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rear block and ubolt help

ive searched all day and cannot find a 3" lift block with ubolts for a 31 spline ranger axel, ive read the tube is 3.25" but all i can find are 2.8" ubolts. im taking my shackel off and using this and a short aal instead. any links or help will be much appriciated.
 
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Don't know where you live , but just go to a spring shop and they can custom make any size u-bolt you want.
 
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if you can;t find a shop ballistic fab is where most of the guys here get there stuff, ESPECIALLY the SAS guys.

Ballistic Fabrication - Manufacturers of Precision Offroad Fabrication Supplies

U-bolt with nuts and washers

you will have to do some measurments for your thread size and height
 
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I got mine from Ruffstuff Specialties.
 
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Why ditch the shackle? Chances are you'll hate the AAL.
 
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right now i have belltech 6400 and a short aal, my fender flare and brand new tire are messed up from contacting the inner bedside, ive been told the shackels are moving my axel forward under flex and so i need to get rid of them, cant find expo spring and i dont have enough for skyjacker or deaver springs, even with the belltechs and aal i still want it a inch or so higher.
 
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Are you having trouble finding 3" blocks or just the u-bolts that will fit your axle?
 
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both, lol. i was trying to find a complete kit for what i need.
 
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I got my 2 inch blocks from suspension connection.

Lift Blocks - 3" cast iron lift blocks - pair
 
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look for f150 or bronco u bolts....that what i got mine from...
 
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just called superlift and a guy was telling me the axel tube diameter is 3 5/8? everywhere ive read says i need the 3.250 u bolts?
 
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does anyone know tye lenght of the ubolt and diameter for a 31 spline axel and how much longer id need for 3" blocks? anyone?
 
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the center pins should all be the same for Fords.

it's 3 1/4, superlift guy is wrong

order the ones from ballistic. they are super long and you cut off what you don't need
 
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Just a heads up, Ruffstuff is cheaper than Ballistic. I linked them in one of your other threads.
 
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And ballistic takes forever to get your stuff to you.......
 
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I've got the ruffstuff ones but they're not on the truck and they look like they're great quality stuff. Id just go with them.
 
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lol u wana sell them?
 
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lol u wana sell them?
DUDE! what are you waiting for. just order the damn things already. or you can make another repeat thing asking where to get them.
 
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must be that time of the month
 
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Originally Posted by 05Level2
must be that time of the month
Ok, in all honesty. Does it make sense to make 3 thread about ubolts and blocks, where a bunch of people have responded with legitimate answers and links to get what you want. All the information you could possibly need for your questions. Yet you still haven't ordered anything. What are you waiting for? Someone to drop in here and say "Hey, I have exactly what you are looking for for $10 shipped, you want?" Open up all the links that WE provided for you. Do some shopping, pic a site, and go for it. There is nothing else we can do for you.

Make sense? I'm not trying to b*tch you out. I'm just trying to make a logical point.
 
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^I was wondering when someone was gonna write that
 
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^I was wondering when someone was gonna write that
I posted up something similar and less winded in his classifieds version to. I mean, sh*t, how much more is there to say about u-bolts?! HAHA
 
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says the guy with the 2wd, not everyone is as smart as you.
 
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It's not as complicated as you're making it. Follow some links, all of your research is done, you just have to buy.
 
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