Axel swap and gear ratio

[Jesse Grass]

I am looking into swaping my runni gear to the explored dana 35 and 8.8. Does anyone have a recomendation on what year to go with and what gear ratio to use?

[statusr8]

Depends on tire size, I'm doing this same swap and going with 4:10 for 33" tires.
See this link http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_li ... hange.html

[statusr8]

The Dana 35 came in 91 to 94 explorers. It takes a bit of modification to get an explorer 8.8 into a Bronco II like moving the spring perches, so for now I'm building up the 7.5

[statusr8]

Oh by the way if your lift kit uses drop down brackets in the front to drop the stock brackets down instead of replacing the entire bracket, it will punch a hole in the D35 casing if you come down hard on it, seen this happen lots