It is the spring that will hold the truck up, not the shock. If it is pitching over and staying pitched/leant over, that is not the shock doing it.

Did mine last week. With 14” wheels I didn’t jack it up or pull the wheels off at all just turned them out of the way. Did it in the driveway and had them both done in 20 minutes. I put on KYB shocks and didn’t have to beat anything on/off. The back shocks were even easier…all four took about an hour. Also have no idea what “aviation snips” are…I call them tin snips.

Man I love these videos. You really break it down which helps.

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks, man! Perfectly made video 👌

@rayregnogarage

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

Your back yay 😊

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

I made this video in February. It’s October now. hahah. Got a new job and got busy.

nice vid waiting for more ranger content

Exhaust clamp the top of your coil to the bucket, or make a tab to bolt onto the coil bucket to keep the coils in place.

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

Ya I’ve thought about that. It really only does it on the driver side where the diff is. I’ve got a new coil isolated, too..wondering if that will help it stay in there tighter

I just changed all my shocks on my 1996 ranger splash. had all the original shocks on the truck. Completely rusted bolts. They wouldn’t budge. Used penetrating oil, impact gun, etc etc. most of the bolts just snapped off. Had to replace bolts. That was the hardest part of the job. New shocks are night and day from the factory 27 year old shocks.

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

such a big difference!

The Lube part had me Dead😂

An old trick to keep the spring from popping out is to install a J hook on the top of the coil bucket. Might make a good video.. Glad your back!

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

Ya I was looking into those. I’m also looking into swapping the bottom coil retainer washer. The spring has a lot of play when when the suspension bottoms out. Ordered new lower coil insulators, too. I’ll do a video on that soon

Good video. I have to change my shocks cause I think the shocks on my truck are factory from 2004 😂 I just recently purchased my 2004 XLT from an older gentleman who took care of it. It only has 85K miles and the other day I heard some weird rattle, clunking sounds. When I checked, I found all the bushings from the sway bar end links had left the chat 😂😂😂.

@rayregnogarage

7 ай бұрын

How. I just removed the sway bar

👍

I would love to see a video from you about installing the Rough Country four inch lift. I have a 97 4wd, basically the same as yours. I'm pretty interested in getting that kit and there's not a lot of good install videos. It's either really bad quality and you can't see what's going on or its one of those guys who gets it done but doesn't take the time to do anything right.

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

When I redo the suspension I will be doing the long travel system from Solo Motorsports

@flapango7164

Жыл бұрын

@@rayregnogarage what would be a good kit for a rwd ranger? I see solo motor sports only has them for 4wd.

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

What year?

@flapango7164

Жыл бұрын

@@rayregnogarage 1997, im looking at I beam rangers so anything before 1997.

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

20 years ago I would have said Camburg. They don’t have the parts on their website anymore but it’s worth giving them a call. They’ve moved on to newer things, but I bet they could still build you some stuff. AutoFab has also been around forever

i remember reading on a past video you were going to measure the suspension droop and up-travel, do you have those measurements?

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

I haven't measured it yet. I need to replace the lower spring insulator so I can measure then.

@davycompo9990

Жыл бұрын

@@rayregnogarage ok thank you! i am excited to see!

What do you think of the Rough country N3 shocks I see they are alittle less expensive than the Bilstein you have, I have 99 ranger getting all my parts to do the lift.

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know much about Rough Country. I’ve always been a fan of Bilstein though.

So my research has come up short, but what Shock would I use for a 3" front spring drop and a 5" rear flip drop on my ttb ranger?

@rayregnogarage

10 ай бұрын

No idea. Sorry. I don’t lower trucks.

hey could you do a video on a vacuum leak

@rebeccawall-scoffield2776

Ай бұрын

Same

It is true that with that suspension jump less ?

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

Huh?

I have a 96 Ranger 4wd and tried doing the exact same install today, same parts and everything. Started on the driver's side, the coil spring is in and the bottom of the shock is on. But the top of the shock is giving me problems - I slid the bottom washer and bushing on the shock and got that through the top hole. But when I put the top washer and bushing on, there's no thread visible to start the nut, even with the truck lifted on a jack from the main arm. Any suggestions? Maybe how to compress the shock or something to get some thread visible on the top? I noticed yours seemed to go on really smoothly.

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. What if you tried doing the top mount first, like I did? Unbolt the bottom and then get the top nut started. Then you can droop out the suspension and get the bottom shock mount on. I think it has something to do with the angles and that's why I struggled with the bottom. Having the bottom bolted on first may be making it tricky to get the right angle to go in the top mount. You might be catching a thread and that's why it won't go up all the way. Be careful not to force it as you might strip the threads if it's catching on on the frame.

@TheJoKite

Жыл бұрын

I'll have to give that a try today, thanks!

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

Lemme know how it goes!

@VariteZ

Жыл бұрын

did you figure it out?

I have a 97 rwd ranger, when I searched for Bilstein shocks I only find the 4600 set for a 1998-2011. Will those fit?

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

The rear shocks are the same. But the front for 98+ is very different.

@Dopecx

Жыл бұрын

@@rayregnogarage thank you, would you happen to know where I can purchase a set online for a 97?

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

@@Dopecx factory height? Dunno. Couldn't find on Amazon. I think this is the part number: 24-022361 Go to bilstein.com and put in your truck's specs to be sure

@Dopecx

Жыл бұрын

@@rayregnogarage yea factory height, thank you

@josecarabantes7019

Жыл бұрын

It'll fit like stock OEM. The 5100s are better but you need to lift your ranger at least 3 in

Soapy water or wd40 will also help if you're outta lube

@rayregnogarage

Жыл бұрын

I think soapy water is what I ended up using. haha

sorry, ranger has left I'm from Mexico and I have a ranger 1994 4×4

torque specs never heard of him lol