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Its only money. 89 Ext cab
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86MUDRCJ
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Nice work so far. Keep up the good work!
Looking good. Glad to see more 2nd gens on here. I believe it has a D35 though. Those were standard on the 2nds.
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An 89 may or may not have had a D-35 from the factory. The 4.0L Rangers from 89/90 and up got the D-35, but the 2.9L went either way. The 3.0L Rangers from 93 and up typically got a hybrid axle (D-35 outers and D-28 guts). I could go on with the strangeness of it all.
Hard to tell from the pic, but looking at the broken U-joint and yoke, it kinda does look like the smaller U-joint of the D-28.
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Yep mines a definitely a d28. The joints in there are tiny. They were brand new as well when this happened. I hadn't really pushed them hard up until this point. But it wasn't the joints that broke I don't think. It looks to me like either the caps twisted out and then the yoke broke, or the yoke itself just decided to give away.
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looks good, yeah get rid of that POS 28 and at least get a 35
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you scored on that d35 
I miss wheeling with my brother.
I miss wheeling with my brother.
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Great looking truck man. Nice to see another second gen lifted!
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Yea, the joints don't typically break but the D-28 has a nasty habit of spitting the caps out (D-35's have the potential to do the same but it doesn't seem to happen quite as often. I ground out my D-35 shafts and ran full circle clips to eliminate that possibility). I threw D-28 U-joint caps into the floorboards by doing 45-50 mph with the front hubs locked and it in 2wd.
I also shattered a shaft in a D-28. It didn't spit the caps on my new U-joint and I know this because all four caps were still in place. I did, however, snap the ears off the stub shaft like you did. And I also twisted the splined part of the shaft off in the diff. I was running some old bias ply 33x12.5x15 tires with a lock-right and got into some swamp mud. Was going good for a lil bit then BANG! Took a YJ on 34" LTB Swampers a good bit of pullin to get me out.
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Some updates. Did this all back in November I think?
Got the D35 put in finally and put a 28 spline 8.8 in the rear. The d35 had 5.13 gears already so I had to regear the 8.8 to match. Did it all my self and so far so good. I think it howls a little but what do you want for the first try
Got the D35 put in finally and put a 28 spline 8.8 in the rear. The d35 had 5.13 gears already so I had to regear the 8.8 to match. Did it all my self and so far so good. I think it howls a little but what do you want for the first try
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Oh and the front shocks... I had a brand new skyjacker shock sitting on the shelf that I had no idea what it was for but it fit the front perfectly. Did some research and it turns out it was for a 98+ f150 (or something like that). Ive never had nor has anyone I know had one of those truck so Im still stumped as to where it came from. So I ordered one to match it and put it together.
I did the whole axle swap well into the night before the local mud bog. I wanted to get it done to play around a little. It doesnt compare to the bogs that Ive been to in FL but it was still fun to test it out a little.
Since then I've been to Rausch Creek Offroad Park twice but didnt get any pics. The little ranger did great. Even pulled my brothers F150 on 38's about a mile down a pretty tough trail after he smoked his clutch.
Next up is some bigger tires and a cage so I can run the crawl competition at Rausch.
I did the whole axle swap well into the night before the local mud bog. I wanted to get it done to play around a little. It doesnt compare to the bogs that Ive been to in FL but it was still fun to test it out a little.
Since then I've been to Rausch Creek Offroad Park twice but didnt get any pics. The little ranger did great. Even pulled my brothers F150 on 38's about a mile down a pretty tough trail after he smoked his clutch.
Next up is some bigger tires and a cage so I can run the crawl competition at Rausch.
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ahhhh yes...adventures in incrementalism
not too sure about cutting the k member to fit brackets....and fitting the radius arm drops was scary too. but the duff stuff fixed all that....
might want to consider welding in some round stock or something to the k member to keep the cracks down untill you get the custom k member for the big block and dana 60,s in there.
keep up the good times
not too sure about cutting the k member to fit brackets....and fitting the radius arm drops was scary too. but the duff stuff fixed all that....
might want to consider welding in some round stock or something to the k member to keep the cracks down untill you get the custom k member for the big block and dana 60,s in there.
keep up the good times
Schnot
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Good call. I've been keeping an eye on it and nothing has come loose or cracked yet. YET.
As for a big block.... I do have an f350 with a 7.3 in it sitting in the yard
maybe that would be a good candidate.
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As for a big block.... I do have an f350 with a 7.3 in it sitting in the yard
maybe that would be a good candidate. Sent from my iPhone.
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i have a 6.5 in mine....but i been eyeballing my wore the fawk out 7.3 in my e350......
finishing it off in my ranger would be a riot.
finishing it off in my ranger would be a riot.
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Got some 36" swampers.
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