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Explorer Dana35
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I am swapping a Dana 35 out of a 94 Explorer into my sons 87 B2. I want to put a 4.56 gear in the front and have found someone with a brand new R&P and bearing rebuild kit that he bought for a 90 B2 with the Dana 35.
My question is are the parts the same for the B2 Dana 35 as for the Explorer Dana 35?
I know the Explorer one is 1.5" wider but was not sure about the parts.
I am swapping a Dana 35 out of a 94 Explorer into my sons 87 B2. I want to put a 4.56 gear in the front and have found someone with a brand new R&P and bearing rebuild kit that he bought for a 90 B2 with the Dana 35.
My question is are the parts the same for the B2 Dana 35 as for the Explorer Dana 35?
I know the Explorer one is 1.5" wider but was not sure about the parts.
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no b2 came with d35 from factory 84-90. 91-on explorer have d35
if your going to put in 4.56 gears in front must also have in the rear as well.
i would check your d35 also becuase outside it's a d35 inside you have d28 parts.
if your going to put in 4.56 gears in front must also have in the rear as well.
i would check your d35 also becuase outside it's a d35 inside you have d28 parts.
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Perhaps this guy bought the set up for a Ranger. Didn's some of the rangers come with a D35? I know I need to change the rear as well I have an 8.8 out of the same Explorer and I already have the 4.56 R&P for it.
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I'm not sure, and I couldn't tell from Monty06's diagram, but there are several Dana 35 axles out there. There's the Jeep D35 rear axle, the Ford D35 TTB front (used on '91--94 Explorers), and Ford D35 IFS (A-arm) front axle. The Jeep D35 and the D35 IFS use regular cut pinion gears, the D35 TTB uses reverse cut pinion gears. If the '99 Ranger is a D35 TTB, it should work, If the '99 Ranger uses a D35 IFS, then it won't work. I'm not sure when Rangers were changed from the TTB to the A-arm IFS setup, but I think it was in '98.
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90 B2's had Dana 35's in them, and 84-89 had Dana 28's. Ranger's had Dana 35 90-92 but I don't know much about the Explorers.
Also, all years of B2, and 83-92 Ranger's had 7.5 rearend. They may have been swapped out, but I don't think it was from factory.
Also, all years of B2, and 83-92 Ranger's had 7.5 rearend. They may have been swapped out, but I don't think it was from factory.
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romer 90 b2's came with d35/ nope it looks like a d35 but the insides are d28 the carrier/gears are all d28 insides.
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Whether or not the D35 has D28 parts inside or is completely a D35 depends on the manufacture date. It is true that the early ones were D28's inside, SOME of the later ones were truly D35's. So, the new R&P may or may not fit what you have. Also, if you're swapping in a D35 out of an Expoder, if it was me, I'd ditch the 7.5 rear axle on your son's Bronco and swap in an 8.8 (preferably with disc brakes) out of an Exploder.
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Sorry not to be more specific. While most of the so-called Dana 35's that went into the 90 B2's had the guts of a Dana 28, there were some at the end of the production run that actually got Dana 35's with actual Dana 35 parts inside.
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Yeah, but not all of them. Don't know why some did and some didn't or how to distinguish them without tearing them apart to see what's in there. About the only thing that might make sense to me is that there might have been a supply issue at one or more assembly plants, or it may have been something to do with Dana itself. I just know I've talked to a couple of guys with B2's that were made at the very tail end of the production run and have D35's that have all D35 parts inside and are supposed to be the axles they came from the factory with. They said it gave them fits when they went to install a locker or axle shaft upgrade into what they thought they had, only to find out their axles were full D35's.
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Back to TMyers question, even in light of what I was just talking about, to agree with Romer (sorry if it came across that I was trying to argue, just trying to point out that it wasn't necessarily an absolute), it probably is a pretty good bet that the new R&P won't fit your D35 unless you change out all of the guts to D28's. But that would be a big step down durability that you wouldn't want to do.
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