1987 Ford Thunderbird Differentials

Essential 1987 Ford Thunderbird Differentials

Felpro – Differential Cover Gasket (Part No.RDS 55459)

Differential Cover Gasket

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$9.79
Fel-Pro gaskets offer 100% vehicle sealing with application-specific materials to give you sealing solutions with the performance and durability professionals trust

Product Features:
  • Meets or exceeds all original equipment specifications
  • Application specific design to ensure a perfect fit
  • Unsurpassed quality you can trust
  • Validated for fit, form and function
  • Each Fel-Pro gasket, no matter how small, is engineered to exacting standards with proprietary design, engineering and manufacturing processes
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Yukon Gear – Bearing Race Driver (Part No.56020)

Bearing Race Driver

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$215.99
Bearing race driver. No return.

Product Features:
  • Bearing race driver
  • Fits M802011 race
  • All steel construction
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Yukon Gear – Side Gear And Thrust Washer (0.875" Shaft) For 8.8" Ford (Part No.33300)

Side Gear And Thrust Washer (0.875" Shaft) For 8.8" Ford

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$11.99
Side gear thrust washer (0.875″ shaft) for 8.8″ Ford.

Product Features:
  • Side gear thrust washer for Ford 8.8″
  • 0.875″ diameter cross pin shaft applications only
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Motive Gear – Differential Pinion Solid Spacer Kit w/Shims (Part No.4105)

Differential Pinion Solid Spacer Kit w/Shims

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$22.79


Product Features:
  • FORD 9″ SOLID SPACER KIT
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Yukon Gear – Crush Sleeve (Part No.33085)

Crush Sleeve

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$9.99
Crush Sleeve for Model 20, Ford 10.25″, 10.5″, 7.5″, 8.8″, 9 3/8″, 9″ & 9.75″. .480″ long.

Product Features:
  • Crush sleeve for AMC Model 20, Ford 10.25″, 10.5″, 7.5″, 8.8″, 9″ and 9.75″
  • 0.480″ tall
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Sealed Power – Engine Auxiliary Shaft Bearing Set (Part No.1460M)

Engine Auxiliary Shaft Bearing Set

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$22.99
Sealed Power® parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.

Product Features:
  • Steel-backed Babbitt lining material
  • Used in automotive and high-performance
  • Babbitt is designed to perform under extreme loads w/o damaging other engine parts
  • Babbitt is more environmentally friendly than other material
  • ISO & QS certified manufacturing
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Yukon Gear – Standard Open Spider Gear Kit For 7.5" Ford With 28 Spline Axles (Part No.16014)

Standard Open Spider Gear Kit For 7.5" Ford With 28 Spline Axles

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$214.99
Yukon standard open spider gear kit for 7.5″ Ford with 28 spline axles. Yukon uses higher quality materials and better techniques than OEM to ensure a longer lasting spider gear set. All components come with a one year warranty against manufacturing defects.

Product Features:
  • Spider gear kit
  • Fit Ford 7.5″ open differential
  • Includes two side gears, two pinion gears, cross pin shaft, cross pin bolt and spider gear thrust washers.
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USA Standard Gear – Master Overhaul Kit for the Ford 7.5 Differential (Part No.37027)

Master Overhaul Kit for the Ford 7.5 Differential

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$199.99
USA Standard Master Overhaul kits let you finish your install with confidence. This kit uses Koyo bearings and races. Included are carrier bearings and races, pinion bearings and races, pinion seal, complete shim kit, ring gear bolts, pinion nut, crush sleeve (if applicable), oil baffles and slingers (if applicable), threading locking compound, marking compound with brush and gasket.

Product Features:
  • Fits Ford 7.5″
  • Uses Koyo bearings and races
  • Included are carrier bearings and races, pinion bearings and races, pinion seal, complete shim kit, ring gear bolts, pinion nut, crush sleeve, thread locker, marking compound with brush and gasket.
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Yukon Gear – High Performance Ring & Pinion Gear Set For Ford 9" In A 6.20 Ratio (Part No.24394)

High Performance Ring & Pinion Gear Set For Ford 9" In A 6.20 Ratio

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$549.99
Yukon Ring & Pinion sets give you the confidence of knowing you’re running gears designed for the harshest of conditions. Whether it’s on the street, off-road, or at the track; Yukon ring & pinion sets deliver unrivaled performance & quality. Yukon uses the latest designs and manufacturing technologies to provide a quiet running gear that is strong and easy to set up. All Yukon ring & pinion sets come standard with a one-year warranty.

Product Features:
  • Fits Ford 9″
  • 9.00″ ring gear diameter
  • 28 spline pinion
  • 10 ring gear bolts
  • 6.20 ratio
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Pro-King – Differential Cross Shaft (Part No.742G930)

Differential Cross Shaft

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$2.79
Pro-King is the leading supplier of transmission and driveline products in the aftermarket.

Product Features:
  • All products are designed to meet or exceed OE quality, form, fit and funtion.
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Pro-King – Differential Internal Nest Kit (Part No.762B717)

Differential Internal Nest Kit

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$239.99
Pro-King is the leading supplier of transmission and driveline products in the aftermarket.

Product Features:
  • All products are designed to meet or exceed OE quality, form, fit and funtion.
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National – Bearings (Part No.31520)

Bearings

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$12.29
National Oil Seals & Bearings offer a full line of premium oil seals and bearings.

Product Features:
  • Premium bearing design matches OEM specifications
  • Precision manufactured using premium-grade steel for outstanding durability and performance
  • Crowned raceways and rollers to ensure even load distribution for maximum life
  • Industry leading coverage
  • Professional technicians know they can depend on National
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Yukon Gear – Trac Loc For Ford 9" Wtih 31 Spline Axles – Aggressive Design (Part No.26009)

Trac Loc For Ford 9" Wtih 31 Spline Axles - Aggressive Design

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$784.99
The Yukon Dura Grip provides aggressive yet smooth traction to give you the confidence & performance you need. Get longer life and better traction with the heavy duty Yukon Dura Grip Positraction. The Yukon Trac Loc uses a nodular case, billet side hat, and forged internals for higher strength than stock Trac-Locs. The units use composite clutches for high performance and long life. All units are Rebuildable. Yukon offers a one year warranty against manufacturing defects.

Product Features:
  • Fits Ford 9″ with 31 spline axles
  • Trac Loc positraction
  • Clutch style positraction
  • Aggressive design
  • Internal gears are manufactured using forged 4320 steel and cut to provide stronger teeth
  • Fully rebuildable
  • Assembled in the USA
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Yukon Gear – Standard Open Spider Gear Kit For 9" Ford With 31 Spline Axles And 4-Pinion Design (Part No.16034)

Standard Open Spider Gear Kit For 9" Ford With 31 Spline Axles And 4-Pinion Design

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$317.99
Yukon standard open spider gear kit for 9″ Ford with 31 spline axles and 4-pinion design. Yukon uses higher quality materials and better techniques than OEM to ensure a longer lasting spider gear set. All components come with a one year warranty against manufacturing defects.

Product Features:
  • Spider gear kit
  • Fit Ford 9″ open differential with 31 spline axles
  • Includes two side gears, four pinion gears, cross pin shaft, roll pins and spider gear thrust washers.
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Yukon Gear – Pinion Depth Shims For Ford 9" (Part No.55056)

Pinion Depth Shims For Ford 9"

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$26.99
Pinion depth shim kit 9″ Ford.

Product Features:
  • Pinion depth shims for Ford 9″
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Yukon Gear – 8.5" & 8.2" GM Carrier Installation Kit (Part No.57008)

8.5" & 8.2" GM Carrier Installation Kit

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$109.99
Yukon Carrier installation kits are great, low cost kit for carrier changes such as Positraction or locker upgrades. Carrier installation kit for GM 8.2″ & 8.5″ differential. This kit contains carrier bearings, races and shims.

Product Features:
  • Fits GM 7.5″, 7.625″ 8.2″ and 8.5″
  • Includes carrier bearings and races and “super” carrier shim kit
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Yukon Gear – Standard Open Or Tracloc Cross Pin Shafts And Block In Four Pinion Design For 9" Ford (Part No.33333)

Standard Open Or Tracloc Cross Pin Shafts And Block In Four Pinion Design For 9" Ford

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$207.99
Standard open or TracLoc cross pin shafts and block in four pinion design for 9″ Ford.

Product Features:
  • Cross pin shaft and block kit
  • Fits Ford 9″
  • Includes cross pin block and three cross pin shafts
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Yukon Gear – Standard Open Carrier Case & Spiders, Ford 8.8", 31 Spline (Part No.20070)

Standard Open Carrier Case & Spiders, Ford 8.8", 31 Spline

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$404.99
Product Features:
  • Standard open carrier case and spiders
  • Fits Ford 8.8″ with 31 spline axles
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Pro-King – Differential Bearing Cup (Part No.742G256)

Differential Bearing Cup

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$8.99
Pro-King is the leading supplier of transmission and driveline products in the aftermarket.

Product Features:
  • All products are designed to meet or exceed OE quality, form, fit and funtion.
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Yukon Gear – Cover Bolt For Ford 7.5", 8.8" & 9.75" (Part No.33554)

Cover Bolt For Ford 7.5", 8.8" & 9.75"

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$6.99
Yukon 1541H alloy replacement rear axle for Dana 60, 70, and 80, 35 spline. (40″ to 43.5″) Full float axle (8×3.96″ ). Yukon 1541H alloy axles offer a strength increase over stock while retaining a low cost. Yukon 1541H alloy rear axles come with a one year warranty against manufacturing defects. This is a full-floating axle.

Product Features:
  • 35 spline
  • 8 x 3.96″ bolt pattern
  • Cut to length design fits 40″-43.5″ applications
  • Fits Dana Spicer 60, 70 and 80
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Motive Gear – Differential Gear Install Kit (Part No.F7.5IK)

Differential Gear Install Kit

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$35.49


Product Features:
  • MINI INSTALL KIT FORD 7.5
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Powertrax – Grip LOK Traction System (Part No.LK444430)

Grip LOK Traction System

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$658.99
For vehicles that are driven daily, the Powertrax No-Slip Traction System is the latest design in quiet traction-adding differential technology. It combines the automatic street-friendly smooth operation of a limited-slip differential with the traction performance of a locking differential. The Powertrax No-Slip locker easily installs in to your differential carrier using basic tools and without affecting your ring and pinion settings. Powertrax Grip-Lok, Lock-Right Lockers and No-Slip Traction Systems automatically provide 100% traction on-demand, under the toughest circumstances. The Powertrax Grip-Pro and Grip-LS performance limited slips offer smooth dependable torque transfer and traction for the best of both worlds!
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USA Standard Gear – Spool For Ford 9", 31 Spline (Part No.59004)

Spool For Ford 9", 31 Spline

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$175.99
Product Features:
  • Fits Ford 9″ with 31 spline axles
  • Provides 100% traction to both wheels at all times
  • Not recommended for street driven vehicles
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Felpro – Differential Cover Gasket (Part No.RDS 55460)

Differential Cover Gasket

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$8.29
Fel-Pro gaskets offer 100% vehicle sealing with application-specific materials to give you sealing solutions with the performance and durability professionals trust

Product Features:
  • Meets or exceeds all original equipment specifications
  • Application specific design to ensure a perfect fit
  • Unsurpassed quality you can trust
  • Validated for fit, form and function
  • Each Fel-Pro gasket, no matter how small, is engineered to exacting standards with proprietary design, engineering and manufacturing processes
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National – Bearings (Part No.A-6)

Bearings

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$16.99
National Oil Seals & Bearings offer a full line of premium oil seals and bearings.

Product Features:
  • Premium bearing design matches OEM specifications
  • Precision manufactured using premium-grade steel for outstanding durability and performance
  • Crowned raceways and rollers to ensure even load distribution for maximum life
  • Industry leading coverage
  • Professional technicians know they can depend on National
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Driveworks – Oil Seal (Part No.S-3604)

Oil Seal

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$4.79
Value-priced seal meets all cataloged application requirements.

Product Features:
  • Brand may vary by location
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Yukon Gear – Trac Loc Spring For Ford 7.5" (Part No.33514)

Trac Loc Spring For Ford 7.5"

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$67.99
The Yukon Dura Grip provides aggressive yet smooth traction to give you the confidence & performance you need. Get longer life and better traction with the heavy duty Yukon Dura Grip Positraction. The Yukon Dura Grip uses a nodular case and forged 4320 in

Product Features:
  • Trac Loc spring
  • Fits Ford 7.5″
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National – Bearings (Part No.R-1535-TAV)

Bearings

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$41.99
National Oil Seals & Bearings offer a full line of premium oil seals and bearings.

Product Features:
  • Premium bearing design matches OEM specifications
  • Precision manufactured using premium-grade steel for outstanding durability and performance
  • High radial load capacity makes them suitable for high speed applications
  • Industry leading coverage
  • Professional technicians know they can depend on National
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1987 Ford Thunderbird Differentials

Maybe you’re in the middle of a full rebuild of that 1987 Ford Thunderbird. Maybe you just need a couple of Differentials. Either way, Advance Auto Parts has 215 different Differentials in our inventory ranging from $0.99 to $1,099.99. That means you can find the exact parts or products you need to keep that 1987 Ford Thunderbird running smoothly.

Differentials are only as good as their brand. We stock 17 different brands to make sure you have plenty of trusted parts to choose from for your 1987 Ford Thunderbird. Valvoline, Felpro, and National are just some of the brands we stock. Search for brands you know or compare prices and reviews to help you decide!

We know you’ll find the perfect Differentials for your 1987 Ford Thunderbird, but don’t take our word for it – read our customer ratings and reviews and buy with confidence. Out of the 3,893 reviews in this category, some of the top rated parts include Bearings with 5.0 stars and Differential Master Bearing Kit – Timken with 4.0 stars.

So if you’re in the market for aftermarket Differentials to keep your 1987 Ford Thunderbird rolling for years to come, look no further. Shop online and have your products shipped direct to your door, or pick up at the nearest Advance Auto Parts location today!

Differentials Brands To Make Your 1987 Ford Thunderbird Last

Simple repair, complete replacement, or a full rebuild. No matter the job, your 1987 Ford Thunderbird demands trusted brand parts and products to keep it running. Many trusted brands of Differentials make up Advance Auto Parts’ inventory, and all are ready to help make your Thunderbird the best it can be. Be sure to browse some of our top Differentials brands and parts.

Popular Powertrax Differentials

We carry Powertrax parts in our stock across Differential Open Unit and Components categories, plus more. For a 1987 Ford Thunderbird, our most popular Powertrax Differentials include:
Lock Right Locker
from $444.99
(1)
Lock Right Locker
Differential Open Unit and Components

FAQs for 1987 Ford Thunderbird Differentials

What are the most purchased Differentials for the 1987 Ford Thunderbird?

Out of 215 Differentials for the 1987 Ford Thunderbird, the most popular in our inventory are:
Differential Cover Gasket
from $14.99
(121)
Differential Cover Gasket
Rear Housing Cover Gaskets
Multi Purpose Seal
from $11.99
(28)
Multi Purpose Seal
Differential Pinion Seals
Differential Shaft Lock Bolt
from $5.99
(11)
Differential Shaft Lock Bolt
Differential Pinion Shaft Lock Bolts

What are the top-rated 1987 Ford Thunderbird Differentials?

Top-rated Differentials for your 1987 Ford Thunderbird based on customer reviews/ratings are:
Bearings
from $15.99
(9)
Bearings
“as advertised”
Differential Master Bearing Kit - Timken
from $137.99
(8)
Differential Master Bearing Kit – Timken
“These Timken bearings work great in my 10 second drag car.”
Bearings
from $10.49
(4)
Bearings
“Goes with M88010 bearing cup. Application was the pinion bearing race for a Ford 9 Inch on a 1957 Ford F-100.”