So my landlord has an '02 Ford Ranger edge 4x2 112"wb 3.0L Manual transmission he had been looking everywhere for drive shaft if they bought it at the auction and it didn't have one in it when it got it so anyway he was telling me about it and I've done body work all my life so me being me said I'll get you a drive shaft that shouldn't be a problem at all well come to find out it's not as easy as I thought it would be I've ordered one well I've ordered four different ones now and none of them have been right I'm about to go nuts trying to find this something as simple as a drive shaft for darn Ranger! On a '02 model they are one piece drive shafts right cuz everyone I've gotten so far has either been way too short or like a foot too short and just ain't nothing that I've ordered so far been right it's just driving me insane I don't know where else to turn to then talking to Cunningham Brothers and they've sent me a couple of them and of course they've all been wrong so told him I'd try to find something out and let him know so...... Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance

 

Are you sure it's an "Edge"?

A 4x2 Edge has torsion bar front suspension and sits higher than a regular 4x2 with front coil springs.

 

Any update?

 

Manual transmissions have a longer driveshaft than automatics due to the manual transmissions being shorter in length. You're likely ending up with automatic shafts and that's why they're too short.

4x4 driveshafts are the same between manual/automatic, but that doesn't apply here.