See All 12 Photos With our early-Bronco Dana 44/Ford 9-inch axle builds ready to be slung under our 1995 Ranger, we could now marry our new solid axles to our factory IFS-equipped Ranger.

See All 14 Photos Front Axle and SuspensionCody's 1994 Ford Ranger has the solid Dana 44 from a JK Wrangler Rubicon. The axle has 4.88 gears, Rock Krawler upper and lower control arms, Bilstein ...

Independent. Add to these the fact that Ford doesn't make a single non-heavy duty vehicle with a solid front axle, and the fact that the U.S.-spec Ranger has never come with a beam-style solid ...

While the Bronco and Ranger would benefit tremendously off-road with a solid front axle, the on-road trade-off is far too great for Ford to okay the idea. What’s more, Ford has confirmed the U.S ...

Ford has filed a patent application for solid axles with integrated hub motors, hinting at a very different kind of EV powertrain from the Blue Oval. Instead of allowing wheels to move up and down ...

Every Ranger has a ladder frame, but only the Raptor's solid rear axle features a relatively sophisticated ... turbo 3.0-liter V-6 as the nearly $92K Ford Bronco Raptor. The Ranger's V-6 makes ...

In an investor presentation this month, Dana revealed that it had won the driveline work for the return of the Ford Bronco in 2020, along with the Ford Ranger ... such as solid axles, a small ...

Ford has applied for a patent on a solid-axle and hub-motor combination for EVs remarkably similar to what the automaker dismissed as nonviable for its F-150 Lightning pickup truck. As detailed in ...