RangerJoey
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- 1999
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Hi,
I'm looking to buy new axles & bearings to convert from a PVH setup on a 1999 to the live axle setup found on 2001 and later models. I'm going new and finding all sorts of issues.
Short of it is this article mentions taking the axle and bearings from a '95-01 Explorer and swapping them in the 1998-2000 Rangers. First thing I noticed is that the Hubs listed for the 01-02 have different part numbers than those listed from 2003+ Rangers. Looking at Timken's site, the mounting setup on the 01-02s are almost a half inch bigger in diameter than the 2003+. The '95-01 Explorers and 1998-2000 Rangers look like they share the same diameter as the 2003+ models.
At that point, I figured I'd look under 2005 or something on RockAuto, get the bearings and axle, right? But I compared the axles too. The '95-01 Explorer axles are shared with 01-02 Rangers but then there are different axle numbers beginning in 2003+.
I know there was a new knuckle introduced in 2003, but what I'm not understanding is how folks have success with donor vehicles. Like if I went to a scrapyard and pulled everything from a '02 Ranger, it sounds like the bearing would be too big for the 99 spindle but the axle would be on point. But if I found a '06 Ranger, the bearings would work but the axle might not. Am I missing something here?
I'm looking to buy new axles & bearings to convert from a PVH setup on a 1999 to the live axle setup found on 2001 and later models. I'm going new and finding all sorts of issues.
Short of it is this article mentions taking the axle and bearings from a '95-01 Explorer and swapping them in the 1998-2000 Rangers. First thing I noticed is that the Hubs listed for the 01-02 have different part numbers than those listed from 2003+ Rangers. Looking at Timken's site, the mounting setup on the 01-02s are almost a half inch bigger in diameter than the 2003+. The '95-01 Explorers and 1998-2000 Rangers look like they share the same diameter as the 2003+ models.
At that point, I figured I'd look under 2005 or something on RockAuto, get the bearings and axle, right? But I compared the axles too. The '95-01 Explorer axles are shared with 01-02 Rangers but then there are different axle numbers beginning in 2003+.
I know there was a new knuckle introduced in 2003, but what I'm not understanding is how folks have success with donor vehicles. Like if I went to a scrapyard and pulled everything from a '02 Ranger, it sounds like the bearing would be too big for the 99 spindle but the axle would be on point. But if I found a '06 Ranger, the bearings would work but the axle might not. Am I missing something here?