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Hi – I’ve got a ‘92 Explorer and trying to determine which rear-end it has. I found a tag on the rear-end but none of the numbers seem to be the ratio. Help !?! Thanks a bunch, Whit

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This is how it is in my 95, so I dont konw if things are still the same.  Open the drivers door.  Somewhere around the latch, there is a big white label with a few barcodes on it.  Near the bottom of this label there are a few groups of numbers.  One of these is labeled "axle."  If you have access to teh owners manual for this particular vehicle, you can check it out there.  If not, I can check in mine and see if things are still the same. — "It’s not what you are, but what you don’t become that hurts"  –Oscar Levant "Dawn: The time when people of reason go to bed"  –Anonymous Matthew Maynard

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> This is how it is in my 95, so I dont konw if things are still the > same.  Open the drivers door.  Somewhere around the latch, there is a > big white label with a few barcodes on it.  Near the bottom of this > label there are a few groups of numbers.  One of these is labeled > "axle."  If you have access to teh owners manual for this particular > vehicle, you can check it out there.  If not, I can check in mine and > see if things are still the same.

Hi Matthew, thanks for the response. I’ve got the same label – "D4" axle, but can’t find a list for decoding it. If you’ve got info that says what D4 means, I’d sure appreciate it. Thanks, Whit

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On the 1994 Explorer, D4 stands for a 3.73 Limited-slip differential.  Since this part of the truck hasn’t really changed in the last few years, it’s safe to assume that this the same axle. — Jeffrey L. Jue http://www2.msstate.edu/~lj4 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> This is how it is in my 95, so I dont konw if things are still the > same.  Open the drivers door.  Somewhere around the latch, there is a > big white label with a few barcodes on it.  Near the bottom of this > label there are a few groups of numbers.  One of these is labeled > "axle."  If you have access to teh owners manual for this particular > vehicle, you can check it out there.  If not, I can check in mine and > see if things are still the same. >Hi Matthew, thanks for the response. I’ve got the same label – "D4" axle, >but can’t find a list for decoding it. If you’ve got info that says what D4 >means, I’d sure appreciate it. >Thanks, >Whit

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> On the 1994 Explorer, D4 stands for a 3.73 Limited-slip differential. Since > this part of the truck hasn’t really changed in the last few years, it’s > safe to assume that this the same axle.

Thanks a bunch. I appreciate the help. Whit

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