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Suspension & Axles

From 1990 Ford Bronco II — documented by 4x4junkie.

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1990 Ford Bronco II - Stock radius arms extended using a 20" length of 2" O.D. .250 wall DOM tubing (arms are 12" longer than stock) 1990 Ford Bronco II - Made from 3/16"plate Eyelet fabricated from some leftover DOM tubing and some 1/8" strip wrapped around it (final dimensions 2-3/… 1990 Ford Bronco II - The end of the stock arm is cut off and prepped to be welded into the end of the DOM tube (shown next to a finished end) 1990 Ford Bronco II - close up before welding (showing one of the holes for a plug weld) 1990 Ford Bronco II - Tube welded into body of arm. Note the slight offset and that it's not flat against the inside of the arm, this is to add approx 5 degree o… 1990 Ford Bronco II - No stiff-as-isht TTB coils here... This is a Skyjacker 6" Cherokee (XJ) coil spring #JC60F shown next to a Rancho 3" Cherokee spr… 1990 Ford Bronco II - The stock coil bucket is raised up two inches, together with the addition of F-250 shock mounts. This maintains the suspension at about 3.5… 1990 Ford Bronco II - Fitting the coil to the mount. These coils are approx half-inch larger diameter than the stock TTB coils (notice the tab welded right at th… 1990 Ford Bronco II - Front shock mount setup. The Bilsteins have been replaced with Fox 2.0s (Fox allows you to change the shock's valving). 1990 Ford Bronco II - Framework housing a droop limiter cable for the front suspension. It lessens the amount the hood rises up on steep climbs due to weight tra… 1990 Ford Bronco II - Mounting of the cable housing to the truck frame 1990 Ford Bronco II - 2.5" pulley for the cable to ride on. 1990 Ford Bronco II - This shows the cable attached to the axle. It also shows where I had to widen the window where the axle shaft passes through the beam using… 1990 Ford Bronco II - Pivot bracket for the passengerside beam (Rancho bracket that has been reinforced) 1990 Ford Bronco II - An example of having good steering angles on a TTB suspension. Tie rods are nearly horizontal (inline with the beams). This puts the moveme… 1990 Ford Bronco II - New tie rods built from 1.25'' DOM tubing and 1-ton Dodge tie rod ends (4500lb axle ends). Kept bending the original ones on rocks lol. 1990 Ford Bronco II - Without the limit cable, the suspension has enough droop to bind the center axle u-joint. Some quick work with a grinder... problem solved. 1990 Ford Bronco II - Spicer 5-760x U-joint shown next to the original 5-297x joint. 1990 Ford Bronco II - Axle yoke modified to accept a full-circle snap ring clip (prevents spitting of the clips, leading to broken parts) 1990 Ford Bronco II - 5-760x u-joint installed with full-circle clips. 1990 Ford Bronco II - Warn manual locking hub, shown secured to the rotor using small screws (keeps the hub from coming off with the tire). This is the stronger… 1990 Ford Bronco II - Testing the flex. Need more blocks. lol 1990 Ford Bronco II - Measuring suspension height with a tape measure next to a red coil spring and tire. 1990 Ford Bronco II - Measuring the gap between the tire and the fender well using a tape measure. 1990 Ford Bronco II - Solid Schmolid... The TTB axle seems to do just fine :D 1990 Ford Bronco II - A shot of the rear showing the Explorer 8.8" axle... The Skyjacker leaf springs have been replaced with Pro-Comp 64'' Chevy leafs. 1990 Ford Bronco II - Extended rear shock mount (using space from the body lift) P.S., that crappy Rancho shock is long gone... Have Fox 2.0s all around now. 1990 Ford Bronco II - New 64'' Pro-Comp Chevy springs installed (#13211, 3.5''). For some reason I kept bending stock-fitment springs near the forward eye (did i… 1990 Ford Bronco II - The longer Chevy leafs required moving both the spring & shackle hangers from where they were... I made these pieces from 3/16'' plate so I… 1990 Ford Bronco II - New shackle bracket to fit the 64'' Chevy leafs... puts the (extended) shackle about 3'' rearward of stock.