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. Conveniently the tractor bucket lifted them one at a time without issue, only problem is only having like 30 minutes of daylight when I get home...
The ratio of the rear end doesn’t make any difference, it’s purely the gears that are different. What matters is the type of axle (7.5” in your case, other rangers may have 8.8) and the vehicle it’s in. The vehicle is more important than I used to think, the axles are not all the same and some vehicles (explorer I think) sometimes have a slightly wider axle, and thus slightly wider axles shafts. As long as your specific year of ranger is listed, and it’s for a ford 7.5”, nothing else really matters.
All first gens through '90 have the same axles aside from chassis cabs that they made motorhomes out of and such... once they came out with the 4.0L they started having the 8.8" but had the same bearings and shafts... so for your needs it doesn't matter '83 through '92 as long as it's a Ranger axle shaft if you need one...
I’ve gotten into several arguments at parts stores because a lot list for the 8.8” rear bearings and seals for an F-150 8.8”, which are way lots of too big for the Ranger. Guess we are the only ones that know the Ranger 7.5 and 8.8 use the same bearings and seals… usually I get the parts store idiot that tries to tell me I don’t know what I’m working on when I tell them their computer is dead wrong on those parts…
Except they didn’t get the 2.3L either… just the 2.8 and 2.9 plus rumors of a factory test mule with a 4.0
This is part of why once I got a commercial account I stopped shopping around for the most part. When there’s a problem I just have to pick up the phone and call the store and they handle the legwork of getting a replacement to me. Not even do they replace the part, they will deliver the replacement and pick up the junk one. So what if I pay a little more, that’s less headache for me. I got real tired of the crap quality parts that’s out there and always having to harass companies during the usual work day when I’m trying to work to deal with a defective part.
Your issue is exactly why I quit loading up the parts canon and firing away. I bought all the proper electronic equipment to diagnoses such issues. I still get hung up from time to time, but eventually I figure it out before shooting loads of money at it in parts.
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