Kyle M's Ranger Rebuild

[bull90]

go big or go home! go even bigger and get a 60 i found my axle pair for 400$ and im pretty sure i wont need to spend money on them for a while with my 4.0L pushing them
but really you can find deals if you look hard enough! ohh and the saying goes. go big or walk home! ahaha trail breakage wont be a issue with beef!

 

[Andres629]

+2 for stability!

 

[Josh40601]

FW is for lazy people... Shorten it, it aint like your running a full size truck...

Really?

 

[kroussinoffroad]

+3 stability. really lookin forward to puttin fullwidth's on my truck altho the B2 project is what really needs the stability

 

[CheapThrillB2]

FW is for lazy people... Shorten it, it aint like your running a full size truck...

Cool your going for the HP though, good choice...

 

[ozziemo27]

FW is for lazy people...

I lost braincells reading that.

 

[Kyle M.]

I knew that one was gonna catch some slack!


If I go full width I will only abouty 1" wider than I am now anyway. And there is nothing lazy about doing it, still alot of work!

You do a SAS on your truck and say you are lazy....it's a lot of work!

 

[meatheaded nucklebuster]

Ha Ha lazy? yeah ok. I would do the work for the hp44, worth it in the long run. You should go over to pirate in the vender section. I got yukon gear set for my hp44 for $115 and a carrier for $52

 

[Kyle M.]

Been kinda doing nothing with the truck for the last couple of weeks, still waiting to hear if I am gonna get warranty or not.

I did manage to strip the new HP housing tonight so I am get it under the truck one of these days, I am a little disappointed, I was told it had 4.10 gears in it, but it had 3.50 gears. Now I still have to buy a new carrier, o-well. Next week I am gonna start buying parts to start the axle swap, putting the HP in front and the explorer axle in the rear. Prolly gonna inboard the springs on the rear and build a anti wrap, drive shaft guard also.

Something else, I cut my sliders off the truck, time for some new ones, ones that hold air......

I will update when I have more to show!

 

[railman]

will be waiting patiently

l8r, John

 

[Josh40601]

will be waiting patiently

l8r, John

what he said

 

[bobbywalter]

This is why low pinions are bad news up front..

High pinion time!

thats why running dana 44's up front





....bah forget it.



look at this fuggin thing.....dana 44.......bad idea...high or low pinion without 35 splince rcv shafts and killer knuckles

 

[bobbywalter]

yes. amazing isnt it.

 

[Kyle M.]

thats why running dana 44's up front





....bah forget it.



look at this fuggin thing.....dana 44.......bad idea...high or low pinion without 35 splince rcv shafts and killer knuckles

It this good or bad??? Not quite sure where you are going with all of this.... LOL

I will have a 1 ton rig one day, till then I will run 36" tires and chromo shafts

 

[RacinNdrummin]

Oh Cmon you guys... you turned the point I was trying to make into something it wasnt meant to be...Your all spending too much time over at pirate

Obviously FW is more stable, but at the same time, what are your priorities??

If you like hitting the trails I like hitting, you aint gonna do it with FW axles... now if your into Crawling and thats it... of course wider is better... however, if you want the most bang for your buck, using your multipurpose compact rig, than IMO, FW aint worth it....

And the Lazy comment came from the fact that FW swaps are gaining popularity on this site, mainly because you can "git-r-done" by swapping them directly over from a 70's fullsize without much modification, and, again, IMO (yes, just my opinion) a lot of the FW swaps look like ass on RBV's, and limit the truck more than help.

With that being said... Awesome build FW or not Kyle... Continue on