Kyle M's Ranger Rebuild

[kris97ranger]

jeeze your going through axles like crazy lol.

there was the dana 35 then the 44 lp then the 44hp now your going to 8.8 full width but have a 14 bolt waiting and already are planning replacing the hp 44 with a 60 even though the hp had only been in your truck what 2 months max?

 

[RangerSVT]

I don't think its been that long...
SVT

 

[Kyle M.]

jeeze your going through axles like crazy lol.

there was the dana 35 then the 44 lp then the 44hp now your going to 8.8 full width but have a 14 bolt waiting and already are planning replacing the hp 44 with a 60 even though the hp had only been in your truck what 2 months max?

LOL, never too soon to plan ahead! The 1tons are going to be a later on project, nothing anytime soon.

As far as all the axle swaping, I never intended on going FW, just too lazy to cut down the HP 44 And I always planned on swapping to a 31 spline 8.8. but yeah, lots of swapin!

 

[railman]

Kyle....the newest member of the "Axle of the Month Club".....

l8r, John

 

[Andres629]

Haha, John.

I wanna find a FW 8.8 on the cheap... I don't want to run spacers/adapters. Kyle, how thick are your adapters? And in those pictures showing track width, that was still the EB 44, right?

 

[Kyle M.]

No, the most recent pictures of the width in the fron are with the full width axle. The spacers are 2" wide in the rear. I picked up the FW 8.8 for 75 bucks. Sold my explorer 8.8 for $150. I am happy and I think it will work out good for now.

 

[Kyle M.]

Got some work done tonight.....

I offically have the rare 6 lug 8.8

I stripped the old axle of it's gears and started the install into the new FW housing.

I also installed the 'Hobart' locker in my open rear end. No more being pissed at the T-lock

Finished the drive shaft, installed some new U joints and greased it then shot it with a coat of paint

Hope to have it on all 4's again tomorrow night. Pictures to follow.

 

[86 slo-vo]

i hear the lincoln lockers are much stronger....


























:the finger: i loved having the spool out back

 

[Kyle M.]

lol

 

[kris97ranger]

doesnt the 6 lug 8.8 come in f150's im almost positive thats what is in my 06 but it is 2wd... i know for a fact its a 6 lug lol. disk breaks too

 

[RangerSVT]

Kris, you are correct, but Kyle's axle was a 5 lug, he converted/drilled it to 6 lug...
SVT

 

[Kyle M.]

And I think those axles are a metric pattern, not the standard 5.5x6

To be honest, I didn't research this, I just made what I had work.

 

[kris97ranger]

i honeslty dont remember what my lug pattern is lol. all i know is it was a pain in the ass to get my rims for it. everything was in milimeters i just measured one of my rims i have sitting here that i just polished and its 6x5.5 i think im just trying to figure out if you can use one of my style shafts in case of an emergency.

you know the standard 5 hours or more away from home and snap a shaft.

 

[Kyle M.]

Good call. Wonder if it is a direct swap??

 

[kris97ranger]

i dunno mine is a 6x140mm i just measured the proper way but as i was doin that my springs showed up

so im gonna go play with those. i dunno much else about the fw8.8 its in my dd and its a 2wd v6 so i dont bother with it past rims and exhaust lol