lowing my ranger

[danger94]

im about to be lowering my ranger new weekend and i was wandering if i am forgetting anything. i got a exploer rear end for the back complete with disk brakes sway bar and the factory wheel hop bars. it a posi 373 i pulled out of a junkyard today. i am ordering drop i beams and putting new ball jionts in it and radius arm bushing. am i missing out on anything or is there anything i might need that i am forgetting?

 

[RangerSVT]

You will need to get eccentrics (alignment cams/bushings) and an alignment. How much are you planning on dropping?? The rear will be dropped about 4-5" just with the perches in the factory position(under the axle), so I'd go at least 3" in the front...
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[danger94]

i was gonna get 3 inch drop i beams and go from there. is there a certain eccentrics i need to get?

 

[RangerSVT]

It will vary depending on your drop. When I went 7" up front I needed 3.5* eccentrics...You should be able to get away with 1.5 or 2*...
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[danger94]

is there anybody that know which degree one i excatly i need to get?

 

[RangerSVT]

You won't know til after you install the beams and get it to an alignment shop. Every truck is different and every suspension is different...
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[danger94]

okay thanks for the help. the only mods i think im gonna have to do is cut my old shocks mounts off my axle and weld them on the 8.8

 

[stmitch]

You'll want new shocks too.

 

[danger94]

yeah i got 4 new drop ones coming. the 8.8 i got has 11 inch rotors and for now until i am planing on running my stock 14 inch wheels are they gonna clear the back rotors?

 

[danger94]

okay i got everything installed and i am happy with it but it seeems like my steering wheel almost has a loose type feeling. wat could cause these i have a print out of wat the aligment set everything and it looks to be in spec jw if u guys had of any thoughs i could try

 

[doorgunner]

If there isn't enuff caster(example: the steering wheel should try to return to center by itself after you turn a corner)....it will cause the steering wheel to feel sloppy....also,,,,IF THE TIE-RODS HAVE THE FRONT WHEELS IN A BIND--the steering wheel won't feel right...been there/took half a day to figure out what was going wrong!

 

[rangermanmark]

take it to an alignment shop!

 

[rangermanmark]

im looking into doing the same rear end swap.....i was advised to change the rear main seal also

 

[danger94]

doorgunner
how do u fix the or find out if the tie rods have the wheels in a bind?

 

[danger94]

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