Hi Fellows:

First post. I bought my 1994 Ranger new. It only has 48,000 miles on it. Yesterday the shackle on the driver read rusted into I called my local Ford garage and they want around 300.00 bucks for parts and labor to only replace the one shackle Where is a good place you can buy stock shackles for a 1994 Ranger? JC Whitney has replacements but I'm a bit afraid they are universal no fit.

Thanks
Pepi

 

you can buy the shackle right from ford, i got both sides, each one was right about 26 bucks for the part. there are some pictures of it with the part number on my page in my sig.

 

this happened on a few trucks i know including my splash. the new hanger and shackel is only $50ish from the dealer. easiest way is take off rear bumper if you dont want to take the bed off and you can get to it better and put a new hanger and shackel on it. took me about oh 2 hours because of rusted stuff to changed it...

 

you definately shouldn't pay 300 bux for 1 new one..

 

If you ever plan on lifting this would be a good time to install some "chevy drop shackles". So if you're interested in lifting, someone could explain further, otherwise stock replacement is good.

Aaron

 

Here's a QUOTE:

 

buy new shackle, jack rear end up and replace it. Its not hard at all My 98's looked a little questionable when i dropped it Now you got me worrying goign to have to go check it out lol.

 

Would you happen to have the FORD part numbers for the front mounts and shackles? My mechanic told me I need to replace the cab mounts too. I can't find the number for these either

 

you dont have front shackles.....you have a front hanger.......if you look in that parts quote, it is for 2 rear hangers, 2 rear shackles, and 1 of something else for $5.11......

 

I have two stock shackles (came off my '96) I can sell you for cheap... dunno if you're willing to wait for 'em to ship, but you can PM me if you're interested...

 

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the $5.11 is for 2 new bolts and the cab mounts are no longer available through Ford, I checked for another guy yesterday.........SORRY!

 

I wonder if the the cab mounts for the newer Rangers would fit? Thanks!

 

Buy the parts from a Ford dealer,then check out a local spring shop for labor...thats what a lot of our customers do here,the labor at a spring shop will only be a fraction of the dealer labor.