Right now rough lol. I need to lift it about another 3-4 inches. Every little bump she bottoms out and hits the engine mount. but other then that she is pretty good. The only thing that I can say that I would like is a sway bar of some kind. other then that she perfect.

 

damn, looks good man! and that pic def clears up and speculation to the axle being off. Had a chance to test it out yet?

 

No i need to put gears in to it and a front drive shaft. Be mid to end of september she will be flexed out.

 

no, your axle still isnt centered. the pumpkin isnt in the middle...


LOL

 

Bumper isn't centered to the fenders... I saw that before and took note. What I'm looking at is how far the tire sticks out past the corner light.

***. Even after the new pic, I still don't think it's centered but I'm dropping it. He says it's centered, so I just gotta go by what he says.

 

I will take pics for you tonight with a tape measure

 

wat?! im super duper cereal bro!

if it was centered right, the pumkin would be right under the ford emblem and both tires would be PERFECTLY (in length) outside the fenders and the steering bar thingamajig would be on either both sides or in the center, and the steering box would be infront of the pulley assembly but behind the radiator and the steering wheel would be in the center like a mclaren.



thats wat shane wants...and even that axle isnt centered!! ohhh nooooosss!


/end LOL

 

Randy thank you for clarifying that. I dont why Shane did not just say that in the first place

 

cuz hes got the mind of a turtle. wise but......hard to interprate....lol

 

o... well thats good to know for future reference

 

Hey just wondering if I can use a jeep drive shaft on my ranger now that the front axle has been pushed ahead. I know some guys have dont it just not sure how far forward they pushed there axle.

 

i just used an explorer shaft and lengthened it at first......but now its all square.

youz gots teh coilz so you can use just the explorer shaft and lengthen it and it should work just fine for you....well as long as you got a manual tcase and a 1310 ujoint up front lol

 

ya, swap the tcase would be a good IDea.. front yoke to the least. or get a dshaft made witht he neapco adapter... cheapest route would definatly be the yoke.. if you can find a manual case for cheap, I'd go that route.

 

ya i have the electronic t case an d no clue what u joint i have

 

Ya thats the trick finding a used 1354M tcase that someone will actually sell. lol

 

lol. good luck with the adapter....thers very few out there from my last search before i bought my manual tcase.

carpart.com....find one or search the pick n pulls....or upulls...in my area i can find one like once a week.

maybe......i should find one....get you the output....and get me some spare planetarys to play with lol...

just a thought.

 

I have a guy here who says he can build a brand new shaft with adapter included for 250$.. that's a pretty good price for a brand new dshaft.. maybe just get the adapter and run a explorer dshaft..

Chris you don't have a yoke in the Tcase front now.. it's a CV type yoke.

 

not bad at all.

 

Ya ok but i assumed that the u joint was only on the axle side of the shaft.

 

ah, well on the axle side it's a 1310 ujoint..

 

Does the jeep and explorer shaft have the same CV

 

not CV. It's a double cardan joint on the Tcase end. I can't remember if it's a flange or yoke tho, it's been a while since I used one. the size of the ujoint differs on the year. if it's a pre 95 I'm pretty sure they are 1330 joints which are a bit weaker due to the extra length on the cross, as compared to a 1310, but have the same size caps. Post 95 explorers use teh 1310 style ujoints..

Don't quote me on this tho.. maybe someone here can chime in and confirm.

the Jeep XJ, TJ and some ZJ shafts are double cardan shafts with 1310 joints. they require a yoke at the tcase not a flange.

 

ok seen

 

IDK what trans you've got Reader, but I'd look into swapping in a manual Tcase from a '90-97 RBV. They'll have the 1310 adaptor already there....but you CANNOT go wrong with a manual tcase. 4wd anytime, all the time. And you can get it in and out of 4L faster than the next guy with the switch can get it into 4H.


bighair: 90-97's are all 1310. 1330 is rear shaft stuff from '98 on. Back to the front, the 1350 cases found in '89 and earlier are spline shafts.

 

Ya I am starting to look around for a manual Tcase. Been wanting one for a while now. And the shift motor is starting to look like a foot ball. Last thing I want or need is that thing going when I am driving in a snowstorm or something. So if you know anyone with a BW 1354M Let me know.