97RangerDanger123
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- 1997
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- Ford
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been reading fourms for years but this my first post to a fourm ever, so dont kill me guys and gals.
1997 ranger xlt 4x4 3.0 208k miles, automatic hubs for now.
1. 4x4 didnt work when i tried it the other day so i took the auto hubs off and cleaned em up with brake cleaner and found them to look different, no chunks of gears or anything but the passanger side is definantly toast, its missing the whole middle gear. so im buying new hubs and they will be manual locking warn hubs.
2. I lifted the truck off the ground with the front tires off to check and make sure everything was spinning and working correct before i purchase my hubs and conversion kit (going manual). Passenger side everything spins and works great. drivers side not so much, i put the truck in 4hi and 1st gear and released the clutch and let it idle, the whole drivers axle seems to be in a bind it only spins when i help twist it by hand. also it spun a tiny bit when i gave it a little gas.
3. no weird noises or anything when its in 4x4 or anything, it just dosent want to spin on the passengers side, it feels bound up or something, i tried 4hi and 4lo and gave it a little gas and nothing really, and im curious what i should do in this situation. thanks for your help.
1997 ranger xlt 4x4 3.0 208k miles, automatic hubs for now.
1. 4x4 didnt work when i tried it the other day so i took the auto hubs off and cleaned em up with brake cleaner and found them to look different, no chunks of gears or anything but the passanger side is definantly toast, its missing the whole middle gear. so im buying new hubs and they will be manual locking warn hubs.
2. I lifted the truck off the ground with the front tires off to check and make sure everything was spinning and working correct before i purchase my hubs and conversion kit (going manual). Passenger side everything spins and works great. drivers side not so much, i put the truck in 4hi and 1st gear and released the clutch and let it idle, the whole drivers axle seems to be in a bind it only spins when i help twist it by hand. also it spun a tiny bit when i gave it a little gas.
3. no weird noises or anything when its in 4x4 or anything, it just dosent want to spin on the passengers side, it feels bound up or something, i tried 4hi and 4lo and gave it a little gas and nothing really, and im curious what i should do in this situation. thanks for your help.