Hello. I'm new to the whole Ranger truck thing since buying a 1993 Ranger 4x4 for my 14 y/o son. It has a 4 inch suspension lift and a 3 inch body lift running 33x10.5x15 tires. The front sway bar is not hooked up. I know that i will need drop brackets for the sway bar but my question is about the end links needed for this truck. There are 2 tabs with provisions for a horizontal bolt on each side of the twin I-beam where the end link would attach and the sway bar has a single horizontal hole on each end. Searching for replacement links at various auto parts websites only seems to yield the standard end links that consist of a straight bolt with a nut on each end and the rubber insulators. That clearly is not the correct end link for my application. Not sure if the front suspension is the factory installed unit or if it was swapped some time in the part. Any help that you can provide it greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jim

 

The stock Ranger sway bar end links don't last very long, especially in a lifted truck. You're best solution is to fabricate your own. Your qualms about it not being "proper" are unfounded. It is much stronger than the stock link which only lasted about 3 years.

Use a length of ½" water pipe, threaded rod, large washers, nylock nuts, and generic polyurathane end-link bushings from a company like Energy Suspension assembled in the proper order.

I've included a photo of the links in my 2004 as an example. These have lasted eight years so far.
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Thanks for the reply. I have edited my message to say, correct instead of proper. I meant that the links, like the ones you have made, are NOT the correct style for my application. I need an end link that horizontally bolts thru on the I-beam end and the sway bar end must have a ball joint type end that horizontally bolts onto the sway bar. Jim

 

Sorry I wasn't a help to you. Although I once owned a lifted '91 4x4, right now I can't remember exactly what your end links look like. If you can determine the correct configuration, you may be forced to fabricate what you need. You might peruse the Energy Suspension catalog to see if they have anything that might apply, and a junk yard visit might be in order.

Energy Suspension Parts Dealer, Specializing in Energy Suspension Bushings Suspension Components.

 

This is what your suspension should look like