cranking tbars 98 ranger

[RangerIsLife]

Im a noob at this forum stuff

ok i got a 98 ranger completely stock and i read on here about people crankin there torsion bars and gaining 1.5. so i was wonderin if this is a good idea to do will it hurt anything? and how do i go about doing it? i figured if i get a 3 inch body lift and crank the torsion bar up to 1.5 i should have a total of 4.5 inch lift and it would look pretty damn good. but i dont wanna do it if its going to mess stuff up.

thanks
Zach.

 

[99RangerBoss]

they just ride like shit thats all i heard if you put better shocks in it makes a difference though

 

[351Mazda]

I cranked mine up in 2004 on my old 98. I went all the way to the stops with them. The Ex-wife is still driving it around, I think it's over 200,000 miles on it now. It had about 90,000 or so when I did it. Just get under there and look at where they connect, it's self explanitory. I wouldn't do a body lift though, I think they look like shit. The tires I had were metric, they ended up being about a 32x11.50 according to the tape measure.

 

[07rangerfx4lv2]

how many times have you replaced balljoints, cv's etc..?

 

[JohnnyO]

The ball joints will crap out even if you leave it alone. As long as you keep the TT to 1.5" or so it will be fine. CV angle is a bigger problem than ball joints. A Ranger with the Superlift kit has far less CV angle than than one with a TT. That said, I did a TT on one Ranger and one Sport Trac when new, rolled up 45,000 miles on each (I lease through my company) and never had a CV issue. Had ball joints replaced on both and a wheel bearing on the Sport Trac, all on warranty and the dealer never said squat about the torsion bars. But like I said, if the ball joints crap out don't necessarily blame it on the TT, 'cause that just comes with the territory anyway.

 

[07rangerfx4lv2]

i put the keys in mine, regreting it now, its basically a street queen now haha, im just wondering how long before something goes?...cv joint or the ball joints..?

 

[RangerIsLife]

alright sounds good i think ill do that as soon as i get a chance all this damn snow up here in PA sucks. Im tryin to get it to look a lil meaner and thats why im goign to crank them cause i cant afford a lift so what do i do about the rear cause it will look like iits saggin in the back

 

[Chance]

If you do nothing other that just crank the bars, it will wear tires like a sunofabeech.

I never tried to align mine though... so I dunno if a camber kit will work with cranked bars or watev... dang I really need to align a ranger now I'm curious about that.

 

[RangerIsLife]

haha well crankin tbars ive heard will eat the hell out of your tires if its not aligned. i just need to figure out how much to go and how to make it not look like the rear sags.
basically i wanna lift it the cheapest way i can.