floor pan

[rfh11]

It appears on the old floor pan that the edge at the door was under the threshold lip,is that correct. But the support appears to be flush with the top edge of the rocker panel. One other thing is the bronco appears to have a lot of stress cracks or metal fatigue. I am guessing that this is from off roadiing?

On the passenger side the floor support that runs across the transmission tunnel had what appeared to be a bushing of some sort. Why would that be put in.

Thanks,
Randy

 

[broncnaz]

Your correct on the floor pan and rocker panel. The bushing under the support is a body mount its used to keep the body off the from and to dampen the ride. Hard to say what your stress cracks are from could be a number of things like worn out body mounts, fender bender or body damage from offroading.

 

[rfh11]

Floor Pans

One last question,I hope. Does the original toe board have a seam somewhere? The replacement panel isn't as tall as the original. These are Carpenter panels. Also, the bushing placed was beside the body support bushing,not bolted in just pushed in. The bronco has a lift not sure how much but it has 32" tires with fenders cut. How do I tell if the lift was done correctly or was it home made. Thanks for all the help


Thanks,
Randy

 

[broncnaz]

The factory toe board has a seam right where it angles up. the replacemnet panels get rid of this seam its usually the first place it starts to rust. Sounds like your body mounts were worn or are worn and the extra bushing was used to help support the body.
To deterime lift measure from the top of the front axle tube to the bottom of the frame 7in is the stock height anything above that is your lift. Stock measurement in the rear is 6in. Hard to tell you how to tell if the lift is homemade about the only thing you can do is look at the parts to determine if they are factory or cobbrd together I would say its probably a store bought lift as springs/blocks are fairly cheap. Although I have seen some lifts with good springs but hackedup radius arm drop brackets. Look in the gallery for pics of suspensions that should help.

 

[rfh11]

The seam is at the cross member on the flat portion of the floor and then angles up toward the firewall. I can't locate a seam at the firewall. Was there one there. Or do you weld to what is left of the toe panel? Something I would like to pass along. I used a pickle fork to break the spot welds on most localtions. I haven't drilled any spot welds out yet. I will have to drill the ones at the rocker panel. I am afraid to use the fork because there isn't much metal to be beating on. I have been very pleased with the way this has worked so far. The floors are out except the toe boards. Then I saw the tranfer case bushings are bad. Trying to locate the bushings. Very easy repair with the floors out. Thanks again for all the help.

Randy

 

[broncnaz]

I'd have to go out and verify the seam but if I remember correctly its where the flat part of the floor meets the angled section of the firewall or toe board if you will. You might want to check for the seam from underneath might be easier to find. Check out all the venders on this page they will have the bushings your looking for