I gave up on trying to get my truck off the ground and used this method, it’s easy and didn’t feel super sketchy, the bottle jack fits really well in that spot. Love a good hack.
EXCELLENT HELPFUL INFORMATIVE VIDEO!!! Thank you SO much! My 98 Ranger I picked up recently that looks new (Sat in storage since 2001 due to young owner dying back then so his mom just left it in her barn in storage after draining fluids etc) it happens on many Rangers anyway but started sagging on drivers side. I used this to balance my bed by going 1 lower on passenger rear vs driver rear- my leaf springs were not broken just worn as is common with these being gas tank, driver no passenger mostly in truck & everything heavy is on driver side as well as how bed was loaded while in storage all those years. My awesome Ranger now literally looks & drives like new (47k on odometer lol)
thinking I might do a shackle lift on my ranger. Thanks for the info...think I'll probably jack stand mine, that spring lift looks a lil sketchy! Worked out though.
Safety first! Some time people should sit back and think about how come parts come with extra holes most of the time they have a purpose! Just curious but I wonder if they would have fit his friends mountaineer! Maybe he was trying them backwards! Factory Ford ranger bottle jack probably reliable for the first two or three uses and then you might want to think about what you put underneath when you're using one of those
I remember when I was a wee youngster when everyone used longer shackles to lift the rear end of the cars up only to find out that later the leaf springs would actually flatten out and sometimes even have a reverse bend.
Too-old Forthischet why you add stiffer leaf springs or add a leaf takes care of it even than my explorer has lift shackles and never noticed a difference lol
@@B1GMAC_03 when I was a kid, there was no such thing as a lift block. Shocks are shocks unless you get air shocks and then that's usually not a good answer for lifting either. Now, air bags are another story.
The springs are more extended in this configuration. If you load out the bed of your truck with 1000 lbs you will definitely flatten out your springs. So the extended leaf kit is a better method for doing this if you plan on carrying any heavy bed loads. If you are just off-roading and camping it doesn't matter. But if you are going to re-sell the truck the new buyer should know that the bed load has been significantly reduced by this mod.
I like the sag on my 2010 Ranger because it make it easier to load/unload my dirt bike. But, since I've started exploring the overlanding thing, I think it'll need to be leveled for sure - especially for the use of a slide-out kitchen.
A shackle lift changes the differential pinion angle, eventually causing driveshaft u-joint failure. A Hellwig or SuperSpring added spring would be better, and maintain the stock pinion angle. IMO of course.
mike correct, but 4 inches in front 3 in rear does not do that much to change the angle in such a drastic way, also having those brand names on springs on the rear makes this truck ride rougher, so it depends if you are really going 4 wheeling you are correct, if you want a truck for looking cool shackles are ok, on my 90 mustang gt I played with shackle angles and sticky tires all the time with 600 HP and never broke a u joint. to explain more on my mustang the angle was done on the control arms not on the coil spring for the thinkers out there :-)
The Ranger at this time were made in St. Paul, Mn that factory which after the Ranger production was done was shut down and leveled. This factory only made this style of Ranger. Lot of history in that factory.
So if I use just jack stands should the leaf springs be flexible enough for me to add the shackles or will I still have to use something to bring the leaf spring down?
Hi uh why if you can tell me is there a theory behind why the shackles mount with the open side towards the rear and the flat plate towards the front. And noticed i noticed on another vid Chrisfix he installed the shackle vice/versus to your method
I am wanting to lift the rear of my 98 Ford Ranger and wanted your thoughts on whether to use shackles or lifts blocks under leaf springs/over the axle. is one better than the other?
Greetings, so I have a 2014 Chevy Silverado crew cab v6 on a 4/6 drop I have some adjustable shocks on the front along with 2” spindles and for the rear I flipped the hanger to achieve the 6” drop.. Anyhow I currently installed in the rear some Monroe adjustable max air shocks that I guess can be used for towing or you place heavy items in the bed and you air up to maintain a leveled ride. Anyhow for some reason I’ve aired my shocks and my ride feels bouncy in the rear could it be that the truck is to low for those shocks to raise the body and prevent the frame tapping out on the bump stops cuz my truck isn’t C-Notched..?? Can I use perhaps a 1” shorty shackles to raise the body and grant me that clearance I need to prevent the bouncing..? What advice can you guys give me..???
this is an old truck that we used to do to cars and trucks in the late sixties.problem is over a period of time it will weaken your springs and they will begin to sag..know from experience.
@@demondavejeep nah. The sides taper together above the second set of holes. Less space between the sides of the shackle, so you can't fit the leaf spring between them.
It's way better to buy the rotated after market tor keys for the ranger. The design allows the ride to ride much smoother and you don't have to crank them down to hell to get the lift you desire. WULF has a kit for the front, back and gives you the heavy long travel shocks to go with it. $300. You will need a two jaw puller. But you can do the whole work at the autozone parking lot with the stock jack and rent the two jaw puller from autozone.
Armando Rojas because his ranger is 4x4 he has torsion bars in the front end. With that being said you can actually adjust them and it will lift or lower the front end, and I think he already had them adjusted.
Yes. Extended heavy shock replacement is the honest way to do it. WULF provides the whole kit with the shocks $300. The shocks are actually very good, industry standard. And it only takes about 5 minutes to install the shocks on the Ranger.
Yes, if you were still wondering. The rear suspension is leaf sprung(held up using leaf springs) on both the pre-97 and 98-2010(the later model ones were slightly bigger and used entirely different front suspension). I don't know anything about the "international ranger" that came back in 2019.
essentially that is how they work on most rangers for the rear, but I have a 2001 I love and that on that model in front you have to have in my case front lift spindles 4", so not that easy for front. but good video.
This guy needs to never work on cars/trucks again before he kills him self. IE the jack between the spring and body. DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME. Jack your truck up put it on stands and use a jack to hold the axle and then loosen you shackles and lower it down as an assembly.
