The $1,400 Bronco Project

[CJ]

I need your opinion. The guy I bought it from said the shop that did the rear suspension accidentally installed a 1.5" lift (hence the pinion angle issue); however, I think it's bigger than that. Anyone with experience on these want to take a guess looking at the pictures? I have a feeling it's closer to 3". 8 degrees of pinion angle sounds quite excessive for 1.5" of lift.

[CJ]

Vibration was pinion angle. Installed 8* shims to give me anow adjusted -2° pinion angle, perfect 0° under load, all vibrations gone. All mechanical problems the truck was sold for are fixed.

[CJ]

Black2002, I wish I could, man. I'm like 20 jobs behind, barely have enough time for my own stuff. Once I can see the light I'll send you a pm. It looks like what you need would best be done on a lathe.

[naynay]

I feel like I'm looking at a shipwreck.

lol, for real, its like one of those deep sea cameras where you aren't sure what is what. #barnicles.

[black2002ls]

So something like these?



Wheel sleeves for my 1/12th Camaro? The ones I had machined ended up being ENTIRELY too big. I need to make new wheel centers.

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[CJ]

Cnc? How small can you machine?

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0.011mm to 1000mm

[black2002ls]

I think I'm going machine it on my cnc.

Cnc? How small can you machine?

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[NoClassic]

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fd/full.aspx?Page=12

[CJ]

I will let you know if they are still there. Another thing you want to look into finding is the nut/inner sleeve that sandwiches the isolator to the bracket. With that kind of rust you will likely have to hack it in half to get the mount out.

I think I'm going machine it on my cnc.

[NoClassic]

I will let you know if they are still there. Another thing you want to look into finding is the nut/inner sleeve that sandwiches the isolator to the bracket. With that kind of rust you will likely have to hack it in half to get the mount out.

[CJ]

Those body mount brackets look the same as the ones we pulled off our OBS F250 chassis. When I am back in town next month I can try to dig them out of the scrap pile if you want them. We just drilled out the rivets, did not cut anything.

Wow, that would save me a ton of time. That's a hell of a offer.

[NoClassic]

Those body mount brackets look the same as the ones we pulled off our OBS F250 chassis. When I am back in town next month I can try to dig them out of the scrap pile if you want them. We just drilled out the rivets, did not cut anything.

[CJ]

That rust explains the 1400 price.

Yep. It's very localized. Those are the two worst spots on the truck. As bad as the rust is there, the truck is 100% mechanically sound. Every single thing works on it and is new. Previously owner spent a lot of money on it, but didn't have the experience or capability to fix the cancer. I've dealt with this before on my '45 Willys, and it's still salvagable.

[Tx Redneck]

That rust explains the 1400 price.

[AnthonyS]

You need some vactan to stop that rust.