1996 Ranger SAS 4-link

[fordguy64]

ok so for all you guys that have done the dana 30 swap what did you do for steering.. my pitman arm taper is to big for the jeep tre and the threads are right hand on the origanal dana 35 tre and to screw into the jeep steeringit needs to be left hand... any info helps

 

[fordguy64]

welli fixed the tre problem... did some cutting and chopping its going in for an allignment tomorrow... should be interesting... any here are some more pics of flexing and the body damage...

 

[1989GT]

Nice build man. Saw you drive by my house last week (I live on Hayes)Then saw the pics of you flexing in the driveway and realized you live right around the corner from me. Cool to see a local guy on here.

 

[fordguy64]

ill keep an eye out for one of your cars lol

 

[fordguy64]

well a little update... i blew the output shaft on the trans fixed that next trip out i did this...

so needles to say i order some heim joints and im making my steering linkages out of 1.5"od with 1/4" wall ill be starting that soon.. anywayy here are some pics of the rest of the day...

 

[Wanderer]

HEY...is that painted rock OHV??

right around the corner from my place...waterfall is fun aint it??

 

[fordguy64]

its a place called hillznhallarz in ky somewhere...

 

[KELLY88]

http://128.83.80.200/taco/scarysteering.html

I gotta say, this link has provided quite a bit of entertainment.

 

[Wanderer]

its a place called hillznhallarz in ky somewhere...

yup...offroadohio runs there too...I havent made it down yet...anytime they go im either broke..rig broke..van broke...or spotting for WEROCK...

 

[fordguy64]

well i little update i did get my steering beefed up and i upgraded tires... she is now rolling on some km2s still 33x12.5.. putting the white ranger on hold for now.. got some stuff im doing to this one..

 

[zainyD]]

I would beef up the portion of the trac-bar mount were it meets the frame.

 

[fordguy64]

its beefed... just hard to see in the pics

 

[fordguy64]

a little video from our trip to harlan.. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=57944836

i need rock sliders and gears and/or a doubler lol also going to look into twin sticking the ranger t-case since i work at a machine shop and all

 

[Combs Customs]

Guess were the only ones interested in looking into the twin stick idea. should be a fun project

 

[r1hatman]

Man, awesome video! I was gonna say you might want to fab up some sliders, but you got the idea already. Looks good.