BlackBII's white ranger

[BlackBII]

Steering box moved 5cm forward. Tomorrow I'll get the idler arm in place.

 

[Dprocks100]

Its lookin good man! Makes me wanna put mine under the knife

 

[P93suafilo]

Dangggg the ranger is looking like a boss. I really do need to come down and see this. You are defiantly more motivated reaming the knuckle out than I would have been lol.

 

[BlackBII]

Thanks!

Yeah the reaming was a chore to do by hand. The reamer was really sharp though so it didn't take too long.

I am hoping to have the front end back on the ground this weekend if everything goes well.

 

[BlackBII]

Two pitman arms = twice the fun!

Getting the two arms to be perfectly square with each other was really difficult. Nothing under there is square with anything else. I got them within 1 degree and 1mm of each other so the center link should traverse without binding. We'll see.

Put some 1" DOM into the frame rails to act as sleeves for the bolts and welded some thick washers to the tubing and the frame. This mimics how Ford reinforced the drivers side where the steering box is mounted.

Here's a piece of angle iron acting as the center link. I'll get the real one in tomorrow.

Full traverse left

Full traverse right

 

[BlackBII]

Axle shafts are done

And got one shock and coil in. I think the 6" coils are a tad too long... We'll see once it's on the ground and has leveled a bit.

 

[Jim Oaks]

What are you using for shocks?

 

[BlackBII]

What are you using for shocks?

Skyjacker M9555. They're 13" compressed and 22" extended. I'm thinking I should have put in some F250 shock towers as my uptravel is going to be limited. I have some 5" bumpstomps in there now. My fenders should be safe at least.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Good choice on your shock selection. I'm interested to see what you think about the ride when it's done.

 

[BlackBII]

Yeah they have really good reviews so I figured I'd try them out. I wanted to go with Bilstein but they are too shiny for this ranger. Once I've driven it I'll let you know how it rides.

 

[Jim Oaks]

I was actually thinking when I wrote that, that I was surprised someone didn't talk you in to bilsteins. I loved the Skyjackers on my Ranger.

 

[BlackBII]

Good to hear you liked the skyjackers!

So I got it on the ground today. Shock mounts definitely need to be addressed. I need another inch of uptravel. I think moving the lower mount lower on the radius arm will solve it. It's only off center about an inch.

Now that I have the ride height I'll finish the steering.

 

[turbo91xlt]

Truck goals right there

 

[BlackBII]

Truck goals right there

It's not quite done yet. Need to finish the steering, lift the rear, and get some 32's or 33's.

 

[BlackBII]

Center link