1991 Ranger 1 ton 3 link build - Page 2 - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

RockRanger · 12-30-2011, 04:35 PM

I like how you did your coil over mounts. Your three link looks a lot like mine and I really like how it works.

WildStyle · 12-30-2011, 07:55 PM

Thanks. They seemed like the easiest option to fit into the truck without re locating a bunch of stuff.

Rockcrawler_101 · 12-31-2011, 07:38 AM

Looks good! You might want to run joints on both sides of the top link. I ran one joint and one bushing on my three link on top link and when flexing it distroyed both bushing and joint the first time out

WildStyle · 12-31-2011, 03:15 PM

Will keep that in mind. Thanks!

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WildStyle · 01-03-2012, 10:32 PM

Alright....steering is sorted out. Ended up going with a stock ranger pitman arm and reaming it out for the chevy 1 ton tie rod mounted on top of it. It is an extreme angle tie rod end and has lots of side to side travel. If I mounted it under as it was stock the tie rod would contact the tie rod end under full stuff.

Started on the track bar mounts and bar tonight. Got the bar fabbed and the joints tacked onto it. The axle end will mount through the web of the truss itself, and I will build around it to make it in double shear. I started on the frame end mount as well. Got it all fabbed and welded together, just needs the holes drilled and to be welded to the frame and a bit of bracing.

Pt_Ranger_V8 · 01-03-2012, 10:47 PM

Looking good man.

How much was the reamer? I might do a similar flip on my crew cab, just to ease things a little bit.

WildStyle · 01-03-2012, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pt_Ranger_V8

Looking good man.

How much was the reamer? I might do a similar flip on my crew cab, just to ease things a little bit.

Reamer was free....borrowed it from a buddy who bought it to flip his tie rod a while back. From what I've seen they can run anywhere from $50-100.

FordX4-offroad · 01-04-2012, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WildStyle

did you put the axle at full stuff with your tracbar like that? if its not it kinda looks like maybe the tracbar will possibly hit the diff? idk...

i see so many times where the extra time is not taken to prep the metal and it makes me

im glad to see youre taking the time to get the metal clean in the areas to be welded together.

Flatdeck6.2 · 01-04-2012, 12:09 PM

Howdy neighbor.

I haven't seen many builds around here of this caliber.

Where do you wheel? Maybe I'll run into you in my travels this summer.

Edit: Im over here in sunny Prince Rupert by the way

wahlstrom1 · 01-04-2012, 12:15 PM

He's up in Terrace.... Now onto the thread jack!

Flatdeck6.2, you wouldn't by chance have bought a set of goodyear RT II's for your truck in Red Deer a couple years back? Truck looks oddly familiar...

Flatdeck6.2 · 01-04-2012, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wahlstrom1

He's up in Terrace.... Now onto the thread jack!

Flatdeck6.2, you wouldn't by chance have bought a set of goodyear RT II's for your truck in Red Deer a couple years back? Truck looks oddly familiar...

Thats me. Back when my truck was a reliable daily driver, those tires did me good. Still got them in the back yard somewhere.

I met you on 4wheeler.ca back when it was still alive

sorry for the hijack

WildStyle · 01-04-2012, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FordX4-offroad

did you put the axle at full stuff with your tracbar like that? if its not it kinda looks like maybe the tracbar will possibly hit the diff? idk...

i see so many times where the extra time is not taken to prep the metal and it makes me

im glad to see youre taking the time to get the metal clean in the areas to be welded together.

The axle is sitting against the bump stops in that picture. The tracbar will sit up about an inch or so away from the top of the housing at full bump.

And yup, everything gets ground shiny before I weld it.

WildStyle · 01-04-2012, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flatdeck6.2

Howdy neighbor.

I haven't seen many builds around here of this caliber.

Where do you wheel? Maybe I'll run into you in my travels this summer.

Edit: Im over here in sunny Prince Rupert by the way

Sunny Prince Rupert

I wheel locally and we usually head out and hit up Red Rose mines and the Telkwa pass once in a while.

WildStyle · 01-10-2012, 11:59 PM

Alrighty....it is almost of the stands! I just need to grab some bearings from work, and get the hubs on and bolt the tires on. I will try and get my nitrogen tank/regulator and hose set up on thursday so I can get it off the bump stops.

Kyle M · 01-11-2012, 12:19 PM

Good work, looks nice.

WildStyle · 01-12-2012, 11:21 PM

Well got my nitrogen bottle/hose today...grabbed an old regulator we had at work. Seems it is fubar and barely puts out any nitrogen pressure. Also found my steering binds at the pitman arm near full droop, seems I won't be able to use the full 14" of travel these shocks have. Also the passenger side shock body hits the frame at full droop at the track bar pulls the axle to the drivers side. This is due to the shorterish track bar, but there isn't much I can do there...it is the same length and parallel to my drag link which is exactly what you want for no bump steer. I can move the lower mounts out on the axle about an inch to 1.5" more to give a bit more room. Looking like I can limit strap it to 12" of travel and that will help a lot as well, or try and trade my 14" shocks for some 12"ers.

wahlstrom1 · 02-23-2012, 09:20 PM

and here too....

WildStyle · 02-23-2012, 11:53 PM

Fer fawks sakes....you must have been bored!

fastg60 · 02-23-2012, 11:59 PM

Looks pretty good. Lots of good ideas and quality work.

Fordman500 · 02-24-2012, 12:15 AM

Looks good man, lower link brackets appear a bit thin though, what size are they? Nice work with the axles though. Panhards suck IMO, its hard to stuff a long one under and clear everything, then you go with a short one and it jacks the axle one way quite a bit. I am having the same issue with mine as we speak.. Wish I could do a watts link like the race car.... hehe

WildStyle · 02-24-2012, 01:00 AM

You talking axle end or frame end? They are both made from .250 plate...the axle brackets are from TMR, the frame end I built.

Ditching the tie rod steering and going heims. Drag link will be stacked ontop of the tie rod heim and the knuckle will be getting gusseted to make it all double sheer. This will lengthen the pan hard and drag link roughly 6". It will also make both sit flatter. Hopefully this will solve the binding issues I'm currently having.

escort_gts · 02-24-2012, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WildStyle

Fer fawks sakes....you must have been bored!

He must have. LOL

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wyman00 · 02-24-2012, 06:07 AM

Nice work!

302B4 · 02-25-2012, 09:52 AM

Awesome build. Lots of good stuff in here.
Got some questions for ya.

What length are the links?
What did you set the caster at?
What gears and lockers are you going to run?

Thanks man

WildStyle · 03-30-2012, 10:32 PM

Links are all 38" long .250 2" DOM

Caster is sitting at 6 degrees right now.

Will be running 5.38's with Yukon Grizzly lockers front and back.

12-30-2011, 04:35 PM	#26 (permalink)
RockRanger Rock God Join Date: Aug 2000 Member # 1408 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 1,807	I like how you did your coil over mounts. Your three link looks a lot like mine and I really like how it works. __________________ 93 Ranger on 37"s

12-31-2011, 07:38 AM	#28 (permalink)
Rockcrawler_101 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Member # 11955 Location: San Juan Bautista, CA Posts: 926	Looks good! You might want to run joints on both sides of the top link. I ran one joint and one bushing on my three link on top link and when flexing it distroyed both bushing and joint the first time out __________________ 48 willys pickup on 1 tons, 5.8L and 44's. 01 ford superduty 4x4 6 speed.

12-31-2011, 03:15 PM	#29 (permalink)
WildStyle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110387 Location: Terrace, BC, Canada Posts: 152	Will keep that in mind. Thanks! Sent from my GT-S5830D using Tapatalk __________________ 91 Ranger - One tons, 3 link, air shocks, 40's....under construction

01-04-2012, 12:09 PM	#34 (permalink)
Flatdeck6.2 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Member # 141906 Location: British Columbia, Canada. Posts: 317	Howdy neighbor. I haven't seen many builds around here of this caliber. Where do you wheel? Maybe I'll run into you in my travels this summer. Edit: Im over here in sunny Prince Rupert by the way __________________ Living vicariously through you Last edited by Flatdeck6.2; 01-04-2012 at 12:10 PM.

01-11-2012, 12:19 PM	#40 (permalink)
Kyle M Wheeler Join Date: Jul 2010 Member # 165077 Location: Howard City, MI Posts: 409	Good work, looks nice. __________________ 93 RANGER 4D'S/V8/TONS

12-30-2011, 07:55 PM	#27 (permalink)
WildStyle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110387 Location: Terrace, BC, Canada Posts: 152	Thanks. They seemed like the easiest option to fit into the truck without re locating a bunch of stuff.

01-03-2012, 10:32 PM	#30 (permalink)
WildStyle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110387 Location: Terrace, BC, Canada Posts: 152	Alright....steering is sorted out. Ended up going with a stock ranger pitman arm and reaming it out for the chevy 1 ton tie rod mounted on top of it. It is an extreme angle tie rod end and has lots of side to side travel. If I mounted it under as it was stock the tie rod would contact the tie rod end under full stuff. Started on the track bar mounts and bar tonight. Got the bar fabbed and the joints tacked onto it. The axle end will mount through the web of the truss itself, and I will build around it to make it in double shear. I started on the frame end mount as well. Got it all fabbed and welded together, just needs the holes drilled and to be welded to the frame and a bit of bracing.

01-04-2012, 12:15 PM	#35 (permalink)
wahlstrom1 Forever being built Join Date: Jun 2007 Member # 94308 Location: Sherwood Park Alberta Posts: 649	He's up in Terrace.... Now onto the thread jack! Flatdeck6.2, you wouldn't by chance have bought a set of goodyear RT II's for your truck in Red Deer a couple years back? Truck looks oddly familiar...

01-10-2012, 11:59 PM	#39 (permalink)
WildStyle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110387 Location: Terrace, BC, Canada Posts: 152	Alrighty....it is almost of the stands! I just need to grab some bearings from work, and get the hubs on and bolt the tires on. I will try and get my nitrogen tank/regulator and hose set up on thursday so I can get it off the bump stops.

01-12-2012, 11:21 PM	#41 (permalink)
WildStyle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110387 Location: Terrace, BC, Canada Posts: 152	Well got my nitrogen bottle/hose today...grabbed an old regulator we had at work. Seems it is fubar and barely puts out any nitrogen pressure. Also found my steering binds at the pitman arm near full droop, seems I won't be able to use the full 14" of travel these shocks have. Also the passenger side shock body hits the frame at full droop at the track bar pulls the axle to the drivers side. This is due to the shorterish track bar, but there isn't much I can do there...it is the same length and parallel to my drag link which is exactly what you want for no bump steer. I can move the lower mounts out on the axle about an inch to 1.5" more to give a bit more room. Looking like I can limit strap it to 12" of travel and that will help a lot as well, or try and trade my 14" shocks for some 12"ers.

02-23-2012, 09:20 PM	#42 (permalink)
wahlstrom1 Forever being built Join Date: Jun 2007 Member # 94308 Location: Sherwood Park Alberta Posts: 649	and here too.... Last edited by wahlstrom1; 02-23-2012 at 09:21 PM.

02-23-2012, 11:53 PM	#43 (permalink)
WildStyle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110387 Location: Terrace, BC, Canada Posts: 152	Fer fawks sakes....you must have been bored! __________________ 91 Ranger - One tons, 3 link, air shocks, 40's....under construction

02-23-2012, 11:59 PM	#44 (permalink)
fastg60 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Member # 38567 Location: Ft. Wainwright, AK/Dayton, OH Posts: 490	Looks pretty good. Lots of good ideas and quality work. __________________ WANTED: 30' ish bumper pull trailer near 45342

02-24-2012, 12:15 AM	#45 (permalink)
Fordman500 Rock God Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 56456 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,581	Looks good man, lower link brackets appear a bit thin though, what size are they? Nice work with the axles though. Panhards suck IMO, its hard to stuff a long one under and clear everything, then you go with a short one and it jacks the axle one way quite a bit. I am having the same issue with mine as we speak.. Wish I could do a watts link like the race car.... hehe __________________ 74 f100, 4bt, 3link hp 60/14 bolt, welded f/r np435/205 Last edited by Fordman500; 02-24-2012 at 12:20 AM.

02-24-2012, 01:00 AM	#46 (permalink)
WildStyle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110387 Location: Terrace, BC, Canada Posts: 152	You talking axle end or frame end? They are both made from .250 plate...the axle brackets are from TMR, the frame end I built. Ditching the tie rod steering and going heims. Drag link will be stacked ontop of the tie rod heim and the knuckle will be getting gusseted to make it all double sheer. This will lengthen the pan hard and drag link roughly 6". It will also make both sit flatter. Hopefully this will solve the binding issues I'm currently having. __________________ 91 Ranger - One tons, 3 link, air shocks, 40's....under construction

02-24-2012, 06:07 AM	#48 (permalink)
wyman00 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Member # 211410 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2	Nice work!

02-25-2012, 09:52 AM	#49 (permalink)
302B4 Hillbilly Redneck Join Date: Nov 2010 Member # 173422 Location: Watson, Louisiana Posts: 490	Awesome build. Lots of good stuff in here. Got some questions for ya. What length are the links? What did you set the caster at? What gears and lockers are you going to run? Thanks man __________________ 99 Mazda 302 T18 NP205-TS 60/10.25 42 TSL's

03-30-2012, 10:32 PM	#50 (permalink)
WildStyle Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110387 Location: Terrace, BC, Canada Posts: 152	Links are all 38" long .250 2" DOM Caster is sitting at 6 degrees right now. Will be running 5.38's with Yukon Grizzly lockers front and back. __________________ 91 Ranger - One tons, 3 link, air shocks, 40's....under construction

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