fairman's ranger build

[fairman86]

bump....

 

[chrwilkins30]

Man youve put a ton of work into this porjects. and more plans for it. Good job BTW.

 

[fairman86]

Man youve put a ton of work into this porjects. and more plans for it. Good job BTW.

thanks! almost time to have it all pay off, and i can start driving it.







i looked at the drive shaft again today, the end that goes into the tranny has splines 360° on the inside of the shaft, but if you look closely you'll notice that there is one spine that is 2 splines wide, allowing the drive shaft to only be installed ONE way into the tail shaft. now for the relation to the pinion flange, yes after a full rebuild if you don't wipe of your marks, you could easily bolt it back in the same spot, BUT if you think about it the internals have all been removed and rotated, so really everything has changed inside the diff but by lining up the marks its making people feel better? lol UNLESS by some chance the pinion flange and drive shaft are balanced together, BUT... if you are swapping a completely new diff in, and the previous one wasn't marked, you are in the same boat as removing it without marking it and installing it again. so id like to call bullshit on the whole making sure you unbolt the drive shaft and bolt it back in the same position...

all it takes is put the drive shaft into the tail shaft the only way it goes in, then swing it u to the pinion flange rotate either the flange or shaft (making sure trans is in "N" or rear tires are off the ground) and line the bolt holes up, bolt it down, give it all a few spins making sure all is good..


should get my diff back tomorrow, then the install will take pace, and ill find out myself.

 

[fairman86]

more updates..... got the drive line roughly installed, the pinion angle set @ 6.5° (83.5° vertical) and the spring perch's @ 0° and tacked in place. next is to set the shocks in place and mock them up, and tack them on at 40° with proper spacing. i have shocks that extend .5" longer then full sag. i figure that this may help with the twisting of the rear axle when hitting bumps at higher speeds, since ATM i am not relocation the shock mounts i figured i would give it a try. plus adding limiting straps to limit the axle from traveling past what the shock will provide. hopefully eliminating premature wear of the shock as well. the stock suspension uses bump stops but doesn't use any thing to limit the full travel of the suspension upwards. i have already replaced the stock bump stops with poly bump stops, but will need to figure out what i want to get for limit straps.

 

[fairman86]

alright, more updates. axle is done, installed, test drove it, works great. so all i have left is to get the rear brakjes and ebrake setup working perfect. and then i have to replace a coil or 2 and i should be just about done for now. (tho, ill never be completly done)

i took a couple pics of it that ill get posted here shorltly

 

[fairman86]

 

[fairman86]

so im currently doing a cluster mod for the lights, going blue, going to make the stock deck blue, maybe do a how to on it, i've done it on all my other vehicles, so why not my ranger

eventually i will swap the stock deck out for one of my other aftermarket ones, but for now its cheap and fun.