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Axle install

From 1989 Ford Bronco “Street Truck”, documented by Tim Crase.

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1989 Ford Bronco - Clamped the '79 Spring buckets in place 1989 Ford Bronco - Drivers side...I put them as far forward as possible 1989 Ford Bronco - Drilling holes 1989 Ford Bronco - Passenger side bolted up 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up under a truck showing a black-painted steel bracket bolted to the frame rail with yellow zinc-plated grade-8 hex bolts and nuts. B… 1989 Ford Bronco - Drivers side 1989 Ford Bronco - Closer look at passenger side...see the rear bolt to replace the rivet lost when i took off the ttb spring bucket 1989 Ford Bronco - Hung the spring to look at it 1989 Ford Bronco - Bolting on the radius arms 1989 Ford Bronco - Rotated the axle to see if the radius arms were even 1989 Ford Bronco - Kept retightening the C bushings till they touched at the same time 1989 Ford Bronco - Slid the axle under the truck 1989 Ford Bronco - Hung with the springs, staps and stands to get it all lined up 1989 Ford Bronco - Solid front axle swap in progress under a truck on jack stands in a garage, with a freshly painted axle housing, gray coil springs, radius… 1989 Ford Bronco - Silver Ford Bronco up on orange and black jack stands in a garage with the left front wheel off, showing a coil-sprung solid front axle wit… 1989 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a truck on orange jack stands showing a solid front axle with a polished aluminum differential cover, gray coil springs o… 1989 Ford Bronco - Radius arm brackets bolted to the frame now 1989 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a solid front axle swap in progress in a garage, showing a coil-over-style front coil spring, an orange-painted brake cal… 1989 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a truck front end on orange jack stands mid solid-axle swap, showing a bare front axle housing with red-painted knuckles,… 1989 Ford Bronco - Radius arms are bolted up 1989 Ford Bronco - The front corner of a silver Bronco-style SUV with red pinstripe raised on jack stands, its front axle dropped to expose a coil spring, red… 1989 Ford Bronco - Underside shot of a silver Ford truck on orange jack stands mid solid-axle swap, showing a coil spring over the driver-side knuckle, a bare… 1989 Ford Bronco - Passenger side spring 1989 Ford Bronco - Drivers side 1989 Ford Bronco - Front side. 1989 Ford Bronco - Putting pressure on the springs 1989 Ford Bronco - Closer look at everything from the side 1989 Ford Bronco - Spring under pressure 1989 Ford Bronco - Cage radius arms 1989 Ford Bronco - Brake lines fit 1989 Ford Bronco - Track bar pieced together 1989 Ford Bronco - Mark Z. laying some beads on the mount 1989 Ford Bronco - So nice of him to hook me up 1989 Ford Bronco - Back at home with my welded bracket 1989 Ford Bronco - 2 bolts on the inside too 1989 Ford Bronco - Notched out the end for the track bar 1989 Ford Bronco - Hitting it with the flappy to clean it up a bit 1989 Ford Bronco - Gonna look nice painted up 1989 Ford Bronco - Shop-fabricated steel bracket lying on a wooden workbench, with fresh welds ground smooth along the plate joints and a notched tab at one e… 1989 Ford Bronco - More clean up on the bracket 1989 Ford Bronco - Drilling 3/4" hole for track bar 1989 Ford Bronco - A benchtop Central Machinery 8-inch drill press boring a length of welded steel bracket clamped to its table, with metal chips piled around… 1989 Ford Bronco - In place on the truck 1989 Ford Bronco - Ground-level view under a truck showing freshly fabricated bare-steel brackets welded to the frame, with a visible weld bead running along… 1989 Ford Bronco - Underbody close-up of a bare-steel fabricated bracket bolted to a black frame section, held in place with a large C-clamp and ratchet strap… 1989 Ford Bronco - Underbody view of a freshly fabricated bare-steel bracket bolted to the frame during a suspension build, with an orange coil spring and sho… 1989 Ford Bronco - Underbody shot of a solid-axle front suspension build, showing a freshly fabricated bare-steel bracket welded to the frame rail beside a gr… 1989 Ford Bronco - Underbody view of freshly fabricated bare-steel suspension brackets welded to a frame rail, with raw weld beads and a bolt hole for a link… 1989 Ford Bronco - Added an extra bolt to the rear mount 1989 Ford Bronco - All together and tightened up 1989 Ford Bronco - Hanging again with the rerar mounts all finished 1989 Ford Bronco - Stitting on its own 1989 Ford Bronco - Low-angle front underside shot of a lifted silver Ford 4x4 showing a solid front axle swap with black coil springs, chrome differential cov… 1989 Ford Bronco - Two-tone black-over-silver full-size Ford Bronco sitting in a home garage mid axle swap, with the front wheel removed to expose the axle, c… 1989 Ford Bronco - A two-tone black-over-silver full-size Ford Bronco SUV lifted on large BFGoodrich Mudder tires with chrome wheels, shown from the front thr… 1989 Ford Bronco - 45 1/2 to bottom of the front wheelwell 1989 Ford Bronco - Drivers side spring 1989 Ford Bronco - Front suspension detail on a lifted 4x4 in a shop: a gray-painted coil spring seated between the frame perch and radius-arm bracket, with a… 1989 Ford Bronco - Passenger side 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a vehicle's suspension showing a gray coil spring with a white limit strap, mounted to a silver-painted frame and axle with a r… 1989 Ford Bronco - I didnt like the way the reamer was working in the drill so i did it by hand 1989 Ford Bronco - Mounted the tie rod on top of a dropped pitman arm 1989 Ford Bronco - Todd gets to do the honors of cutting the crossmemeber...no turning back now 1989 Ford Bronco - Cutting the crossmember 1989 Ford Bronco - A worker in a welding helmet and ear muffs sits on the shop floor cutting into the front suspension of a silver and gray Ford truck raised… 1989 Ford Bronco - Hit the edges with a flappy to clean it up 1989 Ford Bronco - Lots more room now 1989 Ford Bronco - 2 grade 8 bolts in the track bar mount, just because 1989 Ford Bronco - Upper track bar mount bolted on and crossmember cut 1989 Ford Bronco - Back of track bar mount 1989 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a truck on jackstands showing a freshly painted black fabricated bracket welded to the frame rail and bolted through with… 1989 Ford Bronco - Weight back on the axle, and ratchet straps centering it 1989 Ford Bronco - Close up of track bar mount and pitman arm 1989 Ford Bronco - Kinda checkin angles 1989 Ford Bronco - A solid front axle with a bolt-on differential cover sits under a truck on a red floor jack and a caster dolly, held up by a ratchet strap… 1989 Ford Bronco - Other side 1989 Ford Bronco - Got my tie rod, drag link, and track bar today 1989 Ford Bronco - Tie rod on, made of DOM tubing tapped 7/8 1989 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a Ford truck's front solid-axle suspension on jack stands, showing the differential housing, gray coil springs, steering… 1989 Ford Bronco - With drag link 1989 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a solid front axle installation in progress in a garage, the truck resting on red jack stands over a concrete floor. Coil… 1989 Ford Bronco - Put some wheels on to make it easier to check alignments 1989 Ford Bronco - Started checking clearances with some 7" wheels i have laying around 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a front coil-spring suspension with a red-painted spring perch and radius-arm bracket, a black coil spring and a tie rod with a… 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a front solid-axle suspension assembly on a bare steel wheel, showing a black coil spring, red-painted joints, tie rod ends and… 1989 Ford Bronco - Front suspension of a light-blue truck under construction in a garage, with the body on a red jack stand and a bare polished alloy wheel te… 1989 Ford Bronco - Silver Ford Bronco raised on red jack stands in a garage with the front wheels removed, exposing a solid front axle with coil springs, pain… 1989 Ford Bronco - Front driver-side corner of a black-over-silver two-tone Ford truck up on red jack stands in a garage, with the front axle, coil spring, ra… 1989 Ford Bronco - The front axle and suspension of a 1989 Ford Bronco are visible, supported by jack stands during installation. 1989 Ford Bronco - Looking at the angle of the trac bar 1989 Ford Bronco - An underside view of a solid front axle installation showing the cast differential housing, coil springs, steering tie rod with a heim join… 1989 Ford Bronco - Just a pic 1989 Ford Bronco - Look from the rear 1989 Ford Bronco - Some people are concerned about my tie rod being on top, but it does droop easily 12-13" 1989 Ford Bronco - Got my Cage shock hoops 1989 Ford Bronco - Holding it up to see 1989 Ford Bronco - Had to cut a hole in the wheelwell 1989 Ford Bronco - Thats gonna be cool 1989 Ford Bronco - test fitting the shocks on 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a lifted front suspension corner inside a garage: a black coil spring on a laser-cut 'Cage' coil bucket bolted to the frame, wi… 1989 Ford Bronco - Todd thinks they look cool 1989 Ford Bronco - Solid-axle front suspension mocked up on a white Ford Bronco XLT sitting on jack stands, with a black coil spring, dual white shocks on a f… 1989 Ford Bronco - Looks pretty cool I think 1989 Ford Bronco - Hot my heims, so I put in the track bar 1989 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a solid-axle-swap front suspension with coil springs, a cast front differential, tie rods and drag link, and a brake drum… 1989 Ford Bronco - Got the lower part of the arm bolted good enough to drive it to a shop to get the lower part reworked. 1989 Ford Bronco - Passenger side mounted. had to cut deeper into the wheelwell for this side as the plastic liner is shaped differently 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up inside a front wheel well of a lifted truck showing a solid-axle coil spring conversion: a gray coil spring on a fabricated bracke… 1989 Ford Bronco - This is probably how its all gonna look, still will be more fine tuning, but its close. 1989 Ford Bronco - Set the tires on to check clearances 1989 Ford Bronco - Low front-quarter view of a black-over-tan 1987-91 Ford Bronco/F-Series sitting in a garage mid solid-axle-swap, with the front bumper and… 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up of the front suspension on a lifted black-over-silver Ford Bronco in a garage, showing a solid front axle with a coil spring, twin… 1989 Ford Bronco - Front wheel well of a white Ford Bronco XLT showing a fabricated coilover shock mount welded to the frame, a black coil-over spring and two… 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up inside the front wheel well of a white truck mid-suspension build, showing a coilover mounted to a laser-cut steel tower bracket m… 1989 Ford Bronco - Let the supension hang today 1989 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a vehicle's front suspension featuring a solid axle swap with coil springs, white shock absorbers, red-painted brake cali… 1989 Ford Bronco - tested movement with the springs off 1989 Ford Bronco - shimmed the bottom of the spring cups 4 degrees 1989 Ford Bronco - shimmed the bottom of the spring cups 4 degrees 1989 Ford Bronco - Putting in all the cotter pins 1989 Ford Bronco - Ratchet strapping the axle to the frame to get out of the garage 1989 Ford Bronco - Dark pic outside 1989 Ford Bronco - After the first test drive 1989 Ford Bronco - Sitting outside for the first time in quite awhile 1989 Ford Bronco - Tire can hit the rear shock...I will have to adjust the stops 1989 Ford Bronco - Outside in the daylight 1989 Ford Bronco - Low front-underside view of a Ford truck showing a solid front axle swap with coil springs, dual steering stabilizers, tie rod, and a diffe… 1989 Ford Bronco - Heavily lifted black-over-silver two-tone full-size Ford Bronco on a concrete driveway, shot from the driver's-side front three-quarter wit… 1989 Ford Bronco - Got the bumper put on 1989 Ford Bronco - Head-on view of a lifted gray and silver Ford Bronco in a residential driveway, showing the solid front axle, coil springs and radius arms… 1989 Ford Bronco - Three-quarter front view of a lifted two-tone gray-over-white Ford Bronco parked on a residential street, riding on BFGoodrich mud-terrain… 1989 Ford Bronco - Two-tone black-over-silver Ford Bronco with a removable hardtop, lifted on BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain tires and chrome wheels, side profile on… 1989 Ford Bronco - Driver-side profile of a lifted two-tone black-over-silver Ford Bronco XLT parked on a residential driveway, sitting on BFGoodrich Mud-Terr… 1989 Ford Bronco - Front three-quarter view of a lifted two-tone black-over-silver Ford Bronco with hardtop parked in a residential driveway, riding on BFGood… 1989 Ford Bronco - Front three-quarter view of a lifted two-tone black-over-silver Ford Bronco with a red pinstripe, parked in a driveway on chrome wheels and… 1989 Ford Bronco - We even cleaned up the garage