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

[Maritime Drag Racing]

One more thing stuck to the dash now..... "The Box" is installed for our move to Super/Pro. I've been told not having one is the same as taking a knife to a gunfight.

 

[Maritime Drag Racing]

Picked up a 2008 Ranger driveshaft yesterday that's 60" eye to eye which makes it a direct swap for my 1987 two piece unit. All I have to do is swap the front yoke for the TH350 one.

 

[Blmpkn]

Getting ready to take it on what is going to be my last drive in it.


Coming home with a Velocity blue 2023 2 door big bend bronco

 

[Roert42]

I bought new ones and bolted them on with grade 8 hardware.

Have always done it with bolts.

Just bought some for a '96 that came with Grade 8 hardware for installing.

 

[Curious Hound]

I live in the south where we have little rust problems, but my 2001 rear leaf spring hangars rusted out bad. I bought new ones and bolted them on with grade 8 hardware. They never moved since 2007. Everyone told me I'd better weld them on or else. Or else has never happened but this is a daily driver not a hot rod or offroader.

Grade 8 bolts, properly torqued is fine.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Picked up a 2008 Ranger driveshaft yesterday that's 60" eye to eye which makes it a direct swap for my 1987 two piece unit. All I have to do is swap the front yoke for the TH350 one.

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You were running a Chevy 350 on a stock two piece driveshaft?



How do you walk with those massive balls?

 

[ben_2_go]

Have always done it with bolts.

Just bought some for a '96 that came with Grade 8 hardware for installing.

Grade 8 bolts, properly torqued is fine.

My spring hangars have been fine with grade 8 hardware since 2007 or 2008. I know welding can crack frames and mess stuff up. I couldn't believe so many people kept telling me to weld them in.

 

[97RangerXLT]

Used it for truck stuff. Went to the local nursery for some tomato and pepper plants plus 6 bags of manure. Wife did not want to use her Escape to haul manure, so the Ranger it was.

Now all I need is a squash and zucchini plant and the garden will be ready

 

[Maritime Drag Racing]

You were running a Chevy 350 on a stock two piece driveshaft?



How do you walk with those massive balls?

We bent spring perches and shattered stock axles but even though it stayed together that 2 piece driveshaft worried me more than anything else. After 3 years of racing and adding more HP all the time now is the time to fix it.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

We bent spring perches and shattered stock axles but even though it stayed together that 2 piece driveshaft worried me more than anything else. After 3 years of racing and adding more HP all the time now is the time to fix it.

Yes but.... how do you walk?

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Yes but.... how do you walk?

With a swagger.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

With a swagger.

Now that's the response I was lookin for.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Swagger and a clanking sound...

 

[sgtsandman]

Yes but.... how do you walk?

With a kilt. It gives more room for such things.

 

[Rick W]

I tuck mine in my socks so I won’t get that banging noise