FordRanger1991
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So after a few years of watching other builds and trucks going up I decided to post a thread of my truck and my experiences.
This summer I was fortunate to take my ranger down to the Rubicon trail and attempt the drive through. The truck made it through... Just not always on her own power lol
2 Miles in the spider gears in that small 7.5 decided they didnt like the last year with the 4.0 and the 35 inch tires. The spiders basically blew up and shot a hole out of the back of the diff cover... That's awesome!! lol I know taking the 7.5 through the trail was probably not the best idea but my bro had make it through the Rubicon with his the previous year. I figured I would take it easy and just go slow. Well I did but the axle still didn't like it. After the rear blew up I exploded the left front hub and the right front axle shaft sheared off at the slip joint connection. Dead in the water... Next day welded up what was left of the spiders in the rear and took the front right hub and put it on the left. Was able to make it out of there in 3 wheel drive. As a side note my electric fan locked up and so I had to stop every 1 minute to let the truck cool... It sucked and I was pretty bummed lol so... Rubicon 1 me... well... 0 haha
So this is how the truck went into the rubicon... 4.56 gears 35 inch Km2s and a custom made solid axle from the dana 35
Here are some of the Rubicon... That brown ranger is my bros
After Cadillac Hill... Time to leave haha
I must say I was impressed with how well the dana 35 held up... the only reason I had the problems with the front is because I gave her everything she had while trying to make it through that trail in front wheel drive. That axle is plenty strong to run the 35's as long as you have something strong out back to do some pushing.
Here are the axles that will be going under her. I will be shortning them both to probably 1 inch longer than the stock axles to keep the truck street legal in Oregon. Of course I will still need fender flares and Mudflaps
This summer I was fortunate to take my ranger down to the Rubicon trail and attempt the drive through. The truck made it through... Just not always on her own power lol
2 Miles in the spider gears in that small 7.5 decided they didnt like the last year with the 4.0 and the 35 inch tires. The spiders basically blew up and shot a hole out of the back of the diff cover... That's awesome!! lol I know taking the 7.5 through the trail was probably not the best idea but my bro had make it through the Rubicon with his the previous year. I figured I would take it easy and just go slow. Well I did but the axle still didn't like it. After the rear blew up I exploded the left front hub and the right front axle shaft sheared off at the slip joint connection. Dead in the water... Next day welded up what was left of the spiders in the rear and took the front right hub and put it on the left. Was able to make it out of there in 3 wheel drive. As a side note my electric fan locked up and so I had to stop every 1 minute to let the truck cool... It sucked and I was pretty bummed lol so... Rubicon 1 me... well... 0 haha
So this is how the truck went into the rubicon... 4.56 gears 35 inch Km2s and a custom made solid axle from the dana 35
Here are some of the Rubicon... That brown ranger is my bros
After Cadillac Hill... Time to leave haha
I must say I was impressed with how well the dana 35 held up... the only reason I had the problems with the front is because I gave her everything she had while trying to make it through that trail in front wheel drive. That axle is plenty strong to run the 35's as long as you have something strong out back to do some pushing.
Here are the axles that will be going under her. I will be shortning them both to probably 1 inch longer than the stock axles to keep the truck street legal in Oregon. Of course I will still need fender flares and Mudflaps
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