Rear Ends

[EWhite]

After Driving my 2x4 V10 Excursion through our recent mini blizzard here in Chicago, I think I want to look into a Limited Slip Rear End. It did just fine, but then agian I didn't have to do a lot of starting. I currently have 373 rear end. What do I need to know about a conversion? Costs? Can I stay with the 373? Any good shops to do this in the Chicago Area? Is this something the Dealer would do? Is this the wrong thing to consider?

Thanks in advance.... Eric

[Dr.Evil]

Should have got it that way from the factory. It would have only been another $275. The center carrier is different in the traction-Loc that the 9.75" open rear you have. You can keep the 3.73's but You could go 3.55's, 4.10's, etc., anything else you want for only a few $$ more. The dealer or a specialty shop that does race cars or 4X4's should be able to do the work

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'96 F-250 4X4 5-sp POWERSTROKE
140,000 mile & NO Problems

[erlong]

Plan on spending a couple hundred bucks for a limited slip and another couple hundred on the install. Some shops will try to tell you that they like to put in new bearings when they are adding new gears or a traction device. If they keep their hands and work area clean, this should not be necessary. Differential work can be pricey.

Before you order a limited slip from somewhere, talk to the shop you'll have it installed by first. Many places are anal and don't like to "deal with other manufacturer's stuff" when it comes to certain brands for limited slips, gears, rebuild kits and all the rest of the crap related to axles.


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-Eric
2000 Excursion Limited, PSD, black, fully loaded, Western Diesel chip, Viper 550 alarm w/ remote start, Alpine CVA-1005 6.5" head unit, Alpine DVA-5200 DVD player, Alpine CHA-1214 12-disc CD changer, 21% tint all around

[EWhite]

Thanks for the info, yea I know it would have been cheap if I got it when I bought, but I bought off the lot and that's the way it came.....

Eric

[ExcursionPSD]

EWhite:

We only got about 12 inches of snow in that same storm, but I drove around a lot on the roads and when first starting out, could feel the minor slipping as one wheel started to turn and then they locked together. It was smooth, most wouldn't have noticed it, but then the Excursion went forward very nicely.

I also got out in some really deep stuff, and up and down hills putting horses in, and the 4x4 worked well in untracked snow. I'm smiling.


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2000 Excursion Limited born 11/99 4x4 Toreador Red ext./gray int. 7.3PSD, 3.73LS, Skidplates, Pwr/Htd TeleMirrors, 6CDchanger, HtdBuckets, LT265/75R16D AT, Ford Wraparound deflector, PSDV8 badging, RoofMarkerLights, Tekonsha Sentinel brake cntrlr, PCM=AXD0

[danjon12]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by EWhite:
After Driving my 2x4 V10 Excursion through our recent mini blizzard here in Chicago, I think I want to look into a Limited Slip Rear End. It did just fine, but then agian I didn't have to do a lot of starting. I currently have 373 rear end. What do I need to know about a conversion? Costs? Can I stay with the 373? Any good shops to do this in the Chicago Area? Is this something the Dealer would do? Is this the wrong thing to consider?

Thanks in advance.... Eric<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I also got my 2000 X PSD w/ 3.73 regular axle off of the lot so didn't get limited-slip and would be interested in what you get, where, and how much. Not much snow down here, but ya never know.

[3992824]

I've got an XLT 4X2. I ordered it with 3.73 LS. I don't plow snow or intentionally drive off- road, so I opted for no 4WD. IMHO, for the vast majority, the biggest advantage of 4WD in the snow is allowing faster acceleration from a stop. 4WD doesn't affect how fast the vehicles stop, so antilock brakes are important to me.

We've had about 20" of total snow with the storms that have passed, and I'm amazed with the handling of my X. I took it out into an unplowed lot and stopped/started in some fairly deep drifts and didn't even spin the tires.

I read that the weight distribution is 49/51% front to rear, and as heavy as it is, that probably is the reason it handles so well.