What axels are in the 97 F 150

[BAYDOG]

My buddie was wanting to lock the front and rear of his 97 f150. What are the axels he has?? I always thought the trucks came with 9" rears , but his has a cover, and I was thinking that the Ford 9" had no cover, just a 3rd member. His front obviosly is IFS. Thanks

 

[bikerboy4lif]

i think it's a ford 8.8 inch in the rear. And it could be a dana 44 ifs front axle

 

[Jason_25]

31 Spline 8.8 rear, Reverse cut 8.8 front.

 

[Heath]

To much misinformation going around... Since you didn't say what engine it has I'm going to give you the figures for the 5.4L engine...

The front is a Reverse Cut 8.8 just like Jason said... But the rear is a 9.75"...

Now if its not the 5.4L and you still need to know a better place to go is http://ftw.truckmoxie.com/
that site started out as just an F 150 site and has evolved to include all Ford Trucks...

Jason, I think (not positive) that they did put the 8.8 in some of the F-150's but only the V6's which I don't believe are very common...

 

[bikerboy4lif]

I used to have a '98 f-150 4x4 4.6L and I know it had the 8.8 inch in the rear, I crawled under and read the tag on the diff, and now that i think more about it, i remember that it did have the 8.8 in the front too. sorry about saying it had a dana 44

 

[mattadams]

the rear is a 9.75" only if you have the 5.4L engine, the front should be the 8.8" regardless, its reverse cut.

 

[Jason_25]

Matt's right. Only with the 5.4 do you get the big 9.75 axle. The 4.6 and 4.2 get the 8.8 rear.