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I replaced the steering gear box on my 94 Ranger about a year ago and ran into similar difficulties. O'Reilly's had rentable pitman arm pullers, but they weren't very good quality and didn't fit very well into the gap between the pitman arm and steering gear box. Ended up renting a heavy duty...

Alright, thanks for the advice, I'll have to get on that when I have some garage time. In the meantime I'll ride my motorcycle a bit more! One other oddity I've noticed: the system will shift easily if I put the 4wd selector stick into neutral, then back into 2wd. This won't always do the...

Well that's annoying, looks like the slave cylinder sucks to replace as well. Any recommended reading for this?

So I've got a 94 Ranger 4.0 OHV with the 5 speed manual transmission. Recently it has been kind of difficult to shift. Sometimes everything will shift smoothly, other times it can be difficult. 1st, 2nd, and Reverse are the hardest to get into, generally, requiring what seems like a lot of force...

Maybe I just had bad luck with mine (94 OHV 4.0 with 150k miles), but other people I talked to said it was a common problem. Could be they weren't aware of the size differences. I should clarify I don't know that it is more likely to have cracked heads than the 3.0, however.

The 1994 4.0 has a propensity for cracked cylinder heads, which is annoying and potentially pricey. But it also has more power for only slightly worse MPG.

Ah, I do have an Autozone near me. NAPA and O'Reilly's are closer though, and between the two they usually have the parts I'm looking for (if not the brand, in this case). I'll have to keep them in mind for next time. Online is good if I plan in advance, but I tend to do these things somewhat...

Thanks for the explanation; that's an awesome tip about the '91 explorer for parts, sir! I'll probably pull that trick in the future. For bearings, I just got whatever was in the store. The Timken brand seems highly recommended around here, just don't have a place locally that has it. I don't...

Haha, thanks! I've been lurking for awhile (used to have a 1997 Explorer), and just thought it'd be a decent addendum to the brake diary thread, didn't really want to make a whole new thread, just add to that one. This forum has tons of good info and has helped me out quite a bit. About the...

So I was following Glacier's Brake job Diary as a reference while changing out my rotors, pads, and wheel bearings. Started as a wheel bearing replacement job, then figured it would be easier to just get new rotors instead of messing with replacing just the races (rotors still had some life...