I was told I could swap my differential axle in my 98 Chevy blazer with a 95 and up ford explorer. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this and could offer me some insite. Thank you

 

That sounds a bit far fetched,but I may be wrong. A trip to a salvage yard and checking their Hollanders interchange guide will confirm or dis-prove this. Let us know what you find out.

 

Im putting one in my Blazer. Custom drive shaft, and new mounts.

 

What needs to be done to the drive shaft to customize it?

 

Just cut to proper length and a ujoint with blazer ends on one side, exploder the other. But im also running a 1994 NP-231 with a 1991 4dr drive shaft cut to fit.

Oh and weld on new spring perches.

 

I didn't do anything to the perches when I had mine. They only a tad off but there is enough play in the springs to get it bolted down. Connecting it to the driveshaft only requires the right u-joint. Mine was lifted so I didn't have to shorten the driveshaft any.

Here's a complete how to with pics of the 8.8 swap.
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Im doing spring over. Thats why I need parches.

 

Why An Explorer rear end in a Blazer? I guess I'm missing something here.