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Old May 12, 2010 | 12:38 AM
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8.8 Gears

90 F150 4x4, 300 Six, M5OD, 3.55 gears, 31's. Im getting 33's soon and i would like to get 3.75ish gears for the truck. I dont want to spend lots so where can I find a truck with 3.73 or 3.75? explorers came with 8.8's, can the gears be swapped into my F150?
 
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Old May 12, 2010 | 05:01 AM
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1996 and up 5.0 Explorers came with the towing package that includes 3.73 gears. My
1996 AWD 5.0 has these. And they are 31 spline axels. The housing from an Explorer
is probably not the same width as one from an F150 though.
 
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Old May 12, 2010 | 08:13 AM
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Explorer gears will swap into the F150 axle but the complete Explorer axle will not. Only 4.0 and 5.0 Explorers got the 8.8 axle BTW, vehicles with the smaller motors got 7.5 axle.
 
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Old May 12, 2010 | 08:38 PM
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What about the front axle?
 
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I'm pretty sure the Explorer only got the D35 TTB up front.
 
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well that sucks...thanks tho.
 
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Old May 12, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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What about swapping the knuckles/hubs onto a F250 TTB 44 with 4.10s? would that work?
 
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