The butchering has begun

[Jeff Ogden]

Since the weather is still too iffy to paint my 66 F250 and its been a couple months since I bought the bronco the swap to 2wd has begun,all I was able to do tonight is get it up in the air and the front tires off so I could spray all the bolts down with PB blaster. Tomorrow after work I should have all the front suspension off and ready for the 2wd parts,all I am going to do is swap the front suspension and take the spacers out of the rear along with going through the rear brakes and swap the trans later. I will do the trans in the garage but I am doing the rest behind the garage.

 

[Seabronc]

Don't forget to take pictures, we would like to :-B them.

Good luck,

 

[Jeff Ogden]

I will take pics.

 

[Jeff Ogden]

I got the front suspension loose but ran out of light and got tired of dodging rain so I quit for the night,if it does not rain tomorrow I should be able to get it back on the ground. It was missing some caliper hardware and rattle clips for the pads.

 

[Rons beast]

Send some of that rain my way....please.

 

[Jeff Ogden]

The front differential is off and all the 2wd suspension is on and its sitting on the ground,as I pushed the piston back in one caliper it started leaking so new calipers and hoses next week and it looks like it will need balljoints so I will do them after I go through the rear brakes. I want to see if I can lower it with different springs a couple more inches in the front and that will be it since it will be a daily driver,it just got dark after I installed the wheels so I will get pics tomorrow.

 

[Jeff Ogden]

If I knew this swap was that easy I would have done it years ago when they were almost new or tried to buy one new and sell the left over parts back to the dealer,I wish now I would have bought a bronco with the manual locking hubs as I would like to convert my 95 F150 beater into a 4X4 since I mainly use it in the winter and getting parts at the junkyards.

 

[Jeff Ogden]

I am going to see if I can lower it with different springs to get it down a couple more inches in the front if it still could be aligned correctly.

 

[koontreeguy]

it looks empty under there!!! poor bronc /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> haha

 

[Jeff Ogden]

I came up with a set of dropped beams and a axle flip kit cheap today so it looks like its going to be low,the beams look to use a different style of balljoints and spindles then original so its research time.