Kyle M's Ranger Rebuild

[Kyle M.]

Small update build related, got the rest of my parts today, now I just need a locker, rims and tires and I am swaping tons.

Gears (5.38's), seals, U joints

Ruffstuff order, diff covers, disk brake swap brackets, shock tabs, sping priches and track bar mounts.

My weld on wedges and new bushings

and the new to me Ford 205

Then a couple of my trashed box....it isn't looking good. Hope I find a new one soon lol

Then the trailer tire blew on me yesterday, I wonder if going 85 trying to catch up with CTB2 so we could moon him had anything to do with it?? LOL, it blew out just as we got next to him....mission accomplished.

 

[Josh40601]

Josh.....



And that is about it. They are about 50" to 52" from center of axle to center of heim IIRC, I will measure if you want me to

you. are. the. fawking. man.

 

[railman]

funny thing.....I don't feel so bad about my bed now

maybe a tube bed should be in your future.....

l8r, John

 

[kris97ranger]

nooooo bedsides again! with a skeleton under them it should stay looking like a truck

EDIT: ah yes and by the way you look like you have waaay too much fun wheeling (if its possible) and if i wasnt so far away id say im down for a wheeling trip ive always wanted to go to the badlands... 12 hours drive

 

[wahlstrom1]

Thats my plan, skinning a tube ebd with fiberglass bedsides. Pull them for wheelin, and run them on the street.

 

[crawlin91]

That's a nice pile of parts.

Will the new wedges work with your current radius arms?

 

[bull90]

just what i need! send that over my way

ill be doing the same! gears and diff protection!

 

[CheapThrillB2]

That's a nice pile of parts.

Will the new wedges work with your current radius arms?

Yeah, just have to shave them a bit to fit the D60 tubes. Then the arms will bolt on just like they did on the D44.

 

[escort_gts]

Looks like you had fun at Bundy Hill. I need to get busy on my truck and get it finished so I can make it up there soon.

 

[Kyle M.]

nooooo bedsides again! with a skeleton under them it should stay looking like a truck

EDIT: ah yes and by the way you look like you have waaay too much fun wheeling (if its possible) and if i wasnt so far away id say im down for a wheeling trip ive always wanted to go to the badlands... 12 hours drive

Never have too much fun lol. It has gotten better since I got a tow rig and trailer. I wish I could keep it looking nice but trails and rocks and me being easily egged on....not a good combo. Lol, I should learn how to say no sometimes

I'm not sure how much work I want to put into a bed being it is so pron to damage. Best option for me is to have removable bed sides bit that seems like a lot of effort for nothing. It is just going on the trails, so o gotta decide what I wanna do. Tube will last and be easy, just not the look I want, I don't know, time will tell.

That's a nice pile of parts.

Will the new wedges work with your current radius arms?

Thanks!

Yup, like CTB2 says you just open them up a bit to fit on the tubes. These one already fit on the tubes, but I still might take some off them so the spread between them is the same as it would be on the 44, you know so the caps bolt down tight.

 

[Bray D]

Lookin good Kyle!

 

[Kyle M.]

Thanks man! We are gonna have to plan a trip some time.

 

[Boggin]

Small update build related, got the rest of my parts today, now I just need a locker, rims and tires and I am swaping tons.

Gears (5.38's), seals, U joints

Ruffstuff order, diff covers, disk brake swap brackets, shock tabs, sping priches and track bar mounts.

My weld on wedges and new bushings

and the new to me Ford 205

niceeeeeeeeeeeeee

Then the trailer tire blew on me yesterday, I wonder if going 85 trying to catch up with CTB2 so we could moon him had anything to do with it?? LOL, it blew out just as we got next to him....mission accomplished.

youve been raped.


i mean repped..

 

[Bray D]

Thanks man! We are gonna have to plan a trip some time.

Absolutely. Are you guys comin down for the UMC at the badlands? July 22-24.

 

[Kyle M.]

Absolutely. Are you guys comin down for the UMC at the badlands? July 22-24.

I'm not going, but some guys are I think. Maybe sometime late summer or early fall.