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disciplerocks's 89 Bronco II Build Thread

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#1 · (Edited)
Current parts and mods

4.0 OHV from a 94 Explorer
A4LD/5R55E hybrid, rebuilt, shift kit, oversized pan
1354/1354 doubler
Explorer front driveshaft for rear
Explorer Sport rear driveshaft for front
High pinion dana 44, Helical LSD, 4.56 gears, Warn lockouts, Single spindle nut setup, Poly bushings
Full width 31 spline 8.8, trussed, spooled, 4.56 gears, disc brake swap
F250 brake master cylinder
2" drop shackles and stock Ranger 2" lift blocks
Repacked Explorer leafs
6" Rough County XJ coils
35" Baja Claws
9k winch
130 amp alternator
On board air

Exo in process

Dana 60/Sterling swap in process

Wheelbase - 99.75"
Crawl ratio - 69.27:1
RTI - 924

So here she is, my $700 B2.






Budget lift


Real lift


Broken D28, and the new D35 with 3.73s



Old 7.5 and new 31 spline 8.8 with L/S 3.73s


Old steering with lift


New ZJ steering setup


Stonecrusher radius arm extentions


Sliders



New rear bumper



New front bumper


Diff protector





More to bumper




4.0



4.0 in its new home.


Idle video


Half door




New tires


Caught on fire



Installed high lift


F250 shock towers


New D35 and 8.8 with 4.56s already installed


Aussied the front, welded the rear


Fenders cut for flexy XJ springs


D35 maxed out


And the flop




F250 master cylinder


New steering


Tube fenders


And then came the doubler









First trail after doubler I blew both hubs and cracked a lift bracket.



So I came across a high pinion D44 with 4.56s already installed.



One day solid axle swap






Then came the full width 8.8


Welded tubes, installed an Explorer disc brake setup with redrilled rotors, and installed a mini spool



Then the FM146 couldn't hold the 4.0 anymore. Rebuilt A4LD with oversized pan, shift kit, and 5R55E drum, pump, starter and bellhousing.



Auto ready to go in


New 8.8 in, moved back 3"



Fender cut

 
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#90 ·
Been eyeballing things this morning. I don't want to outboard the leafs too much. The best place for me to mount them would be on the "blocks" that are already on the axle. I think they were for the bump stops. But I don't think I can mount a spring on the driver side since it is right against the pumpkin. I may end up sticking with coil springs.





 
#92 ·
I'll have to make a new track bar and track bar mount. It was hacked up for the D44 in the F150.

Thinking about using the stock brackets on the axle and going 4 link.
 
#93 ·
Parallel 4 link dont articulate well. That's SVT's problem. You can use the parallel 4 link design, but only use one upper link (3 link) for better flex. I'm doing a triangulated 4 link with the new axles...

SVT
 
#98 ·
So I stumbled across a metric D50 with 4.30 gears and went ahead and picked it up. Then nabbed a Sterling and another D50 with 3.73s. Going to be selling my other set of axles.

I haven't been able to find a set of steel 17s in the metric pattern do I thought about having my Dodge wheels redrilled. But I've read that some have simply shaved a bit out of the lug holes to make them fit and run the flat washer style nuts.


 
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