BlackBII's white ranger

[85_Ranger4x4]

Looks like you're tired of wandering aimlessly in a Ranger.

Hey now, your sig is kinda putting me in a bad light.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Who can guess what this is all for?

Steering! What do I win?

 

[Curious Hound]

Building a k-link super runner style setup. Using that sector shaft and pitman arm as an idler arm.

Ingenious!

 

[BlackBII]

Yeah by using the same pitman arm for both the idler arm and pitman arm it'll make it easier to get them perfectly parallel.

This upcoming weekend I am going to pull the front axle out and get the superlift drop brackets in place so I can build some radius arms and start on the steering linkages.

Using "1 ton GM" tie rods and 1.5" DOM may be serious overkill for a Dana 35 with 32" all terrains, but it's only marginally more expensive to overbuild it.

 

[BlackBII]

Oh snap

 

[BlackBII]

Who doesn't love a good gusset or three? Also cut off the 5.5 hole.

According some old threads, the Skyjacker 136's sit at around 15" at ride height. Looks like I might be okay using the 4" Superlift hole with the 6" Skyjacker coils.

 

[BlackBII]

Radius arm mounts and transmission crossmember

 

[BlackBII]

Just need a little grinding and they'll be done. Time to sort out a cross member

 

[BlackBII]

Crossmember

 

[BlackBII]

Tomorrow I'll connect the dots. Radius arm is going to be quite long

 

[Curious Hound]

Long is goooooood.

[emoji4]

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[BlackBII]

Set the caster angle and welded up the arms. Also started cleaning up the passenger side beam

 

[BlackBII]

Today I remembered why I never did the u-joints on the axle shafts -- It's a pain in the arse.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Today I remembered why I never did the u-joints on the axle shafts -- It's a pain in the arse.

It might be easier to do one shaft at a time.

 

[BlackBII]

It might be easier to do one shaft at a time.