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Apr 27, 2009

97-4x4ranger

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From: moses lake, washington

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i was wonderin cause my truck was totalled and then rebuilt and i was wonderin if a 97 would have the full ifs or did they still have that twin i-beam set up ford had?

Apr 28, 2009

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A 97 4wd uses TTB(Twin Traction Beam) suspension. Basically its I beams but one beam houses the diff.

Apr 28, 2009

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Rangers got the d35 TTB (4wd) and TIB (2wd) up til 98

f-150's also got the same setup in a d50 TTB (4wd) and TIB (2wd) up til 97.

Apr 28, 2009

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You do have a form of IFS up front, but generally it's not called an IFS...IFS is usually used with twin a-arm type suspensions.

What the others said is right, you have a Twin Traction Beam type of IFS.