What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[Dirtman]

If they are those "detroit axle" ones they sell on Amazon you're lucky it didn't fail the first time you backed out of the driveway. The crap Amazon gets away with selling these days is bordering on criminal, and all the reviews for this crap are fake which makes it even harder to find decent parts.

 

[Uncle Gump]

I was nearly lured in by the name "Detroit Axle"... but that wasn't what I ordered.

 

[4.0blue98]

I don't remember exactly. I bought them on Amazon... I will have to dig through the past history to see if they're still on there.

I don't have the front wheel speed sensors on mine but replaced the stock OEs with Raybestos a few years ago (at maybe 150k). They were mid-priced but sucked, lasted less than 10k before they started howling. I think they're probably the exact same foreign made bearing repackaged for multiple name brands. Went with Timken and they've been great since. I'm at around 190k now.

 

[Dirtman]

I was nearly lured in by the name "Detroit Axle"... but that wasn't what I ordered.

It does sound like a nice tough American brand right?

I fell for it... got a set for my friends wrangler, had to re-do them in 3 months.

 

[4.0blue98]

I've had good luck with Timken and SKF. Although the Timkens for an old Subbie were repackaged Koyo. "Not that there's anything wrong with that..."

 

[MikeG]

Hauled shit to the dump. Well, transfer station, anyway. Love those explorer springs!

 

[sgtsandman]

Cleared 9" of snow off of the 2011 last night before I drove it home. Apparently when had a snow dump while I was out of town.

 

[2drxploder]

Got the walbro 255 installed, return line installed on sending unit, reassembled tank, put lower intake on and just test fit valve covers, upper intake and phenolic spacer

 

[DILLARD000]

Plowed driveway & road from corner to culdesac; no fresh snow overnight, just windy & blowing drifts onto road.
Checked mailbox while I was out in my warm carharts;
wow, thought I was totally ex-communicated & banned from all the relatives ChristmasCard lists, Ho Ho Ho!

 

[2drxploder]

Heated paint booth for drying backyard style

 

[Dirtman]

Heated paint booth for drying backyard style

Be a man, paint inside! The fumes make things more fun!

 

[scotts90ranger]

Yesterday I had to get the F350 hooked to the big trailer to pick up some auction stuff (some of which were a set of tires for my '97 Ranger on ranger steelies and two 31" tires on Ranger wheels for my Explorer, I think $130 for the 6 tires) and of course the batteries were dead after 2 months (I think the USB adapter is at fault). So I jump started that with the '97 Ranger which takes a WHILE with a diesel with glow plugs and two batteries...

After getting back I was trying to unload some stuff in the back but it's kinda wet over here, decided to back the trailer up instead of leaving ruts around stuff and got detained by some dirt I'd moved filling in a hole, got the tires all plugged up, put a strap on the back of the trailer to the '00 Explorer with the wife driving to move it the last 50' until better ground...

 

[JohnnyO]

Pulled my wife's minivan out of a drainage ditch on the side of the road that she slid into in the snow. Going uphill. One of those where I put the Trac in park and it slid backwards on its own for a foot or so. Pulling uphill didn't work but it was worth a shot so I drove around the block and pulled it backwards downhill and prayed that she wouldn't slide into me. Laying on my back in snow and slush. Good times. Having second thoughts about saving $4000 on a new Ranger by not getting 4 wheel drive.

 

[scotts90ranger]

In that kinda situation when you need more traction as long as you aren't going far or fast, air the tires down until they start to bulge a little, easiest done by pulling the valve core and just watching, if you have a gauge 15psi would put you way ahead of street pressure... if you're in a real pinch as long as you aren't going crazy you could go down to like 8, a total game changer in some situations... with 35's in sand and snow it's not too uncommon for me to go down to 6-8psi, usually a little higher in front than in back in case something hard gets bumped while steering.

On the tire note, I tried to put my new to me set of 225 75 15's on the Ranger and realized they aren't Ranger wheels like they look like... They're neutral backspacing so I thought they might be, and the pattern looked like the stock Ranger steelies... but they look like 5 on 5 or 5.5 unfortunately... I did get the Kelly Safari 31's on deer hoof wheels on my Explorer though, it got rid of most of my tire related noise and vibration! It's much less annoying to drive down the road now! Plus now it's only sporting two Jeep wheels unless you count the spare which is Jeep too...

 

[Dirtman]

I always air down to 15psi in the snow. Never take it on the highway at that pressure but its fine driving slow around town.