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Any difference between a 8.8 rear end

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FordRCAM429

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Is there any difference between a 8.8 rear axle from a mustang and a 8.8 rear axle form a ford explorer? Just thought it might be a better buy from a salvage yard to buy the one from the explorer because there less likely to have been beat. Is this a direct bolt in?
 
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Won't work. Parts out of it will but the assy will not. Explorers use leaf springs. Mustangs do not...
 

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The newer explorers ('02+ ?) have IRS too.
 
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