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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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8.8 rearend

i ruined the rear housing on my 1998 ranger. It's a 8.8, 3.73 ratio. I bought a 1999 parts truck with the same rearend but with a 4.10 ratio. Can anyone tell me if the housing is the same where i could just swap out the gears into the other housing??
 
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 03:47 AM
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Keep it simple, just swap in the whole rearend, 4:10's are the bomb and the perfered gear for a lot of us. My last several rangers had 4:10's, I wouldn't have it any other way. But yes they should swap if you have to.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2008 | 08:07 AM
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If your '98 is a 4x4 then you will need to swap the front axle out to 4.10 gears, as well.
 
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