pickup / bronco rear ends interchangeable ?
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Yep. Make sure you get the same ratio, it has to match what's in your front end or it will a disaster as soon as you put it into 4wd.
If you have a 9 inch rear end now, make sure you get a 9 inch replacement. Later trucks and Broncos have 8.8 inch rear ends. You could use an 8.8, but you have to change more stuff than you'd think to make one fit. Not worth the trouble at all. I'm not sure when the 8.8's started being used, but I've personally yet to see a factory 9 inch in any truck/Bronco later than 1986.
If you have a 9 inch rear end now, make sure you get a 9 inch replacement. Later trucks and Broncos have 8.8 inch rear ends. You could use an 8.8, but you have to change more stuff than you'd think to make one fit. Not worth the trouble at all. I'm not sure when the 8.8's started being used, but I've personally yet to see a factory 9 inch in any truck/Bronco later than 1986.
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Driveshaft angle may be differant. Pickup is much longer that the bronco, thus the angle would be differant. May need to shim it to get the right angle, other than that would be the same.
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I swapped the rear out of a 94 half ton PU into my 90 Bronco. The 3.55 ratio was all I needed to worry about. My original got so noisy, I couldn't hear my radio. Ford is good about interchangability ( that's why they're so many of them. It keeps the cost down, compared to the competition).
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Originally Posted by bossind
Driveshaft angle may be differant. Pickup is much longer that the bronco, thus the angle would be differant. May need to shim it to get the right angle, other than that would be the same.
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