alternatives to an 8.75- what about an explorer 8.8?

yes. the explorers also had 31-spline axles, and are very common in the offroad world for jeepers and ranger people, so they have lots of aftermarket parts available. it'd probably be very easy if you didn't find one with LS in it already to find an aftermarket trutrac or trac loc for it.


it seems the length hub-to-hub on these is about 59.75"- wouldn't that be perfect for an A body? i'm a little concerned about the offset of the pinion though.


i know a thing a lot of ford guys do is they take the axle tubes and do a couple more plug welds to the housing, as they have a tendency to actually break the factory plug weld and turn the tube.... which is bad. they're really pressed in there, so it's a lot easier to put this worry at ease before anything happens