my friend just got a 91 explorer for his first car. what kind of axles does it have under it? are they worth keeping or should he swap them out?what size tire can he run without constantly worrying about breakage?what tranny and transfer case does it have? what is the best lift kit for it? thanks for the help we dont know anything about fords.

Those Slpoders are a good suv for modding for off road
Axles: Front- Dana 35 TTB More then Likly the gears are 3.73
Rear- Ford 8.8 Bothe are pretty tought axles as long as you dont go to big of tires
Tranny: A4LD
T-Case: Borg-warner 13-50 or 13-54

You can lift those things from 2-6 inches and run 31- 33's maybe even 35's and not worry to much about breakage. You will still run into the ocaconal hub brake if its auto might want to convert to Manual hubs to fix that, or an axle saft if you go to ahrd core. All in all its a good truck to start out with and get bigger latter on. Go to
RRORC (www.rrorc.com) and The Ranger Station (http://www.therangerstation.com/) to learn more about your buds new toy.
hope that helps and clears things up.
Justin<><

also dont forget about www.explorer4x4.com They are a group bunch of guys over there that will be able to help out a ton. I have meet probably 40 of the guys from there and they have all been great people.

Matt

There are a few of us Explorer guys here on the message board. Explorers are a great platform to start with.

Definately check out explorer4x4.com and our message board www.explorerforum.com