RoidedRanger
Member
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2010
- Messages
- 196
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 18
- Location
- Lakeland FL
- Vehicle Year
- 93
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Manual
a little back-story: so I bought a wrecked 99 explorer sport 4x4 for cheap that was totaled out. I bought it for strictly playing/beating on it in the mud (it has a set of 8-16 31" tractor tires on it). I sold the 8.8 rear and traded for a 7.5 with 3.73s out of my cousins mazda and welded the spider gears. I assumed then that I had 3.73s but looking today I found out I have 4.10s.
last night I took it to the local mudhole to play around, I always keep it in 4lo. was doing good till I started going cross-ways thru some nasty ruts and bouncing HARD. I ended up breaking something and the rear end wasn't pulling, so I was told, figured the rear axle gave up. went to load it up on the trailer on the front end and it kept popping and snapping but finally got up there and I got it home. this morning I went to unload it (still in 4lo) and it didn't move at all just kept clunking and trying to move but wouldn't. I thought for the hell of it id put it in 4hi and see what happened. it came right off and moved around with no noises.
think the t-case is indeed broke or the shift motor isn't fully engaging into 4lo? any other ideas? im on the search for another explorer rear I can buy to give my cousin to get my 4.10 rear back to fix the gear ratio mismatch.
last night I took it to the local mudhole to play around, I always keep it in 4lo. was doing good till I started going cross-ways thru some nasty ruts and bouncing HARD. I ended up breaking something and the rear end wasn't pulling, so I was told, figured the rear axle gave up. went to load it up on the trailer on the front end and it kept popping and snapping but finally got up there and I got it home. this morning I went to unload it (still in 4lo) and it didn't move at all just kept clunking and trying to move but wouldn't. I thought for the hell of it id put it in 4hi and see what happened. it came right off and moved around with no noises.
think the t-case is indeed broke or the shift motor isn't fully engaging into 4lo? any other ideas? im on the search for another explorer rear I can buy to give my cousin to get my 4.10 rear back to fix the gear ratio mismatch.