Ranger With sprung under leafs -- have questons

[4.6StangRage]

I have a 1993 Ranger with an explorer 8.8. The spring pads are in the stock location. I need to get it back to factory or near factory ride height,Will this tutorial work for my setup even though it is sprung under?
http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/winter2008/axle_flip.htm

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I would say yes. I did a similar thing to my race truck, I wanted spring under.
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Richard

 

[4.6StangRage]

I would say yes. I did a similar thing to my race truck, I wanted spring under.
Posts 88 thru 90;
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79003&page=6

Richard

hmmm, I checked it out. It looks like you have larger than stock shackles on there, am I right? I need to increase mine by about 1-1.5 inches ( have not measured it yet) to make the rear level to the front, would doing this give me the proper lift? A fellow automotive tech student said that I can acheive better handling by leaving it sprung under, do you agree? My last concern is wheel hop, because I have excessive wheel hop during heavy accelleration (yeah pretty sad because this is only a 2.3L). Honestly, I think that issue could be my crappy tires. Sorry for the barrage of questions but you are one of the few individuals who have the same sprung under setup as I have.

Thanks for reading!

 

[4.6StangRage]

I would say yes. I did a similar thing to my race truck, I wanted spring under.
Posts 88 thru 90;
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79003&page=6

Richard

I am very interested, do you or anyone have any input on my previous question?

 

[bobbywalter]

i have used off the shelf perches and cut pieces of 2x1/2 strap, to bolt in explorer axles on my truck before till i could get the perches properly installed. i was busted on the road and had to swap axles....when i was using stock shock mounts, i just used 2 driver side explorer lower spring plates and "flat" u bolts over the springs.


worked excellent.

easy bolt in explorer setup

 

[4.6StangRage]

i have used off the shelf perches and cut pieces of 2x1/2 strap, to bolt in explorer axles on my truck before till i could get the perches properly installed. i was busted on the road and had to swap axles....when i was using stock shock mounts, i just used 2 driver side explorer lower spring plates and "flat" u bolts over the springs.


worked excellent.

easy bolt in explorer setup

Do you have any pics?

 

[bobbywalter]

no...


theres pics somewhere of a similar setup on my rig just dont know where


done it several times over the years out of necessity