Which years Explorers have the rear disk setups we want?

It's been a few years since I did mine but I pulled them off a 95 Lincoln Towncar. I only had to make one slight modification to the flange to get them to bolt up. You also need a spacer to make up the thickness of the caliper bracket to keep the bearings from walking out, In my case the over sized bearings that came with my aftermarket axels made up the difference. The flange in the picture is from an 8" rear.

 

the explorer brackets are a direct mount for the torino large bearing end on a 9". it will require modification to fit onto any 8" housing end.
currie enterprises sells these explorer kits. they also usually have backing plates that have had the dust shield damaged that they will sell cheaply. just ask if they have any explorer backing plates that are blems.

 

I've been in the process of swapping over to Explorer brakes.

I used the caliper mounts/backing plate, calipers, rotors, and wheel studs off a '98 Explorer.

The offset on all the brackets was correct for the Maverick axle, but I had to mark and drill the Explorer backing plate to mount onto the 8" housing. This also allowed me to rotate the calipers up and out of the way of the leaf springs.

An additional spacer was required, to ride between the Maverick bearing retainer and the Explorer backing plate. I cut down a huge washer to ride in the gap.

Most of it is detailed in the most recent parts of my buildup blog:

www.70maverick.blogspot.com

Everything was finally assembled for good tonight, but I haven't updated the blog yet- I'm going to wait until I stick the Explorer rear sway bar on the Maverick. I'll have the blog updated tomorrow, with new pictures of everything on the car, and a good explanation.