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8 lug swap

From 1978 Ford Bronco “Trail Truck”, documented by Tim Crase.

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1978 Ford Bronco - Heavily rusted wheel hub with wheel-stud holes around its flange, clamped upright on a bench with the inner bearing bore packed in black gr… 1978 Ford Bronco - A heavily rusted vented brake rotor lying face-up on a concrete garage floor, showing its six-lug hub bores and cooling fins. An orange ext… 1978 Ford Bronco - Two press-in wheel studs lying side by side on a stained concrete floor, one longer with clean silver threads, the other shorter and heavil… 1978 Ford Bronco - A bare cast-iron wheel hub with an internally splined center bore for a locking hub, its six lug-stud holes empty and the flange showing li… 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a rusty front hub and brake rotor assembly with five wheel studs and exposed spindle, mounted on a steering knuckle with a visi… 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a rusty wheel hub flange with a single wheel stud in place, held by a hex nut used to draw the stud through the flange. The rem… 1978 Ford Bronco - New wheel studs being pressed into a rusty hub and rotor assembly on a bench, with a brass drift set over one stud and a hammer poised abov… 1978 Ford Bronco - A rusty five-lug wheel hub sitting on a brake rotor on a workbench, wheel studs pressed out and the empty stud holes visible, with the grea… 1978 Ford Bronco - Heavily rusted brake drum and hub assembly sitting face-up on an overturned five-gallon bucket in a garage, with five wheel studs and a gre… 1978 Ford Bronco - A heavily rusted 8-lug vented brake rotor sits on a shop floor with a dead-blow sledgehammer resting on top of it, next to a red floor jack… 1978 Ford Bronco - You can see the outer race of the axle bearing...i cannot get it out. 1978 Ford Bronco - Another shot 1978 Ford Bronco - Threads are rough anyway, I'm gonna order a new one from bronco graveyard 1978 Ford Bronco - Testing the reamer on a spare hub 1978 Ford Bronco - Slips till the splines touch 1978 Ford Bronco - Keeper hub with holes reamed out 1978 Ford Bronco - Front hub/rotor assembeld with 9/16 studs 1978 Ford Bronco - A front and a rear together 1978 Ford Bronco - My shiny new lug nuts 1978 Ford Bronco - Cleaned and painted all my brake brackets. Only 2 are for this project 1978 Ford Bronco - Four freshly refinished cast steering knuckles laid out in a row on a shop table, painted or coated flat dark gray with machined bearing bo… 1978 Ford Bronco - I was happy to see my new spindle 1978 Ford Bronco - Shiny 1978 Ford Bronco - Bearing inside already 1978 Ford Bronco - Too bad it wont fit >.< 1978 Ford Bronco - Two axle spindles are shown side by side on a wooden workbench, one freshly machined/polished and one older and rusty, surrounded by severa… 1978 Ford Bronco - '79 Bronco, and 77? F250 same stub? 1978 Ford Bronco - Decided to set it back together to look at it 1978 Ford Bronco - Good gappage to the caliper bracket 1978 Ford Bronco - Caliper fits fine 1978 Ford Bronco - Top veiw 1978 Ford Bronco - Got one of the spindles I ordered 1978 Ford Bronco - New balljoints pressed into the '78 bronco half ton knuckles 1978 Ford Bronco - A freshly painted black cast steering knuckle lies face-up on a concrete floor, cast markings reading "620117 L" on the steering arm and "U… 1978 Ford Bronco - A freshly painted black cast-iron steering knuckle lies on a concrete floor with new upper and lower ball joints pressed in, their threaded… 1978 Ford Bronco - A matched left and right pair of cast-iron steering knuckles laid out on a concrete floor, with upper and lower ball joint studs and thread… 1978 Ford Bronco - Factory bronco booster and master cylinder 1978 Ford Bronco - Engine bay close-up of a blue-painted vacuum brake booster and cast master cylinder with an aluminum cover, mounted to the firewall with br… 1978 Ford Bronco - Last shot of the engine compartment with it 1978 Ford Bronco - On the floor 1978 Ford Bronco - F350 booster/master 1978 Ford Bronco - Two automotive brake boosters and master cylinders are shown, one blue and one silver. 1978 Ford Bronco - Two automotive brake boosters and their associated master cylinders are shown, one in blue and the other in silver. 1978 Ford Bronco - Tool for balljoint adjuster 1978 Ford Bronco - Ball joint adjuster 1978 Ford Bronco - Ran down flush, ready for the knuckle to be installed 1978 Ford Bronco - Drivers side knuckle on 1978 Ford Bronco - Pushed the knuckle up with my floor jack 1978 Ford Bronco - After torquing the lower balljoint you torque the adapter down on top 1978 Ford Bronco - Then torque the big nut on top 1978 Ford Bronco - Spindles ready to go on 1978 Ford Bronco - '78 F350 master and booster 1978 Ford Bronco - '78 F250 Dual piston calipers 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a rebuilt front axle end with the spindle removed, showing the splined stub shaft, exposed U-joint inside the black steering kn… 1978 Ford Bronco - A vehicle's suspension system is shown with a focus on the hub and steering knuckle assembly. 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a vehicle's front suspension assembly, showing modified components and shock absorbers. 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of the brake booster and master cylinder in a vehicle's engine bay. 1978 Ford Bronco - Firewall-mounted black vacuum brake booster and dual-reservoir master cylinder with new nickel-plated brake lines curving out of the ports.… 1978 Ford Bronco - Under-hood view of a cast-iron master cylinder bolted to a black vacuum brake booster on the firewall, with coiled steel brake lines runnin… 1978 Ford Bronco - Front hub and rotor exposed on a lifted 4x4 held up by a red jack stand, with the caliper off and eight extended wheel studs visible in the… 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of an assembled front disc brake hub with the wheel removed, showing a machined rotor, black caliper and eight long wheel studs pr… 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a disassembled front disc-brake and hub assembly on a solid axle, with a large black-painted caliper over the rotor, a hub with… 1978 Ford Bronco - Front suspension of a lifted 4x4 with the wheel removed, showing a coilover spring on a machined mount plate stamped CAGE, dual white James… 1978 Ford Bronco - Yay another project 1978 Ford Bronco - All new hard lines 1978 Ford Bronco - One of my double flares 1978 Ford Bronco - I was able to run under the factory clips 1978 Ford Bronco - No factory prop valve, just a one piece brake line 1978 Ford Bronco - Mechanical prop valve installed 1978 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of the brake master cylinder and associated plumbing and wiring in an engine bay.