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What have you done to your Bronco today?

Jdgephar

Bronco Guru
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Messages
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Big progress on my dash...got the center piece done.
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Lawndart

Sr. Member
Joined
Nov 23, 2014
Messages
889
Loc.
66030
Sad day - end of my Bronco season.
Highlights:
- 9970 miles this season
- replaced cracked distributor cap
- replaced trackbar bushings after noted death wobble
- broke left rear axle - replaced of course
- broken oil sender extension - replaced
- 3-4 trout fishing/camping trips
- too many smiles to calculate
Until the salting ends in the spring...


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Peace and Happy Thanksgiving to all!
 

nvrstuk

Contributor
Just a Bronco driver for over 50 yrs!
Joined
Jul 31, 2001
Messages
9,212
Lawndart- SO DANG GLAD the infamous, super tough 9" rear axle didn't cause a bunch of damage or worse!

I am so against running a 50 yr old 9" rear axle in our applications. Car application is a bit different. I have seen SO many Broncos roll from axle breakage. So glad you're ok.

Car's with 9" axle breakage due to bearing failure is so common but they don't roll over due to their stance. They sit on the ground and almost always have a fender that covers the tire in case it walks out and offers some stability until you stop. Cars don't drop 2' off rocks, cars don't try to handle the torque of a V8 on steroids with this drivetrain: bolstered by a 6.72:1 ZF, possibly a doubler at 2.0: 1 additional torque multiplication and then a 4.3:1 Atlas behind that they add in 4.56:1 rear gears but here's what does it... you are running a fully locked rear with 37" tires bouncing on JUST the rear tires trying to make it up over that 2' ledge... torque bends lightweight 9" housings with ease (at times).

Glad you're ok. Guess you can see where I"m coming from! Been preaching this exact issue for 40+ yrs... after I finally realized what was going on back then it still took me forever to step away from them.
 

76YETI

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Sr. Member
Joined
May 27, 2015
Messages
899
Loc.
KC METRO
Sad day - end of my Bronco season.
Highlights:
- 9970 miles this season
- replaced cracked distributor cap
- replaced trackbar bushings after noted death wobble
- broke left rear axle - replaced of course
- broken oil sender extension - replaced
- 3-4 trout fishing/camping trips
- too many smiles to calculate
Until the salting ends in the spring...


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Peace and Happy Thanksgiving to all!
i need to come look at that soft top some time!
 

Lawndart

Sr. Member
Joined
Nov 23, 2014
Messages
889
Loc.
66030
Lawndart- SO DANG GLAD the infamous, super tough 9" rear axle didn't cause a bunch of damage or worse!

Glad you're ok. Guess you can see where I"m coming from! Been preaching this exact issue for 40+ yrs... after I finally realized what was going on back then it still took me forever to step away from them.
Thank you. I had just gotten off the highway doing 65-70 mph for 45 minutes. The axle broke turning left at 10 mph less than a mile from my house. I certainly reflected and pondered a bit on how it could have been.
 

gnsteam

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Bronco Guru
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Jan 29, 2010
Messages
3,685
Loc.
Lincoln NE
Shiny brake parts are happy brake parts.

What are these spacers of which you both talk about? Spacing the crossmember down a bit I presume?

Paul
Hi Paul,

The spacer I added, is between the crossmember and the transmission tail support.
 

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JeepGuy

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Bronco Guru
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Aug 24, 2006
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Been a busy couple week tightening up the little things...

*My 12 year old and I rebuilt the Carb while my 16 year old serviced the spark plugs, drained the oil, changed the filter, and refilled the oil. That was an awesome day.
*Started the Bronco, and to my surprise the rebuild worked. Super rich at the moment but I'll be messing with mixture a bit as we go. Used the good old long line into a mobile gas jug as source. I gotta say, I'm impressed with the manual pumps ability to pull gas. Took maybe 10 seconds to fill the filter and shoot out in all directions from the loose clamp fittings at the carb.
*Added the rear diff shims to account for the pinon angle and lift springs... took some banging around, rigging with straps pulling different directions, some vice clamps, and sledge hammer... but it is done and the pinon looks much happier now.
*Installed extended drive shaft.
*Started the Bronco again just to test my ability to avoid carbon dioxide poisoning while enjoy the thumping sound of American muscle and cold Coors light, and the Star Spangled Banner playing in the background! Turns out about two beers worth of the CO2 is all I can take.
*Re-installed stock gas tank with BRAND NEW fuel pickup/sending unit... only to find a pinhole leak on the BRAND NEW part again... Drained the fuel all over myself bringing the tank down, re-ordered and re-installed BRAND NEW fuel pickup/sending unit. No leaks this time.
*New fuel filler hoses.
*New stainless locking tailgate latch.
*Started the bronco again. Took video next to the tail pipe capturing the sound of a 2 into 1, 2.5 pipe through 2 chamber flow master to all my Jeep buddies with their cute little V6's.
*Tailgate silencer kit with new bump stops... This tail gate on my 74 is now about 100 times tighter than the tailgate on my 04. Can't wait to see if I hear any rattles with it at all.
*New License plate light with new rubber gromets for the wiring. Figured those would give me all kinds of trouble but they were honestly very easy. I guess new rubber vs 50 year rubber makes a difference.
*Finished up the Winters Shifter install, cut the trans cross member, and cycled the gears. Seems to work as expected.
*Started the Bronco again just because.
*Finished drilling all the holes and secured the roll cage completely. The drilling has been killing me as I burn through bits daily. Finally spent more than 2 bucks on a decent set of metal bits and wouldn't you know it... they actually drill through metal...lol
*Finished the frame and diff. mounted Stainless brake line set. I paid extra for the upgraded braided front brake flexible hoses... but the kit was missing the adapter between the hard line and flexible line. That took a half day of driving around trying to find the adapters. Funniest part was at Auto Zone trying to explain to the 20 something person that they just need to bring me their adapter bin and let me have at it. They couldn't get away from year, make, and model... hahahahaha
*Attempted to install steering shaft between IDidIT and 4x4x2 box only to find out the WCB adapter plate I used pushed the box outward just enough to interfere with the inner fender well clearance.
*Cut the clearance hole on the fender....

And now here we are, getting ready to test my sheet metal skills patching the inner fender. We'll see how it goes.

I forget how fun wrenching in the garage can be when parts actually work as designed. Also fun having to figure out the puzzle of these things at times. :ROFLMAO:
 

Master Chief

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Bronco Guru
Joined
Nov 24, 2006
Messages
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Following an unusually dry summer and roughly 5000 miles of smiles, our first snow fell on Thanksgiving and so did the road salt.

Today I put the Bronco to bed for hopefully a long winter nap. Sounds crazy I know, but I love to ice fish and snowmobile.

It will be at the 2025 May It Forward (11th annual) with the new WH hydro-boost system that I recently won.
 
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