What have you done to your Bronco today?

[stout22]

I got my license plate straightened out after crushing it last year at Moab.
It's not perfect but never was. I had to straighten, strip and repaint it. I found some reflective paint off the internet.

 

[Slowleak]

Dang..... That turned out nice. I have never tried that.

 

[stout22]

Thanks, it won't stand up to close inspection
I had to bring this one back to life because it was originally on my wife's grandfather's truck.

 

[Montoya]

Thanks, it won't stand up to close inspection
I had to bring this one back to life because it was originally on my wife's grandfather's truck.

Happy wife, happy life! Smart man. ;D

 

[R Moses]

Drove to James Duff Bronco and purchased an extended drive for my Bronco. Just had the Duff Duck Duff 2.5in suspension installed. The factory drive shaft was good for the highway, but sketchy for any off road use.

 

[DirtDonk]

In what way? Was extended out too much already?
Very unusual to need a longer one for just 2.5" of lift, so maybe the PO had put a too-short one in there to begin with.
Or the angle of the rear pinion is too far down, which is a common issue after a lift and when it's brought back up the driveshaft is compressed.

Paul

 

[sprdv1]

I got my license plate straightened out after crushing it last year at Moab.
It's not perfect but never was. I had to straighten, strip and repaint it. I found some reflective paint off the internet.

It's the little things right.

 

[R Moses]

So the angle of my rear axle may be the trouble?

 

[darrell82]

Changed speedo gear and it’s still off.


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[Lon L]

I went to the Shop to see the tub mounted on the bod

y after getting new paint

 

[Slowleak]

Filled up the tanks, went on a B, double-E, double-R, U, N....

 

[mustanggarage]

went to visit it. at the body shop. we will be seeing some color in the not too distant future.

 

[Montoya]

went to visit it. at the body shop. we will be seeing some color in the not too distant future.

That's exciting times! Good luck sleeping. ;D

 

[sprdv1]

went to visit it. at the body shop. we will be seeing some color in the not too distant future.

Nice..

 

[BronCowie]

That's exciting times! Good luck sleeping. ;D

That's a good one! ;D

 

[73azbronco]

Invented work around to steering stabilizer issue lifted and larger drag steering links.

 

[DirtDonk]

Where's the pics?

Paul

 

[DirtDonk]

So the angle of my rear axle may be the trouble?

Sorry, didn't see this until just now.
It's always possible. Lots of us need tapered shims after a lift to correct the now-changed pinion angle. And lots of new longer driveshafts have been purchased because of an incorrect pinion angle skewing the measurement results.
The more the pinion points downward, the longer the shaft needs to be to reach.

But as we like to say here "Every Bronco is Different" so while I've never personally been involved with a Bronco that needed a longer rear driveshaft after a suspension lift of up to and including 4" of lift, that does not mean that it can't happen.

You would need to check yours because there are so many possible variations. Including the incorrectly angled one from the factory (or dealer) on my friend's '76 Ranger. Bought brand new, has left it bone stock and has had to replace rear u-joints every 7 to 10 thousand miles for the last 42 years.
The last two years are left out because we fixed the "u-joint problem" with a pair of tapered shims!

So check yours with the full weight of the rig on the ground. Rear pinion should be pointed almost straight up into the centerline of the driveshaft. Most books call for straight into the shaft, but best results for Broncos are actually 1 to 2 degrees below the centerline.

Let us know what you find out with yours.

Paul

 

[BronCowie]

Planning to drive to work tomorrow, light rain showers in the forecast, so I put the bikini on... ready to roll!

 

[73azbronco]

Started pulling seats and carpet. Don't like the way the single piece is laying down, going to cut it in half behind seats and have local upholstery shop rebind. While doing this, taking out 1/2 inch layer of dynamatt on floor, keeping it on firewall area, just going to use 1/8 of dynapad with 1/4 inch auto padding in cargo area. Think the 1/2 stuff also made issues of carpet rippling. Cutting in half because back end around wheel wells needs to be trimmed, as carpet runs to back it appears to lean toward passenger side causing ripples. Suppliers have gone back and fourth on one piece or two piece carpets, I like quality of the one piece but see why its not practical getting that large a piece to fit right. Ordered a two piece to see if that worked and not happy with quality.