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i just joined joined i have a 2004 ranger fx4 xlt 4.0 with a 2.5" leveling kit ( torsion keys ) that only made the front to high whats the best safest and possibly cheapest way to level the rear with the front and im trying to figure out how to convert my hubs to locking hubs?? sorry to start off with so many questions.
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i just joined joined i have a 2004 ranger fx4 xlt 4.0 with a 2.5" leveling kit ( torsion keys ) that only made the front to high whats the best safest and possibly cheapest way to level the rear with the front and im trying to figure out how to convert my hubs to locking hubs?? sorry to start off with so many questions.
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if you want to level your truck, there is a bolt, facing upwards, through a hole in the guards, covering your keys, under neath each seat, tighten that, it will level your truck out... on your 04, there is no need to put new keys in... if you really want to, you can buy longer bolts (bolt mentioned above) and tighten them up, but it will make your suspension up front (ball joints, tie rod ends, cv shafts, ect, wear out faster, as for the rear, there are 3 things you can do, shackles, everyone on here, use 2.5" lowering shackles from a chevy (a chevy's shackles are upside down compared to ours, so a longer shackle will lower theirs, and will raise ours... you can do an add a leaf, or a block under the spring... a lot of people will choose to do all 3 at some point or another... and do them in that order... i would say the shackle would be the easiest, and is going to be my first choice when i need to lift the back end
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Again you would have to switch to the older style unit bearings, steering knuckles and CVs. Not worth it in my book just to have a weaker manual locking hub.
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what i would like to do to the truck is lift it w/out a suspension kit i just dont have the money and it seems there are plenty of ways to raise the rear because i do want the truck higher than stock but without touching the torsion bars and if i were to put the stock torsion keys back how would i make the front level with the back after raising the rear any where from 1.5"- 2.5"?
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what i would like to do to the truck is lift it w/out a suspension kit i just dont have the money and it seems there are plenty of ways to raise the rear because i do want the truck higher than stock but without touching the torsion bars and if i were to put the stock torsion keys back how would i make the front level with the back after raising the rear any where from 1.5"- 2.5"?
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i heard body lifts were not good for a vehicle and the bolts that you speak of would that not have anything to do with the torsion bars and in doing that if i were to get the shackles would my rear be higher lower or pref. level after tightening these bolts
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You can't get Warn hubs for the pulse vacuum hub setup which is what he would have to swap to. He would be stuck with AVM hubs which are weak. People brake them all the time and also the CV itself is held on by a plastic clip instead of a CV nut like the live axle trucks. Finally live axle trucks like yours don't have hubs at all. I know what I'm talking about dude. I don't just pull this out of my @ss.
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Yes, tightening the adjustment bolts affect the torsion bars. You could set the shackles on the middle setting to net 1.5" of lift. You should be able to get 1" to 1.5" in the front. So it should be fairly level.
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You can't get Warn hubs for the pulse vacuum hub setup which is what he would have to swap to. He would be stuck with AVM hubs which are weak. People brake them all the time and also the CV itself is held on by a plastic clip instead of a CV nut like the live axle trucks. Finally live axle trucks like yours don't have hubs at all. I know what I'm talking about dude. I don't just pull this out of my @ss.
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You can't get Warn hubs for the pulse vacuum hub setup which is what he would have to swap to. He would be stuck with AVM hubs which are weak. People brake them all the time and also the CV itself is held on by a plastic clip instead of a CV nut like the live axle trucks. Finally live axle trucks like yours don't have hubs at all. I know what I'm talking about dude. I don't just pull this out of my @ss.
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