1998 Ranger SAS Project

[CyberTech]

Closeup of steering box

This box came out of a 1995 ranger. I don't really have to do anything with this setup as it works fine.

 

[CyberTech]

Track bar mounting - Re-Vamp

I will be removing and re-engineering this part....it works but it wears out the stock track bar constanly.

 

[CyberTech]

Steering Box modification/mount

Here was something interesting. Steering gear boxes with Hydrolic fluis has a lot of pressure....I turned the wheel one day in my driveway and the gear box broke from the welds...it sounded like someone shot a shotgun in the cab with me.

Notice the bolt above the 13 in the date....I put one straight through there, through the frame and attached it to the plate the gear box was bolted to. The bolt stillholds the engine dampner on and re-inforces the gear box mount....never had any proble,s afterwards.

 

[Ford78]

I will be removing and re-engineering this part....it works but it wears out the stock track bar constanly.

Is your track bar and frame cracked?

 

[CyberTech]

Is your track bar and frame cracked?

Actually no it's not. I just want to cut it all out and redo it. When I first made it, I drilled a hole in order to stick the track bar into.....it was just a plain hole....it wasn't beveled...so I cut a piece from an old pitman arm and wedge it in between the track bar and the metal plate....which held together fine...it just wears out the track bar too quickly. The frame probably looks cracked due to the way the welds are and they way the picture came out.

 

[dangerranger83]

I made mine the same way as you did but still have a plain hole in mine. I have a xj trackbar mount and plan to take the beveled part where the trackbar is suppose to go and put it in my design, aka cut and weld it on. As of now, everything is fine and no problems with mine.

 

[Toreadorranger]

Please take your truck to someone who knows what they are doing for your safety and the safety of those on the road with you. The Stearing Box "breaking" off the frame in your driveway should be the first thing that says, "hey maybe fabrication isnt for me"

 

[dangerranger83]

Stuff happens and it was fixed and has been good for 2 years now with no problems. Now he is going to improve on something that already works fine, cant get better then that. At least he didnt give up like some people, he knew what he wanted and was determined to make it happen and has showed that to all of us that he is more then capable of doing it despite bumps in the road.

I dont know of many people that come on TRS for help on how to fix their vehicle and ask for advice on how to do something just to take it to somebody and pay them to do it.

Only way your truely going to learn to do something is to go get a wrench, get your hands dirty and go make what you want, not have somebody do it for you.

Build it, break it, rebuild it stronger.

End of rant, back to this build thread and where its going.

 

[CyberTech]

Stuff happens and it was fixed and has been good for 2 years now with no problems. Now he is going to improve on something that already works fine, cant get better then that. At least he didnt give up like some people, he knew what he wanted and was determined to make it happen and has showed that to all of us that he is more then capable of doing it despite bumps in the road.

I dont know of many people that come on TRS for help on how to fix their vehicle and ask for advice on how to do something just to take it to somebody and pay them to do it.

Only way your truely going to learn to do something is to go get a wrench, get your hands dirty and go make what you want, not have somebody do it for you.

Build it, break it, rebuild it stronger.

End of rant, back to this build thread and where its going.

I couldn't agree more!

 

[CyberTech]

Please take your truck to someone who knows what they are doing for your safety and the safety of those on the road with you. The Stearing Box "breaking" off the frame in your driveway should be the first thing that says, "hey maybe fabrication isnt for me"

Built in March of 2009.....Still going in February of 2012. Don't think fabrication is an issue bud.

 

[CyberTech]

Track bar replacement thought

I'm thinking of going with this for track bar:

http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/mercha...oduct_Code=RC-TB150-UV&Category_Code=SUS_TRAC



If anyone has sugggestions as to where to get replacement parts online for the Jeep sold axel, I'm all ears.

 

[CyberTech]

Tie Rod thought

Thinking of this for the replacement Tie Rod:

http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merc...=IROR&Product_Code=IR-SHDTR&Category_Code=PFX

 

[escort_gts]

I'm thinking of going with this for track bar:

http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/mercha...oduct_Code=RC-TB150-UV&Category_Code=SUS_TRAC



If anyone has sugggestions as to where to get replacement parts online for the Jeep sold axel, I'm all ears.

I had one of these that came with my trackbar. There isn't enough frame to bolt it so you will have to weld it to the frame and you might have to weld some gusets to it also.

I designed my bracket off it.

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[cdawall]

I'm thinking of going with this for track bar:

http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/mercha...oduct_Code=RC-TB150-UV&Category_Code=SUS_TRAC



If anyone has sugggestions as to where to get replacement parts online for the Jeep sold axel, I'm all ears.

There are like a million sites with jeep dana 30 parts it is one the most common axles out there.

 

[dangerranger83]

If I was going ot upgrade my trackbar and mount, I would go with the trackbar that escort_gts has and a mount like his too.