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From 1986 Ford Bronco “Booma” — documented by Jake Scaglione.

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1986 Ford Bronco - Stock brake line tee and axle breather tube straight from 1974.. 1986 Ford Bronco - attached to the diff cover is the original brake line system. I plan on running a tee either on the housing itself, or on the top bolt to e… 1986 Ford Bronco - chevy spring pads and shock mounts gotta go! 1986 Ford Bronco - axle breather tube 1986 Ford Bronco - heavy drums... 1986 Ford Bronco - brakes fought me for awhile. but the spindles are in good shape. 1986 Ford Bronco 1986 Ford Bronco - full length shot showing how big that pumpkin really is. Also note the different drum system. I believe this is the earlier drum system tha… 1986 Ford Bronco - I can't find any pictures of shaving the lip down, but here it is before we shaved it. we just blended it down. Lets face it, this axle is… 1986 Ford Bronco - cover marked with 373. indicating it came with 3.73 gears. open diff. 1986 Ford Bronco - here we put two punch marks just in case we forgot the bearing cap orientation. As a side note, all the plug welds were gone over and clean… 1986 Ford Bronco - here is our reference for the backlash adjustment. the thicker ring gear will change it a little bit but this will help us get in the ball… 1986 Ford Bronco - passenger side backlash adjustment. 1986 Ford Bronco - another shot for bearing cap orientation and for the backlash adjustment. 1986 Ford Bronco 1986 Ford Bronco - I had originally planned to reuse the tabs for the brake lines, but ended up just cutting them off and starting fresh. 1986 Ford Bronco 1986 Ford Bronco - dana 60 and 14 bolt drying by the fire. I don't have many of them in the prep stages, but we had them sandblasted and my Dad shot both axle… 1986 Ford Bronco - make shift rack for the hubs and other small stuff 1986 Ford Bronco 1986 Ford Bronco - had a caliper drop once already, so I rigged up these "redneck" airbags... with my luck they probably would have just bounced out… 1986 Ford Bronco - me pressing new carrier bearings onto the 14 bolt carrier 1986 Ford Bronco - if you look closely you can see the spring from the detroit in the carrier 1986 Ford Bronco - ended up dinging the straddle bearing and didn't have time to get another one (it was binding on the pinion and I had to fly back to japan… 1986 Ford Bronco - just lubing everything up before we button her up for the next year. If you look closely you can see where I whacked that bearing. 1986 Ford Bronco 1986 Ford Bronco - last shot of the axle before it got sprayed with the top coat. perches and brackets are from ruff stuff. 1986 Ford Bronco - old style strap yoke. Since the straps are one of the downfalls to these axles, I ordered a U bolt style from summit. better design, and ea… 1986 Ford Bronco - old style spindle nut system. I plan on changing out to the later 14 bolt style with a single nut and key. 1986 Ford Bronco - this isn't my carrier, but we used the same principle to pull the carrier bearings off. but even with an impact, we were able to bend 3/8 p… 1986 Ford Bronco - continuing where I left off last year. 1986 Ford Bronco - Great Lakes Offroad Diff cover. 1986 Ford Bronco - The gap here shows that the diff flange warped when GLO welded to it. hopefully the Right Stuff will seal to it. 1986 Ford Bronco - 14 bolt crush sleeve eliminator from ECGS. no more crush sleeve! 1986 Ford Bronco - 14 bolt about where it's gonna go 1986 Ford Bronco - 6" procomp 24311 for the rear. 1986 Ford Bronco - it's coming together! 1986 Ford Bronco 1986 Ford Bronco - shot from the rear. man is that diff big compared to the 9" 1986 Ford Bronco - sitting on the wide perches for 3" leafs. 1986 Ford Bronco - pinion angle. looks pretty good. should get better once the full weight is sitting on the truck. 1986 Ford Bronco - U bolts and spring pads fully torqued up. 1986 Ford Bronco - Center brake line drop coming off the diff center 1986 Ford Bronco 1986 Ford Bronco - rotors pressed onto hubs 1986 Ford Bronco 1986 Ford Bronco - more brake line stuff 1986 Ford Bronco - Front axle assembly with leaf springs and hub components supported by jack stands, with a date stamp of 07/27/2016. 1986 Ford Bronco - hubs slid right on! 1986 Ford Bronco - me hooking up the drive shaft 1986 Ford Bronco - finished shot of the axle 1986 Ford Bronco - tire fitment. 1986 Ford Bronco 1986 Ford Bronco - rear stance from the side. WMS of 14 bolt is 67" Rims are 17x9 with 4.75 of backspace with 12.50" wide tires. 1986 Ford Bronco - those tires make the diff look alot smaller! 1986 Ford Bronco 1986 Ford Bronco - Undercarriage view of a vehicle's suspension and differential assembly during maintenance. 1986 Ford Bronco - finished brakes. typical k20 front stuff. 1986 Ford Bronco - duplicolor paint not sticking to rustoleum primer. frustrating. looks like I'm sticking to rustoleum completely! 1986 Ford Bronco - The rear axle assembly is supported by jack stands, showing brake lines and leaf springs.