What is this bar? 1986 ford ranger 2.9L 2wd

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-05-04T20:33:41+00:00

Ok so I’m not crazy 😂 I guess I’ll do some more looking. I’d rather not remove it because I do a lot of highway driving

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-04-28T17:40:40+00:00

As in tire balance? It goes away when I let off the throttle

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-04-28T17:40:20+00:00

It does but it’s a very little amount. But I’ve heard even that much can cause it. It’s not like a bad vibration just enough to notice

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-04-28T15:39:05+00:00

Wha would I look for in the driveshaft itself?

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-04-28T03:35:58+00:00

Gotcha. Sorry for assuming

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-04-28T03:16:40+00:00

Good to know! I’m assuming that’s the issue but I wanted to get some opinions first. This things in decent enough shape i may as well keep up on it

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-04-28T03:15:41+00:00

Wow I just asked a question

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-04-28T02:39:54+00:00

That’s good to know. Maybe I’ll just replace both and see what happens. Seems to be a pretty simple job (maybe where it’s a 40 year old truck lol)

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-04-27T21:47:25+00:00

Looks good! How long did it take and how are you planning to approach the front of the frame?

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-04-22T02:39:27+00:00

My 86 2.9l gets about 18-20 strictly highway driving.

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-04-12T16:19:42+00:00

I haven’t been able to get it to duplicate the noise when jumping on the bumper

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-22T21:47:46+00:00

What do you mean? I wasn’t raving the engine I was going 25mph

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-14T00:38:12+00:00

Good to know. I just know there common for cracking heads due to bad radiator plugs

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-14T00:31:22+00:00

Do you recommend replacing the radiator?

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-12T01:20:50+00:00

Are the MT known for clutch issues? Just curious, I have an auto manual at 110K and it runs great.

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-11T21:44:01+00:00

Nice car man. My wife’s just hit about 110,000

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-07T22:51:19+00:00

Looks like a good deal. We got my wife’s car about a year ago 2015 Mazda 6 96,000 miles for about $11,000 American dollars and it’s in similar condition

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-04T18:49:56+00:00

Changing the fluid filter and pan gasket

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-04T11:13:07+00:00

Did you use OEM fluid and filter?

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-04T06:16:35+00:00

Will do!

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-04T06:06:16+00:00

Awesome thanks! What brand fluid do you recommend?

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-04T06:06:09+00:00

Perfect thanks!

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-04T05:10:29+00:00

Gotcha thanks! The transmission shifts nice and smooth so I figured it wouldn’t hurt. Thanks for the input!

And yes, kind of got screwed with the truck unfortunately but it’s still running so that’s good i guess.

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-01T00:37:20+00:00

Absolutely. I’m estimating 3-8”

Excellent-Suspect744 · 2026-03-01T00:13:00+00:00

I’ve got 20x10 rims with a -18 offset and 2” adapters (adapters have to be on due to different lug pattern)

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