Kyle M's Ranger Rebuild

[Kyle M.]

Yeah that was my only drawback to them being I have a 351w up front in mine plus the winch etc.....

You missed my edit, but they would make perect shocks for a rear 4 link.

 

[letsblaze]

Kyle, I gotta meet up with you some time and check this rig out, I also live in Howard City just off 82.

 

[Kyle M.]

Well come on over, I am just off 46 by the Mobile gas station.


Alright, here are my poser pictures, nuttin special. Took em for my nephew...

 

[CheapThrillB2]

Do you trailer or drive out there?

 

[93 Ohio Ranger]

That thing got a lot of flex man.

 

[bigblockford79]

You might look into Pitbull Rockers as well. They have a 35x12.50-15 and 37x12.50-15 in the radial flavor and according to their site they measure full advertised height on the OD. You can get them fairly local at a shop in Zeeland, MI. (PM for name if you like) I was looking at 42" bias ply and they were about $200 cheaper for 5 tires than swampers after tax and shipping.

 

[Kyle M.]

Do you trailer or drive out there?

I drive, no tow rig for me yet

That thing got a lot of flex man.

Thanks

You might look into Pitbull Rockers as well. They have a 35x12.50-15 and 37x12.50-15 in the radial flavor and according to their site they measure full advertised height on the OD. You can get them fairly local at a shop in Zeeland, MI. (PM for name if you like) I was looking at 42" bias ply and they were about $200 cheaper for 5 tires than swampers after tax and shipping.

I might consider that, just not sure if I wanna bite the bullet and buy new.

 

[lepp1892]

Hey... I didn't end up getting to flint this weekend... Had a bunch of other stuff going on... And I don't think I will be able to get to flint till december sometime.... If you haven't found shift linkage or a new case by then i will grab the linkage for you.

 

[CheapThrillB2]

Kyle unless you have a fixed front yoke 1350, I wouldn't put one in your truck. Your to flexy and the slip part of the normal 1350 wouldn't be enough with your amount of front droop.

 

[Kyle M.]

Hey... I didn't end up getting to flint this weekend... Had a bunch of other stuff going on... And I don't think I will be able to get to flint till december sometime.... If you haven't found shift linkage or a new case by then i will grab the linkage for you.

No problem, I'm not in a hurry. I appreciate the heads up!

Kyle unless you have a fixed front yoke 1350, I wouldn't put one in your truck. Your to flexy and the slip part of the normal 1350 wouldn't be enough with your amount of front droop.

I was thinking the same thing. I have a 1350M that I was going to put on the truck, but the drive shaft angle sucks. I am going to save it to build a doubler out of, I am looking for a 1354M. I want it for my DD or the truck...either or. Thanks for the heads up! Got any leads on a 1354? You still have your old doubler?

 

[Josh40601]

What do you have in there now?

 

[94Rangeron37s]

No problem, I'm not in a hurry. I appreciate the heads up!



I was thinking the same thing. I have a 1350M that I was going to put on the truck, but the drive shaft angle sucks. I am going to save it to build a doubler out of, I am looking for a 1354M. I want it for my DD or the truck...either or. Thanks for the heads up! Got any leads on a 1354? You still have your old doubler?

find a 1354 they are worth the money
I ran a 1350 for a while and once i got the truck flexing better it had to go i broke the snout off it because the axle drooped out and bound the slip.

truck looks real good.

 

[Kyle M.]

What do you have in there now?

I have a 1354E, I just want a manual shift so I have more control.

find a 1354 they are worth the money
I ran a 1350 for a while and once i got the truck flexing better it had to go i broke the snout off it because the axle drooped out and bound the slip.

truck looks real good.

I am looking, I posted an ad over on GL4X4...figured someones gotta have one. The 1350 is either going in my DD or getting cut up to make a doubler. After all of this bad I am hearing and seeing, I'm not putting in my truck as is. Thanks for the insight!

 

[Kyle M.]

Alright, small update

Added gussets to one side of my sliders, made them way more stiff.

Started caping my tubes....bout time

My bent tie rod

Gonna change that up a little. I am going to shorten up the drag link to the same length of the track bar, weld some tabs onto the tie rod to mount the drag link in double shear with a 3/4" bolt, flip the tie rod to the top of the knuckles to gain some clearance, mount with 3/4" bolts. Then I am going to flip the drag link to the top of the pitman arm. If I don't, things wont clear and the angle wont be right. I was also thinking about making it double shear...anyone see a problem with doing that? Welding to the pitman arm?

I just don't like how this all looks and I wanna make it double shear, on top

And here is one how it sits....

One last thing, I am gonna buy some Pacer flexy flares to help clean up the cut fenders. Oh, and my winch will be here tomorrow, so stay tuned for mounting of that.

 

[escort_gts]

I dont see a problem welding to the pitman arm as long as you preheat it first.