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wow.....a lot of bad info.
first, the suspension up front is not twin I beam. Ford quit using that in 96.
The front uses torsion bars, you can raise and lower the vehicle(the front) slightly without screwing the geometry up.(I lifted the front of mine up....hey its 4x4, people usually want theirs higher when off roading).
You can try and pull the front shaft, but it might cause a CEL to come on.
I would highly NOT suggest lowering the 4x4.
get rid of it, and get a 2wd.
also, you don't have to go in reverse to get 4wd to disengage....at least on mine I don't.
lemme ask you, what do you get for gas mileage now?
I went from an average of 13mpg, to an average of 17 mpg, just by changing the way I drive.
and, when putting around town, with or without a load, a lower gear would help....say going from 3.55's to 4.10's.
If you want to know the gear ratio you have now, you can check by two ways:
first, get under the truck, and see what the diff tag says on it....or, look when you open the driver's side door, their is a sticker in the door jamb that has info about the truck....their will be a place on it that says AXLE, it will have a code of something like H9 on it. write that down and post back, and I can see if its in my Ford shop manual.
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