Cant find any Warn Manual hubs for 1999 Ranger.

[snowgear]

I GAVE up on my 1999 Ford Ranger XLT, electric switch 4x4 and just bought a "Shiftster". NO More "GEM", vacuum hubs, modules, hidden fuses, and failures. I am taking the plunge to go ALL Manual.
I Was going to buy High end Warn manual locking hubs, but the Warn website says they DO NOT make any for 1999-2001 Ford Ranger.. I do NOT want to buy a Dana front axle, or do any mods,..
Ebay motors offers a few sellers offering WARN hubs for INTERNATIONAL ford rangers only, NOT U.S. market.
Many sellers offer Mile Marker, AVM, or Rugged Ridge for 1999-2001 Ford Rangers. I want the BEST made, price is NOT a concern.
If I cannot by WARN,, what is the best manual locking hub of the three?
I do NOT go off road ever,, I just live in heavy snow country, and will gladly crawl underneath to engage the SHIFSTER into 4 wheel HIGH, and then lock the hubs.. I will be in 4x4 only for Mountain passes and snow.
Any help would be great.. I bought the SHIFSTER from Advanced Adapters,, they have them IN STOCK. Thanks,,
Tim , Washington State.

 

[AllanD]

Actually the "best" is the simplest thing and though it costs you 0.5-0.75mpg
you can do what I did to a friend's '99 Supercab...

Swap out the steering knuckles, hubs and outer CVs off of a '95 up Ford Explorer...

or later Ranger made AFTER ford gave up on those stupid pulse vacuum hubs.

If you can manage it the '04-up have larger and thus presumably better brakes, but use different caliper, caliper brackets, rotors and brake pads, but I have not personally experimented with what else needs to be changed to allow the retrofit, ask me later this summer, I have an '01 frame set that I'll be upgrading with the latest brakes I can aquire.

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[brokemechanic3000]

I would just go with the rugged ridge hubs I have them on mine without any issues

 

[Dune Runner]

I would just go with the rugged ridge hubs I have them on mine without any issues

I did the same. No problems

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

I had a set of the RR hubs on my 99 when I bought it. They were blown up. Pieces of metal everywhere. And a shifster on the original T-case. I've since swapped that one out for a manual BW 1350.
I bought the mile markers and haven't had a single issue. Haven't really had the truck in anything bad but I have gone up a couple rutted out roads while deer hunting. She never spun a tire or blew a hub.


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[Dune Runner]

I think the RR and MM are the same just rebadged. I could be wrong though.


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[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

I've heard that but there are differences. The gripper teeth that hold it on are different I know, but as far as internals I didn't compare them.


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[shawnmitchell]

Maybe a stupid question but how do you switch from 4HI to 4LO with the manual hubs?

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

That's all controlled by the transfer case. Just stop the truck, put the transmission in neutral or push in the clutch, shift transfer case to 4 low, shift back into 1st gear or drive and take off.


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[shawnmitchell]

Thanks.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Yep


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[rangerDanger1999]

2000 ford ranger pvh hub to manual conversion: http://youtu.be/0N6qUjq3py8

Here's a quick fix if you can't afford parts and need it done now. I did this. Been running great for 3 months now. Very easy to do also.