97 Ranger Spindles

[brithunsicker]

Looking for advice on where anybody has found good spindles for a 93 to 97 ranger 4x4 non abs. It's got manual locking hubs and it's a Dana 35. Ford doesn't have them and none of the auto parts stores do either. Realized 2 years ago I needed them and had my truck torn apart for a week searching. Found 2 junk yards within 100 miles of me that had them but both places ended up destroying them in the process of taking them off. These spindles for my setup seem to be almost non existant. Truck is torn apart and definitely needs the spindles now since the bearings don't correctly mate anymore. NEED HELP!!

 

[downer]

do you know the bom number? if you can find the bill of material number on the axle you can lookup the spicer spindle part number. it may help you find them.
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/identify_a_dana_axle.shtml

 

[RangerSVT]

Sounds like its time to upgrade. You should be able to run the abs spindle on your non abs knuckles...

SVT

 

[SenorNoob]

Aren't the spindles the same for the 90-94 models too? At least the 94 spindles and 97 spindles I have look identical.

 

[RangerSVT]

The abs spindles have a notch near the bolt circle...

SVT

 

[brithunsicker]

Update: I did end up finding the spindles through Bronco Graveyard. I had called them 2 years ago and they did not have them available so I didn't check this time until someone on another discussion told me they had them. Got them shipped and put them on last week. Glad I was able to find them, putting off a SAS as long as I can. Would like to do a 302 swap first.

 

[RangerSVT]

5.0 swap is stupid easy. My SVT build thread, first post, covers in detail the swap, a few posts later theres a short vid clip of what it sounds like...

SVT