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Yes, it's full width, so you'll need to space out the coil buckets if you buy that one and run coils. If you run leafs, that's a different story. Most of the axle swaps are done with 77-79 F150/78-79 Bronco axles (coil sprung setups). Most of the leaf sprung setups use a Jeep Wagoneer front Dana 44 (newer than the one you listed so it's DSD)
yup However if it did come from a 78 it will have cast wedges on the axle tubes. May or may not be a problem depending on how you setup your suspension.
the off set rear will do no good for you ane would probably be a step backwards in strength compared to an explorer 8.8 The vacume disconnect for the front axle copuld be a problem. I cant tell from the pictures.
This thread should be in the offroad drivelines section just FYI.