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The 98-11 Ranger uses the torsion sprung IFS suspension same as Explorer 95-01. The center carrier (diff) is a reverse rotation dana 35, the carrier is pretty unique to this Ford application. The dana 35 has something like a 7.25" ring gear which is pretty stout for a front axle (considering many jeeps had a dana 35 REAR axle even behind the 318 v8! hahahaha oh I love to poke fun at Chrysler rear axles.....)
The earlier Ranger 83-97 had the TTB suspension, used a different center section, either a dana 28 or dana 35 depending on the engine (d28 was all 83-88 2.3 and 2.8 /2.9) then with the 4.0 in 1989 they started using a dana 35 ttb up front in v6 trucks. There is a "hybrid" dana 28 carrier inside a dana 35 housing that is found on some 4 banger rangers 93-97 I believe)...but we don't need to get into the details on those......
No 8.8 parts are innerchangable with the front diff, none, nada, zippo
hope that helps!!Last edited on Mon Jan 13th, 2020 05:28 pm by 410customs
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