explorer rear question

[PickupMan]

can someone explain to me on how the "narrowed' the rear off of an explorer in detail? I heard that you cut down the long side to match the short so it will fit properly. I was looking at mine and I wasn't sure how to go about it. The brake side of the rear tapers down so I'm not sure what is the proper way

 

[golf4283]

The proper way to do it is to cut it off the housing and shorten it that way then reweld it to the housing. It is a hard task to do by oneself becuase you dont want the degree of the tube to be different than it was before.

 

[PickupMan]

is the tube pressed into the housing because i didn't see any welds. That what i was thinking of doing but not sure if that was the way it was being done. have you done this mod?