Full Width SAS on '90 Danger the 4th

[036speed]

Got these off of Craigslist last night. $10 for the set of 8. 4 LH and 4 RH.

They are smaller though. The weld in bung is for a 1" ID tube and the hiem uses a 1/2" bolt. Not sure what I am going to do with them yet. He bought them from ballisitc fab so I need to look up more info. For $10 I could not pass it up. They might be good for a rear ladder bar...

My next project is to make new tube radius arms. I am pretty sure these will work for that task.

 

[036speed]

Well, the reason I have been MIA for almost a year has finally arrived.
We had our son on Independence Day, 2012. He was due on the 16th, but i guess he wanted to catch some fireworks!
So, meet Benny, my future wheelin' partner!

Two days before he was born, I picked up some stock 94 ranger rear leaf springs. Mine are super soft XJ ones. I am trying to get more flex out of my front end. 90% of my issue is probably due to my stock arm bushings, but I wanted to try stiffer rear springs and see what happens. They were $40 so why not. Now I just need to find the time to button it up and see how it does. Doubt it will work tho haha.

Also, with these new springs, I will be using the factory block again. Turns out my aluminum 1" did not hold up. The centering pin was gone haha.

Also, before I took it apart, I decided to blaze through my field. Due to the tall grass, I miss judged the culvert and nailed it. Bent my steering wheel a bit and I didnt have a front drive shaft in. An embarrassing stuck...

 

[036speed]

A buddy of mine had a mid-life crisis... in his 20s haha.
He ordered a brand new Rubicon last month. We were at a fish fry and somehow I talked him into wheelin' it. It had a little over 1,000 miles on the clock. It was a blast. Electric sway bar disconnects,4:1 t-case and factory lockers are pretty nice. As well as heated seats and a killer sound system. However, he is very picky about his rides. He spent 8 hrs the next day buffing out all the scratches haha. And yes, it has the manual trans.

 

[NEVERDONE86]

CONGRATS ON THE BABY!

 

[1991fordranger]

how to you open the hood since you have that grille? theres no hole to pop the latch?

 

[036speed]

Thanks man!!

And you can stick your finger through the slots to open. It's a pain if you have thick fingers like I do. Want to buy it? lol

 

[Bennybooster]

I like the choice in name on the new baby, congrats man!

 

[036speed]

Got the stock Ranger leafs back in. The front does flex better, but I would not call it flexing. I am running 190ppi coils. The front should tuck easily.
I am going to get some tubing quotes from my tube vendors tomorrow. I am just going to cut the stock arms and sleeve them. Then use heim joints and make a new mount/cross member.

Also, since I dont currently have a tow rig, I welded on a 2" receiver to use as a step and to move my trailer around. Hopefully I have another tow rig soon.

 

[036speed]

As many of you know, I sold my tow rig a few months ago. This is the first time I have not had an 8-lug truck or any roadable truck for that matter since 2002. That is the year I turned 16 haha.

So until I get another tow rig, I am working on getting my Ranger roadable again.

The frist step is to get rid of my $15 junk yard steering off of a 1979 F-150. All of the joints are shot and most of the threads were shot. So I welded them instead of using nuts. It was only supposed to be temporary. But it worked (up to 35 mph) so I have been running that setup for 1.5 yrs. So I have pulled that off and I am going to make new steering. The current setup will become my emergency spare.

I ordered 1.5" OD x 0.25" wall DOM tube today. I got 9 feet for $65 shipped to work.

I am going to be using 4 of 8 rod ends/hiems i got of CL for $10. They are 3/4" Ballistic units with 1/2" misalignment spacers.

I will be drilling the tapered holes in my knuckles out to 3/4" OD. Have not figured out how to do that yet. I can bring them to work but I want to find an easier way. I will not be using the misalignment spacers on the the rod ends that attach to the knuckles.

For the drag link, I am going to use 5/8" bolts. I will be drilling the spacers out to 5/8" as well as my 2wd pitman arm. The drag link will attach to the cross tube/link via tabs.

I hope to keep it under $120. Should be an easy budget.

 

[PlumCrazy]

Check out my steering setup, IMO its the easiest way. I stole the concept from Kyle M.lol

-PlumCrazy

 

[036speed]

My steering will be similar to yours lol

Just need to go through all 75 pgs of your thread to find better pics. FB only gave me hints lol

 

[036speed]

Got a new truck a few weeks ago.
Its not a 4x4 or a single wheel. But it is a super clean, one owner, low mile, crew cab long bed Powersroke with the ZF5 trans. However, it is a 2wd dually. Since Ford did not offer this body style in a crew cab dually 4x4, I am going to turn it into one. However, I am also thinking about lowing it. I love lowered duallys and already have (2) 4wd vehicles. We will see. Someday...
Here she is. Got her ready for a wedding last weekend.
97 7.3L ZF5

On the other hand, I have everything I need to make my new steering. Just need time and get my knuckles dilled out.

 

[PlumCrazy]

My pops picked up super clean 94 Turbo IDI just like that but dark green.lol. We put flatty with a dump on it and it looks pretty good.

-PlumCrazy

 

[PlumCrazy]

Want some factory Alcoas for it?

-PlumCrazy

 

[036speed]

Want some factory Alcoas for it?

-PlumCrazy

You have dually Alcoas!? I want to run Alcoas and 305/75/16s after my D60 swap.