What did you do to your 2019 and up Ranger today?

[Tbow2025]

I'm struggling right now to get the rack and pinion out. I've got it all un hooked. Justcan'tt get the steering knuckle attachment point around the front diff. I've been fighting it for about 45 mins. It's kicking my butt haha. Guess I'm fixing to take the diff loose. I mean I need about a 1/4" to clear it. I've rotated and lifted both end up and down with no luck.

I didn’t get a call.

 

[Robert Mangrum]

I didn’t get a call.

Ive got it loose and out now haha. Hopefully the install will go a lot smoother. I appreciate the offer though. Its been a learning experience to say the least.

 

[Robert Mangrum]

Ive got it loose and out now haha. Hopefully the install will go a lot smoother. I appreciate the offer though. Its been a learning experience to say the least. View attachment 140579

Oh thise sticker are meant for the rack haha

 

[Tbow2025]

Oh thise sticker are meant for the rack haha

I figured as much

 

[superj]

i put gas on yesterday and a guy stopped and talked to me about rangers for 20 minutes. he asked all kinds of questions and said he was looking at a 22 to use as a hardware store truck.

that led to army stuff because i have a 3d ID and 24th ID sticker on the back window and it turns out he was in 3rd ID also, just a different brigade on the west coast and he was pilot.

so that was cool. it turns out he is the lead for the engineers that support my area on base. i had seen his name on tons of things but never met him in person

 

[Snoranger]

It wasn’t today, it was actually a few days ago…
I installed new wiper blades.

Then I handed the keyfob to my daughter and let her drive it for the first time.

 

[sgtsandman]

I still have the vibration after stopping at the tire shop the other day. I'm suspecting they didn't do a dang thing and charged me for my trouble like they did. I took the suspected tire off and threw it in the bed and put the tire that is supposed to be this year's spare in it's place. If it solves the problem, someone is going to get a ear full. I still have a TPMS issue with one tire that they said there was nothing wrong with it and tried to blame it on the truck computer. Funny how the fault moved with the tire I told them was having a problem. Needless to say, I won't be going to them anymore after this, if I'm right on the tire imbalance.

 

[JohnnyO]

I still have the vibration after stopping at the tire shop the other day. I'm suspecting they didn't do a dang thing and charged me for my trouble like they did. I took the suspected tire off and threw it in the bed and put the tire that is supposed to be this year's spare in it's place. If it solves the problem, someone is going to get a ear full. I still have a TPMS issue with one tire that they said there was nothing wrong with it and tried to blame it on the truck computer. Funny how the fault moved with the tire I told them was having a problem. Needless to say, I won't be going to them anymore after this, if I'm right on the tire imbalance.

When I had a vibration that didn't go away after multiple wheel balancings, I found it was the rear shocks that were blown.

 

[JohnnyO]

Dropped the Ranger off at the body shop this morning. Had a minor fender bender a few weeks ago.
You have to look close to even notice the damage but it needs a new bumper, grille, and lower grille.
My rental is a new F-150 Supercrew. Thing is freaking yuge. Won't even fit in my driveway. Yet I actually feel cramped compared to the Ranger because the console is so wide.

 

[Robert Mangrum]

I drove it home for the first time in over a week. It was glorious. I appreciated the use of the Transit van but man it's nice to be back in my truck. "New to me" rack and pinion installed. And working. Haha

 

[sgtsandman]

When I had a vibration that didn't go away after multiple wheel balancings, I found it was the rear shocks that were blown.

We'll see what tomorrow's commute is like. I didn't really go anywhere for there to be enough road speed to definitively have fixed the problem this evening. That being said, the vibration has been definitely in the rear and it didn't happen until I had taken the ATs off and installed the MTs. Any time I swap tires, I rotate them. So what was the spare last year, on a brand new set of tires, became the right rear tire. I did not have any vibration problems last year with those same tires. So, the only thing that changed was the spare being moved to the right rear and the right front becoming the spare.

I have noted that I have been having more and more problems with the staff at the tire shop as time has gone on. Questioning why I wanted a 5th TMPS sensor. Questioning the size of tires I've chosen. Questioning me on why I was even getting new TPMS sensors. Blowing me off when I told them there was an issue with a TPMS sensor and which tire it was. Now the vibration issue. I have been getting tires for multiple vehicles from them for years and they have it all right in there records when they pull up my information. My money will spend just fire somewhere else.

 

[JohnnyO]

We'll see what tomorrow's commute is like. I didn't really go anywhere for there to be enough road speed to definitively have fixed the problem this evening. That being said, the vibration has been definitely in the rear and it didn't happen until I had taken the ATs off and installed the MTs. Any time I swap tires, I rotate them. So what was the spare last year, on a brand new set of tires, became the right rear tire. I did not have any vibration problems last year with those same tires. So, the only thing that changed was the spare being moved to the right rear and the right front becoming the spare.

I have noted that I have been having more and more problems with the staff at the tire shop as time has gone on. Questioning why I wanted a 5th TMPS sensor. Questioning the size of tires I've chosen. Questioning me on why I was even getting new TPMS sensors. Blowing me off when I told them there was an issue with a TPMS sensor and which tire it was. Now the vibration issue. I have been getting tires for multiple vehicles from them for years and they have it all right in there records when they pull up my information. My money will spend just fire somewhere else.

After a while I noticed that the vibration worse on some roads than others, which I thought was odd.
I-79 and I-279 bad. PA Turnpike good.
Try Smallwood Tire over by my house. Been going there for years, good people. Tell them you know me.