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- Oakham, MA
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- 1996
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Hey guys,
I've been doing a lot of work to my 96 2.3 4x4 Ranger and one issue I have yet to resolve is that the front end, with hubs unlocked, has a strong "wiggle" that you can see in the hood (can see it shake up and down), feel it in the steering wheel. It only happens around 55, under load or coasting, it is not noticeable at 50mph and smooths out a little by 60 but is still there. If you look in the rearview mirror when the shake/wiggle happens, the rear of the truck doesn't seem to be shaking and it feels like it originates from the front end so I'm thinking it's a front end isssue, but all advice you can give me is helpful! Here's what I've done so far:
Set the toe: it was out 1/8" when I got the truck. I have it adjusted to 1/16" toe in now, that helped reduce the wiggle I'm describing but not by a lot
New wheel bearings, seated with 35ft-lbs, backed off, re tightened inner locknut with 16 in-lbs, outer locknut to 150-200ft-lbs
Front rotors turned, new pads installed
Rear pinion angle was fixed; I have a double cardan driveshaft so I set it up to have .5degrees nose down on the pinion relative to the slope of the driveshaft
I don't know how my camber/caster are right now, I want to get fully adjustable camber/caster bushings and set those as soon as I can
Haven't balanced my wheels/tires but will be doing that soon, rotate them often because of the TTB tire wear, but it hasn't seemed to matter which pair are up front or in the rear
Truck drives very smooth up to 55
Thanks
I've been doing a lot of work to my 96 2.3 4x4 Ranger and one issue I have yet to resolve is that the front end, with hubs unlocked, has a strong "wiggle" that you can see in the hood (can see it shake up and down), feel it in the steering wheel. It only happens around 55, under load or coasting, it is not noticeable at 50mph and smooths out a little by 60 but is still there. If you look in the rearview mirror when the shake/wiggle happens, the rear of the truck doesn't seem to be shaking and it feels like it originates from the front end so I'm thinking it's a front end isssue, but all advice you can give me is helpful! Here's what I've done so far:
Set the toe: it was out 1/8" when I got the truck. I have it adjusted to 1/16" toe in now, that helped reduce the wiggle I'm describing but not by a lot
New wheel bearings, seated with 35ft-lbs, backed off, re tightened inner locknut with 16 in-lbs, outer locknut to 150-200ft-lbs
Front rotors turned, new pads installed
Rear pinion angle was fixed; I have a double cardan driveshaft so I set it up to have .5degrees nose down on the pinion relative to the slope of the driveshaft
I don't know how my camber/caster are right now, I want to get fully adjustable camber/caster bushings and set those as soon as I can
Haven't balanced my wheels/tires but will be doing that soon, rotate them often because of the TTB tire wear, but it hasn't seemed to matter which pair are up front or in the rear
Truck drives very smooth up to 55
Thanks
