NATEandALLI
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- Jun 25, 2016
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Background - Been resto-modding my wife's 73 Bronco. It's a street cruiser so we converted it to 2wd. Sold the D44 and got a free D30 which we cut the center section out of. We tied the two axles halves together with some 3/8" wall tubing that slid inside the axle tubes then we capped it off with tubing that was the same od as the axle. Rebuilt the kingpins and got them in spec with the pull test.
Up front we put on an old K bar S lift. I think it's either 2.5 or 3 inch. Was a complete setup with matching caster bushings. When we bought the Bronco, it had a funky stink bug stance so I think it had HD rear springs so we didn't even need to lift the rear at all. With the front lift and stock rear springs, the Bronco sits very evenly.
Got it running and driving a few weeks ago. Took it for it's first drive around the neighborhood and noticed a bit of a shimmy in the steering when I hit a small bump. I dismissed it and figured that if that was as bad as it was going to be then it was fine. Well I hit a slightly bigger bump going a little faster and we got some mega death wobble. Pretty big let down to have DW after doing so much work but we're determined to do something about it.
Up front we put on an old K bar S lift. I think it's either 2.5 or 3 inch. Was a complete setup with matching caster bushings. When we bought the Bronco, it had a funky stink bug stance so I think it had HD rear springs so we didn't even need to lift the rear at all. With the front lift and stock rear springs, the Bronco sits very evenly.
Got it running and driving a few weeks ago. Took it for it's first drive around the neighborhood and noticed a bit of a shimmy in the steering when I hit a small bump. I dismissed it and figured that if that was as bad as it was going to be then it was fine. Well I hit a slightly bigger bump going a little faster and we got some mega death wobble. Pretty big let down to have DW after doing so much work but we're determined to do something about it.