Thanks for the encouragement guys! Glad to see a few rangers out there.
As a side note: the spindle snouts from the stock spindles are .030 too small to fit in the maxtrac spindles. Apparently they fit in the fabtechs though.
I get the new spindles today and also got new upper control...
Yea unfortunately it is still an open diff but I do have plans to add a spartan locker. I went with the 4.56 over the original 4.10s because I live in northern Nevada at altitude and regularly travel over mountain passes to California. It will also be regularly loaded up with camping...
Later that night I installed the 2" lift shackles and monroe shocks
Following that I installed the rear tires and took one picture in the morning (with painters tape still on)
It was a short lived moment of joy as while driving that day both front hubs went to crap. Thinking that the hub...
That night I tried to install some MaxTrac 4" lift spindles. After an entire night of slaving away I was only able to get one side off. I picked up in the morning and found that you have to trim A LOT of the a arm to get the spindles to fit properly and be able to have the same amount of...
Thought I'd make a build thread for my ranger to hopefully give others some ideas as well potentially get some ideas of my own :)
Background:
This is my 5th Ranger. While of the previous four I only kept one long term, I've been around the vehicle enough to say that I know a good amount of it...
One Wheel Peel
You could get a mini-spool. They run around $100 and are a decent alternative to welding your spider gears. You will have a fully locked rear though.