The 1995-97 D35 steering knuckles that use the bolt-on caliper brackets for Two piston calipers will fit any earlier D35 front axle including the D35/28 Hybred axles
from 10/89 through the end of the a994 model year.
On 2wd Rangers several different ball-joints were used so the least complicated
method is to grab the entire I-beam from a 1995-97 to retrofit to your earlier
TIB Ranger...
As there are ISSUES with brake hoses that complicate the swap, like on late 88-up 2wd trucks the upper end of the drivers side brake hose which clips to the shock/spring bracket
is actually used as the T-block to divide the fluid to both front wheels, but 4x4 trucks with the two piston brakes in 95-96 are ALL 4wheelABS so have separate hard lines from the ABS pump to each front wheel...
There are two "outs" for most would be converters to these brakes, one is that earlier ('83-87) Rangers used a T-block mounted to a clip that attached it to the upper frame rail flange, the other its that some 1997 Rangers were sold without ABS and thus a 1997 Brake hose that incorporates the 1989-94 NON-ABS T-block at the upper-end of the left side brake hose.
I'm using the 1997 Hoses on my truck. It was simpler for me because I used a 1993 engine cross-member and used the 1988-93 non-ABS hard-line routing.. but I MADE new hard lines from Stainless steel tubing (No rusting hard lines!!!), though it was an absolute bastard to do all the double flares.... even using a hydraulic flaring tool made for the purpose...
The only hard-line on my truck that is not made of stainless steel is the line on the rear axle
and that one I will do after I switch to disc brakes... which will be after I track down either
a 2010 disc brake axle OR an FX4-L2 axle, because that will decide which disc brake setup to use...
the 2010 Ranger rear discs or the Explorer Discs....
AllanD