The 97 Explorer has 3-4 timing chains/timing cassettes. They will have to pull the engine out and disconnect about every hose, etc. Very expensive repair mainly in labor ($1500-$2000). Even if only one chain is bad it is better while they have the engine out to replace all of them.
The explorer has a timing chain, not a belt.
timing CHAIN
It has a timing chain.
timing chain
The Ford Explorer engines use a timing CHAIN
I believe the Explorer does NOT use a timing belt, but rather a timing chain
The 2001 Ford Explorer Sport V-6 has a timing belt. Ford engines have not use a timing chain since the 1980s.
Timing chain.
Never as it does not have a timing belt, it has a chain.Never as it does not have a timing belt, it has a chain.
Timing CHAIN on the 4.0 liter V6 in a 1993 Ford Explorer
Timing chains, no belt.
Actually , it has a timing CHAIN