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Originally Posted by ranger024x4
wtf is right
when has a shackle flip/shackle lift caused an issue on a ranger? Never once have I seen it since 2004 when I first joined. The driveshaft has a slip yoke for this very reason. Unless the end of the yoke is slammed into the back of the tail housing, this will never been an issue.
Hes from Florida, where they have no safety inspections. That state is filled with giant pieces of shit that shouldn't be on the road due to safety concerns. Id be more worried about that over a flipped shackle IMO
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I worked on vehicles for a living for many years both in Florida and in Virginia.
The cars I repaired in Virginia were in much worse shape and neglected more often than Florida cars.
The state inspection process and so called safety items that were enforced to be at minimum standard caused many owners to neglect these safety items and other important parts until they were told they had to fix it.
For example Brake shoe lining minimum that was allowed and passable would never last the customer an entire years worth of driving at average of 1000 miles per month.
Which means when they finally came in for brake service they were already metal to metal and driving a unsafe vehicle.
Most of the time yet they did nothing until they needed a new inspection sticker.
None of this even considers how many crooked state inspectors there were at the time that would pass any POS for 100 bucks.
A driveshaft slip yoke was not designed to allow owners to modify the vehicles ride height, that is just stupid thing to say.
It is there to accommodate suspension travel and allow positive engagement to the transmission.
I am willing to bet the majority people you claim that have had no issue with the shackle flip mod no longer have their Ranger.
Regardless if a shackle flip may or may not cause problems with the slip yoke or not it will cause problems with the pinion angle and suspension travel.
The pinion angle if not addressed will cause premature wear the U joints and possibly cause a drive line vibration.
You will never read about how bad a shackle flip screwed up someone's truck.
When the driveshaft gets spit out or the U-joints wear our prematurely they do not have a clue what was the cause.
If they are unfortunate enough to have the front u-joint drop out at speed it could cause the transmission to get broken in pieces and even shear off mounting ears on the engine block.
How many proud Ranger owners are going to post on this or any forum that their dumb ass Mod caused the destruction of their truck. ( or be smart enough to figure it out).
I am guessing your defending this Mod so passionately because you have already done it to your truck or were planning on it in the near future.
All I could say to that is, if you make sure the pinion angle is adjusted and you have enough travel in the slip yoke plus you do not mind driving around with a goofy looking truck with the wheels no longer centered to the wheel wells go for it.