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1989 Ford Bronco “TBA”
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“TBA”1989 Ford Bronco

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The story

This is my first truck I have owned ever so it feels weird driving it and I don't have much experience to make judgements on its handling or ride.

Got the BKO free from my sister who lives on the ocean so after siting for almost a year its got some sea rust.

Nothing is life is free and this is no exception.

It started getting 10 miles to the gallon and I did some work on it and now it gets 15 mpg hwy.

Repairs and Maintenance done: replaced brake pads front, fuel filter, air filter, 1 oil change, added seafoam to crank, tank and intake, 2nd oil change, trans fluid change, replaced tailgate window, got used tailgate motor, used tailgate window rubbers and cap seal.

Recently had the shock mount rust out and break. In this round of fixes I replaced upper shock mount(quad) , lower front shock bolt, two passengerside front shocks, all components of rear brakes including cylnders, drum, linkage, springs shoes, adjuster, brake line on axel , tail pipe end and all knew longer lug nuts. — publicjohncue

Photos

1989 Ford Bronco - broken shock mount rusted out from 4 o'clock to 11 oclock. 1989 Ford Bronco - the rip terminates at the upper mount for the left shock. 1989 Ford Bronco - I had to grind off the rivetheads of what was left of the mount after cutting the shocks off and removing coil. 1989 Ford Bronco - a comparision of the broken mount and the donor mount. 1989 Ford Bronco - once the rivet heads (6) were ground off with the 4-1/2 in grinder and mount removed I still had to use a OX torch to heat and punch the ri… 1989 Ford Bronco - With the frame and holes exposed I ground, primed, painted and undercoated it. 1989 Ford Bronco - donor mount ground, primed, painted and undercoated and then fastened with grade 8 7/16 bolts. 1989 Ford Bronco - At center of photo a broken lower front shock bolt . Needed replacement. 1989 Ford Bronco - I ground/ cut off the bolt and drilled a 1/2 inch hole in the frame bracket. to install the replacement. 1989 Ford Bronco - I got the replacement bolt at AZ for a couple of bucks and it wasnt the rite size so I had to machine it down to fit the new shock. a grade… 1989 Ford Bronco - here is the new shock from AZ (18 bucks) mounted. 1989 Ford Bronco - Here is the finished job with new shocks and donor mount. 1989 Ford Bronco - While the truck was on stands I replaced all the rear brake components. 1989 Ford Bronco - the other side of the rear brakes, the one that had locked up and smoked after the front brake line pass side broke. thats what made me not… 1989 Ford Bronco - Once everything was back together I tried to start the truck after it sat for 5 days and it just clicked. you can see the wire nuts someone… 1989 Ford Bronco - rules to live by. 1989 Ford Bronco - A sticker a ribbon design incorporating the American flag and the word "VETERAN". 1989 Ford Bronco - Abstract gradient image with blue and black colors. 1989 Ford Bronco - This flag indicates a family member is serving in the armed forces. 1989 Ford Bronco - An abstract image composed of colorful bars and vertical lines, lacking any discernible subject. 1989 Ford Bronco - A Fiero badge with a bird emblem is shown. 1989 Ford Bronco - This is a badge for a CB750 Custom. 1989 Ford Bronco - This is the Ford Bronco emblem, the Ford logo and a horse silhouette. 1989 Ford Bronco - Mark the relative position of the driveshaft to the axel for later reinstall 1989 Ford Bronco - do the same for the dual u-joint end of the drive shaft. 1989 Ford Bronco - unfasten the ubolts and detach the driveshaft from the rear axel. 1989 Ford Bronco - unfasten the bolts and detach the driveshaft dual u-jount assembly from the transfercase. (note: the bolt heads are a 10 or 12 pointed head… 1989 Ford Bronco - here is the driveshaft as it came out of my bko 1989 Ford Bronco - I had taped up the rubber sleeve, wire brushed and sandblasted the driveshaft with the old ujoints still in it to protect mating surfaces. 1989 Ford Bronco - here is the driveshaft after sand blasting and before I Primed and painted it chrome. 1989 Ford Bronco - here is the driveshaft all disassembled with the new parts ready to be put in. The part numbers for the dual u-joint end of the drive shaft… 1989 Ford Bronco - a closer look at the dual u-joint chasis exploded view. 1989 Ford Bronco - The end mounting bracket has a swivel pressed into it and the hole in the swivel is where the spring on the right goes into. be careful dur… 1989 Ford Bronco - here is the set up I had used to disasemble and reassemble the driveshaft components. I used an arborpress but many use hammers/vises etc t… 1989 Ford Bronco - installing the ujoints are all pretty much the same process. get one axis of u joint in the drive shaft without the endcaps and position th… 1989 Ford Bronco - press in the opposite cap. 1989 Ford Bronco - each u-joint endcap should be deep enough to allow the clip to be inserted into the groove like this. (note: this particular u-joint is the… 1989 Ford Bronco - This is the inboard u-joint on the dual u-joint assembly. I had to remove the endcaps to insert the u-joint in position. 1989 Ford Bronco - taking the two endcaps I had removed I positioned the at opposite ends of the u-joint and pressed them both in at the same time. (note: thi… 1989 Ford Bronco - When setting up to attach the middle component to the dual u-joint assemble I had to line up the previous marks made to obtain the correct…

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