Just like no set of front springs were designed for the front of a ranger, It doesnt matter what springs he uses. A leaf spring is a leaf spring. He just has to find a set that works. A ranger leaf pack with a extra leaf or two in it would work really well for the front. Specially if he doenst have to spend any money on them.

 

Back to the subject. I saw a Ranger online on one of these sites that had used the stock Ranger springs in the front. He had to extend the front out close to the end or beyond the end of the frame because they are so long. Using these longer springs also hurts your approach angle. I would (and did) use the Waggy leafs.

As far as flex, Jey's truck (Waggy leafs) flexed like a mother, if you need more than that I would suggest coilovers.

 

Anyone wanting me to get an F150 and gut the front end.. send me money i'll give ya my paypal
Anyone wanting me to run coils, see above
Anyone saying coil-over see both the above

all of you that say Leaves dont flex well? i'm guessing you've never seen some of the stuff i've seen in action, especially the Long Travel... up to 24"!!! of Travel my friend has upwards of 26 out of his...

when the time comes i'll probably get rid of the leaves and link it with coil overs but for nowwwww..... i dont see that happening
see above, send me the $$$ to do coils and i'll get right on it

someone backs me up.. how about once i get it running, spooled rear ARB front with All Pro LT Leaves all around.. post it up in action and then yall can bash the leaves all you want... even with the amount i'll get them twisted up

i doubt its 80% in the higher classes.. whats the first guy running? oh yea those are things called air shocks.... the new thing i see on a TON of rock buggies
those buggies were 50k+ buggies probably closer to 100k and above... im sorry, but "your" bronco is no rock crawling beast.. im not saying my truck is either though

see #1.. i have an old E250 at my disposal with leaves under it right now...

go ahead and send me the whole front end of an F250, steering, and suspension and i'll make it work

and if i was gonna go Coils right now i would do it RIGHT.. not use the stock radius arms.. thats a quick easyier way

how abouttttt i get an extra leaf or 2 to compensate for the engine eh?
i think that would work
and it seems that you like to argue. my thread blew the **** up...



can ANYONE answer my most question from back on page 1? can i get away without high steer?

preferable without blabbing on about how leafs are a waste of time and i NEED to do coils because they ride better!? I DONT DRIVE A ****IN CADDY!!!! its gonna be on SWAMPERS and STEELIES and i have OPEN EXHAUST... i gave up on comfort a LONGGGG time ago

leafs will take my beating and come back for more... with a 4 link theres that many more joints and area to go wrong on the trail..

 

F-250 has the same suspension has an E-250......


stock F-150 radius arms are more than enough for a Ranger.....they are plenty long enough, no reason to run extended F-150 radius arms on a Ranger.....

 

I don't see a problem with doing leaves. 90 percent of the trucks that "run" around here run leaves. Think about it, 250's come stock with front leaves...is that a problem?

Be custom, do your thing, run the ranger leaves in the front!!! It will work. Torch and a welder, thats all you need

 

you can run with out highsteer depending on your lift, but you will most likely have some bumpsteer.

 

hey does your axle have the steering linkage on it?

what about high steer? i can ask my connections at work if he has any thing. idk about waggy leafs but ill try

 

you wanna bet?
are you saying there are coils and radius arms under that trucK

plenty as in? what
do extended ones allow for better travel? fif so then why would i not want them? im sorry my truck sees rocks and dirt

 

yea i figured i would have to hang the axle and then deal with steering...

yep, its a complete van, engine, tranny, tcase, driveshafts, axles... what i need to check on is if the D44 is a HP axle or not...

its in some grass and stuff i can go look under it and get better info tomorrow

 

get some pics. i am interested in what the rear driveshaft looks like. lol

 

aight.. if i dont have anything better to do tomorrow i'll go climb under it... you interesting in buying it?
if i can get the engine going, i think is a 5.0 i'll sell that, i'll be selling the t-case.. then scrapping the truck and getting my money back on it lol


if i can get it to run i want to black out the windows and spray "free candy" on the side and see how long it takes to get pulled over hehe
then probably thrown in jail for intending on raping some little girl..... maybe thats not such a good idea eh?

 

get some GIANT 64" springs all around.. that would be fun haha

 

i want candy

 

lol no not a good idea at all! lol

no i am interested to see if a driveshaft like that will work for my truck with the D60.

I want to get a shaft made like the front one, nice, small, and solid.

 

there are probably 40 pages on pirate of posters like that... 90% of them would get me banned for posting lol

my front's gonna be 1/4" or thicker walled square tubing tubing

the rear for now will just be the stock DS with a different u joint haha

 

F250 is leaf suspension, same as the van.

 

[QUOTE]there are probably 40 pages on pirate of posters like that... 90% of them would get me banned for posting lol/QUOTE]

Pull the link for me

 

Get a set of stock 7 leaf pack leaves from a waggy then spring over the front axle. Ive personally seen this done on a explorer and the guy was runnin 37s with no problem. Im in process of doing this now as I exploded both CV shafts the other day. I got a HP 44 from a waggy and Im gonna be runnin leaves. Its alot simpler to set up than coils and I drive offroad so I could care less what it rides like on the road. Function before form. I was told on another forum that not running a high steer up front will create clearance issues with the diff. Not 100% sure myself. Save ya alot of money if you didnt have to. Good Luck with the swap.

 

and you're the winner

exactly

 

 

You can get away w/o doing HiSteer, but most people (who have had both Hi/Low) say it is worth the $ do do it right the first time. If you don't do Hi Steer you will probably need to bend the drag link on a SOA setup.

"I was told on another forum that not running a high steer up front will create clearance issues with the diff"
What clearance issues are you talking about?

"I got a HP 44 from a waggy" - ?

 

Sometimes you have problems getting the draglink to fit with leafs

And Im with Nate there is no HP 44 from a waggy, only LP.

 

Theres a guy over on the explorer forums that did a SAS on a 01sport like mine. He told me that he had trouble with the steering linkage hitting the diff housing under flex. And as far as the axle goes I bought it off a friend of mine in PA. I know for certain that its a 44. It very well could be LP it hasnt arrived yet. Im just going by what he told me. Either way its goin on. After what happened to me the other day I dont trust this IFS crap anymore.

 

i've broke 5? 6? idk i've lost count.. thats why im doing this as soon as i can.

 

ok
its not happening for under a grand haha
i wishhh

i was looking around all pro at the shackles and hangers and ****.. thats over 500 alone if im adding it all up right and getting the right amounts.. probably not i'll have my friend look over it since he's had to order all of it

and since its gonna be costing more than i would like... then i'm going to go ahead and use the LT leaves from the get go.