upgrading axles

[forddude]

I have a 1989 supercab ranger 4x4 with a 2.9 liter. its got the dana 28 in the front and the 7.5 in the rear, i got a dana 35 for the front and a 8.8 for the rear off of a 1994 ranger. i believe i will have front drive shaft issues and im not sure what to do. if you know of any other problems or any ideas on the front let me know thanks

 

[Hahnsb2]

You will have to shorten your current front driveshaft 1".

 

[AllanD]

Or simply upgrade your t-case to a 13-54, then the stock D35 front shaft will fit.

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[forddude]

would that be a straight unbolt and bolt on new one, for the 1354 tcase, and how difficult would it be to put a manual tcase in?

 

[4x4junkie]

Unbolt the old, bolt up the new.

The harder part will be FINDING a manual 1354 case, they are not real common after Ford decided to make the manual setup a "delete" option for the automatic crap. An auto 1354 case should work with your existing touch-drive controller however.