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well done!
Some tips:
use the brake lines from the donor explorer.... The explorer soft line that drops down from the truck to the axle will make the 8.8 brakes bolt into Ranger.
Any Ranger after 1995 will have correct proportioning in the brake master cylinder for the rear discs
Use the e brake cables from the explorer, you have to weld the explorer brake cable bracket to the ranger and then clamp the new explorer intermediate cable to the ranger intermediate cable.
Those three things are not always possible! but they can help if you know them ahead of time.
Good job! Keep up the good work and lets see that sucker when its rolling around again.
So! Few things!
When we pulled the axle, my father and boyfriend cut the explorer e-brake cable. (I know. Stupid, so it is useless. I tried to say no but it was 90 degrees and we were frustrated).
The brake master works fine! We got the brakes to work! The brake lines from the Explorer to my 2005 had different fittings. Because we tried to use Explorer ones, they didn't work. They were a 2 into 1 fitting, the Ranger are 1 into 2. So my boyfriend used the explorer front brake lines to make it work. (I will ask him tonight what he did and how he did it. I wasn't there for when he did it)
It is rolling and driving! I have been driving it to work the past few days. The slotted and drilled rotors, and new calipers, will be here today from FedEx. (Thank you summit!!)
I will share pics when I have those onto the new axle.
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2007 Honda Accord 2.4L(New Daily)
2005 Ranger 2.3L 2WD XLT (My Baby)
2000 Explorer 5.0L 2WD Eddie Bauer (Donor)
2008 Yamaha YZ85(Toy)
2008 Honda CRF230L(My 2nd Toy)
2021 Ford F-150 Eco 2.7L (Boyfriend's DD)
1984 Mustang (Boyfriend's Project)
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