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audiodude332001

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2000 explorer 5.0
Hey, about a month ago I noticed that the passengerside shackle on my 90 ranger was broken. I didnt fix is, and I have just been driving it really carefully. Earlier today i was driving it down the road after I rolled it over on saturday, and the drivers side shackle broke. Is this a normal thing for rangers of this age? it seems kind of strange that they can just break in half.
 






Haven't heard of it being an issue, but you do sorta live in the rust belt. And rolling the truck puts alot of stress on the suspension when you flop it back onto all four...
 






RangerX said:
Haven't heard of it being an issue, but you do sorta live in the rust belt. And rolling the truck puts alot of stress on the suspension when you flop it back onto all four...


Yeah i spose. Not to mention its the second time in 5 months that Iv rolled the damn thing. Both times I just rolled it onto the passenger side. It has never gone all the way over
 






I just looked under the truck and found that one of my leafs in the drivers side pack is broken in half. I had the same thing happen to the passenger side about a year ago. This whole damn truck is falling apart
 






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