gearing

I have a 97 single cab 4 cylinder 5spd. When I am accelerating in first gear my gear shift moves over to the position of third gear but is still in first. And when I hold my gear shift over toward the drivers side while accelerating it pulses toward the passenger side. What could be the problem...

Hey guys so My buddy has a 2wd 2000 ranger supercab with 2.5 and 5spd with 4.10 and stock tires and he has a really bad rear end noise. Narrowed it down to bearings but the cost to have the bearings done isnt something he can afford. So we are looking at rear axle assemblies to swap in because...

I just bought a 97 Ranger Ext Cab 4WD 5spd 4.0 Lifted 6" with 33s on it. It currently has the stock 3.73 gearing on it,and its terrible IMHO. What gearing should i be running? I need better gas mileage out of it and a little more power to climb the hills around where i live. I was thinking 4.10s...

Hey guys, long time lurker but I finally joined today because while I'm doing my best to understand all the info on here it is a bit overwhelming. I currently have stock tires on my stock 2004 edge 2wd v6 3.0 (245/65R16) and i have a set of 265/75R16 tires that im putting on. From what I've...