and making some stupid 1 piece driveshaft attached to it.

 

[ThunderB]

Bronco also use a CV joint shaft, so he shouldn't be too surprised.

 

[svande8952]

The 91-94 just have u-joint fronts all around, front and back, no CVs. Alot of people add CVs to the rear on the t-case side to calm down some of the vibrations though.

 

[Iceman_19]

right on, thanks guys.

 

[MONMIX]

Doesnt sound right to me. Dont believe anyone that talks about explorers, other than from this site.

Even some of them can be fishey at times

 

[Premier]

The front drive shafts on 95+ 4wd Explorers are a CV type shaft that attaches to the transfercase. It uses a standard U-joint from the drive shaft to the front differiental. It kinda looks like it's 1 piece, but it really isn't. So this rumor is indeed kind of correct, if you have a 95+ Explorer. I don't know about the 91-94 models, but I'm sure one of our gurus on the pre95's will chime in here pretty soon.

I thought it was 97+... My 96 had a double cardon u-joint, and so does my extended one.