Bill's Early Bronco build

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Re: Bill's Early Bronco build

Postby Jeremyrowell » Fri May 23, 2014 3:36 pm

Score! Man, you have a long way to go! You better get a move on this build man... Are you planing on it being ready for Rubicon?

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Re: Bill's Early Bronco build

Postby Bill » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:06 am

No ,, not ready for Rubicon ,, that will be a buggy trip for me.

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Re: Bill's Early Bronco build

Postby Bill » Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:52 am

So I planned on a daily driver with rear steer, after speaking with a few po po as well as what remaining knowledge of the CVC I possess I determined it is not illegal to have a rear steer vehicle on the roadway. I planned on using this bronco as my tow vehicle behind my motor home , and also planned on an atlas , well you can't flat tow an atlas. So there you go it all comes together, I put 35 spline warn hub lockers on the rear and simply unlock the hubs when towing , perfect. The rear steer is hydraulically locked all the time except when you activate the controller, so that's safe. Now to move the pumpkin /ring and pinion to the center so it looks and acts normal . I needed to move 10 inches from the long side to the short side .
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Re: Bill's Early Bronco build

Postby Bill » Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:04 am

I had some .120 tubes made as alignment tubes to re-assemble the separate pieces.
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Re: Bill's Early Bronco build

Postby Bill » Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:07 am

Now I'm waiting to get the tranny so I can put transfer case/tranny/engine all in the frame before committing to a pinion angle. Then all joints will be welded and an Artec truss welded on it.
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Re: Bill's Early Bronco build

Postby Jeremyrowell » Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:58 pm

Wow, you are definatley building an awesome rig there! Can't wait to see it come together!

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Re: Bill's Early Bronco build

Postby Bill » Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:16 pm

Got the axle all lined up and welded now for the artec truss. They don't make a truss for this type home made axle so I ordered a standard rear 60 and modified/narrowed it. You see the pic with the section cut out
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Re: Bill's Early Bronco build

Postby Bill » Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:23 pm

The axles with trusses welded on
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Re: Bill's Early Bronco build

Postby Bill » Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:32 pm

The tranny mount I stoled off the ol blue bomber put a few angles in it to clear the driveline , barely . Darrel Jones from Performance (the driveline guys) was over the other day and he was thinking I would need a CV ,, bad news . There is no more room. The under side of the body will be about a half inch from there , so ! No CV .
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Re: Bill's Early Bronco build

Postby Bill » Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:38 pm

The rear cross member was in the way of the link mounts which sat atop the truss . I moved the rear axle back 6 inches for better decent angles/clearance. I'm thinking the gas tank will be behind the back seat , it used to go where you see that new cross member
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