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Which one should I take the front axle out of?

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Old Oct 7, 2009
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Which one should I take the front axle out of?

I'm probably thinking to much on this, and I know I'm already taking a chance when buying something used, but I wanted to know what you guys thought would be the better one to take it out of. They both have 4.10 gears also, everytime I go back there they are in a different spot so not sure if this plays into anything.

First is an 03 with 83,000 miles on it, no front end damage:
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um.. the first one? kinda obvious
 
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Haha yea that should be pretty obvious. Front end damage VS no front end damage?
 
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send me that hood while your at it!
 
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DWB hood on YZ? GO FOR IT!
 
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Ya it is sorta obvious, but when I was looking at them in person they both looked just as bad, just wasn't sure. Well I guess I'll take the one out of the 03. Thanks guys.
 
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Originally Posted by God,Country,FORD
send me that hood while your at it!
Shipping might be a little pricey lol. But it does have some cool gauges:
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What year is that E250 in the background?
 
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What year is that E250 in the background?
Not sure, do you need anything off of it? I'll ask tomorrow when i go back over there.
 
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Originally Posted by cchsbuzz19
Not sure, do you need anything off of it? I'll ask tomorrow when i go back over there.
I need the steering shaft, from the firewall to the steering box. Plan to use it for my SAS, but can't find a junked e250 anywhere. Would appreciate it if you could see if the shaft is still there.

Heres what I need it for if you're unsure of the part.
https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...rs-toyota.html
 
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I'm sure the steering shaft is still there. I'll look for you and see how much they want for it.
 
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Cool man, thanks a bunch.
 
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Yea, I'd also have to agree on the first one... And if you were in Canada I'd ask you to get that cluster from that one.

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Originally Posted by cchsbuzz19




MAKES ME CRY A LITTLE!!! It's my truck stock and wrecked. :-((
 
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You can also use an explorer front axle too... I'm running a sport trac axle in the front of mine. Might be able to get less miles too....never know.


DWB is rare on '03's too. I want those gauges!!
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
MAKES ME CRY A LITTLE!!! It's my truck stock and wrecked. :-((
I thought of your truck when I saw this. I'm gonna get a price on those gauges and probably take them out, somebody is already interested in them but if he ends up not getting it, you can be 2nd in line if you want.
 
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you should go ahead and find me a steering shaft from an e250 as well

k thanks lol
 
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Can you go back and take pics of the seats and interior pieces of the DWB '03? If it has my seats in it, i'm gonna be PISSSSED!!! lol. ***** that lil wrecked DWB out mang!
 
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why not get an explorer axle?
 
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why not get an explorer axle?
Why does it matter? They're the same.
 
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Originally Posted by RazorsEDGE
Why does it matter? They're the same.
Didn't you know that the front axle in an explorer is 31 spline aswell?
 
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I'm pretty sure the Ranger's front axle will be fine. don't be making me second guess my purchase lol.
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
Can you go back and take pics of the seats and interior pieces of the DWB '03? If it has my seats in it, i'm gonna be PISSSSED!!! lol. ***** that lil wrecked DWB out mang!
I'll be back there tomorrow, so i'll take some more pictures of it. What do your seats look like now cause i can tell you right now if they're like yours.
 
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do they by chance have another late model e250 with a steering shaft? im looking for one too. also, i dont know how much it would cost to ship, but i have a front axle with 4.10 that im selling for cheap. it has 40,000 miles on it. the only thing it needs is new seals.
 
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Originally Posted by RazorsEDGE
Why does it matter? They're the same.
Oh, I took some pictures of the steering shafts out of the E250, the green one in the background was a 150, they only had one 250, out of the like 5 econolines that they had. Pics are uploading as we speak.
 
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