Eddie Money
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All right back to the progress!!
Working on final touches for front suspension, rear suspension final install, heavy modifications to the rock sliders, and fabricating our new drop bracket suspension supports..... check it out
Drivers front is all assembled, time for our CV axle stub shaft to hold the wheel bearing together while we roll this around and wait for a CV axle solution from RCV?
shop dog, her name is "Ranger" of course yes a ranger can be a girl 
Upper control arm bolts replaced with aftermarket camber adjusters
this will make alignments sooo much easier
Now to some fabrication, we are building supports using some stock pieces that will bolt onto the ranger and heavily support the front suspension drop brackets from wanting to fold backwards. With all the leverage of the torsion bar delete / coil overs and mid travel kit, large tires, all added to the Superlift drop brackets, it is a good idea to put back some structure..
Our buddy @FordTruckMan plasma cut some 1/4" plate tabs for us THANK YOU!
Here is where the small ones go
The back of the lower control arm drop bracket
The other ones go here
with some trimming
The now shortened torsion bar (solid stock) will land somewhere in here
Parts ready for tack welding
In the meantime crappy picture of the 4406e transfer case in place
but a picture none the less
The rock sliders were not going on this truck the way they were delivered. A few pages back we discussed this, these things are designed nice enough but they come with some major flaws that I will not allow on this Ranger!
Sliders like this should either be mounted to the body or the frame NOT BOTH, not unless your Ranger has solid body mounts??
The sliders the way they are shipped mounted to the frame, and were way too close to the body. When the truck flexes the sliders would strike the body seam on our ranger?? NO WAY!! We do not have a body lift on this truck, this is not acceptable. The sliders were sent with some whimpey outriggers, and although they may be strong, for us they were just not correct.
So we put MUCH thought into this. I say we because my good neighbor spends much time in the shop helping me out and we came up with this one together. The sliders now mount to the BODY ONLY
no frame attachments.
We used/modified the factory step mounts to make this happen. Then we cut and turned the slider "outriggers" to mate up with the rocker structure of our truck.
Check it out.....some teaser pics for you guys to wrap your heads around what's going on here, the passenger side is basically done I just need to get some longer bolts. The sliders now bolt to the body with 10 bolts, easy to remove for touch up.
We also tried to keep from disrupting the factory powder coat on these as much as possible while still:
-Making them strong enough to easily support the weight of the truck
-giving enough room for your foot to land on them to help enter the truck
-stick them out enough to help protect the paint from mud, snow, rocks, etc. Our front tires will be sticking out past the fender so every little bit helps
mock up!
Factory front step supports were swapped side to side (drivers to passenger) because well they look and function better that way
all 3 of these outriggers were then cut with some 45 degree angles that allowed us to turn them up 90 degrees, cut to length, drill some holes, source some square plastic caps, a little welding, some bolts and BOOM sliders that mount to the truck BODY / ROCKER with 5 supports and 10 bolts........ STRONG!!!!! (and proper!)
Last edited on Sun Mar 27th, 2022 09:12 pm by Eddie Money
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2007 Sport 4door 4x4 4.0L SOHC V6 Ranger
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