BRONCO TIE ROD FAILURE - Finally Fixed!
2023 ж. 11 Шіл.
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Everyone knows (even if they don't want to admit it) that the new Ford Bronco has some key weak points - the steering rack and the tie rods. Both of these are common failure points, even on the Bronco Raptor. And since we've already eliminated one of those with the billet aluminum steering rack from 74Weld, that means upgrading the tie rods is next. Cause nothing sucks more than being stranded off road on a trail in the middle of no where...with a bent or broken tie rod.
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Wow! How many "Firsts"?! We're all winners! Happy Birthday Kevin. Regular guys get a tie on their Birthday - Kevin gets Tie Rods! Brit wearing "Utah Lederhosen"..? Does this install count as a Chris "booty call"?! Color Country replaced my WK's front drive shaft after it broke on a trail with y'all a couple years ago. Great local shop. Those tie rods look amazing. LiteBriteNationBirthdayBroncoBash!
You guys are awesome. The level of information is very educational to anyone interested in a wide range of vehicles, off-road or otherwise. How and why you might want to modify them and how to look at trails and make your way through, usually without an issue. However, I'm compelled to point out a couple of things you're not doing well. Shop safety is lacking! You're teaching that working under a vehicle without eye protection is OK. Be honest now, how often do objects or dirt fall on your face and unprotected eyes when under your rigs? The first rule you learn in shop is to have eye protection! I hope no one has an issue with losing an eye out of it. Using a floor jack is a common practice for most of us as we don't have a lift in our garage. But to not use jack stands to support the vehicle and then roll under it, is totally against safe jacking practice. OK, I know, rolling under a jacked-up off-road vehicle with the tires on maybe as there's so much clearance under it that you'd have to be under a tire before having an issue. But, take the tires off, your chest is now the high point when the jack decides to fail. As I said at the start, your content is VERY educational and I've learned a tremendous amount from your channel but falls short when it comes to shop safety.
Finally a real tie rod solution not the funky sleeve blocks
Those look strong enough to handle even Kevin's driving! 😆 🤣 😂 Happy Trails to all at LBN!
LOL (press X for doubt)
Saving up for the CWF set like those for my prerunner. Huge difference on dirt roads, that weird IFS wheel wobble goes away at higher and lower speeds!
If there's a weak spot, Kevin will find it😂😂. Great video, those look great ❤️❤️💯🤙
Have a great and safe birthday trip you two😊
Now that thick. Lol to cool love the overalls Brittney. God bless. Happy belated Birthday Kevin.
Happy Birthday Kevin. Love your videos and your Bronco. Maybe someday I can join you in my Jeep Renegade Trailhawk.
Awesome 🎉🎉🎉love the bronco💙💙💙💙
When I saw your cute outfit I thought to myself “is it October Fest 2023 already” ❤but it’s still only July :(. Plus, no huge glass of beer.
Those should make the raptor pretty beefy. Look forward to seeing some Colorado wheeling videos. I’ll also add some tie rods to my list for the taco now just to carry. I saw my boots were torn on my ucas and lcas and was going to replace them myself but Toyota said to make an appointment so I’ll take free. I do plan to get the upper arms for the 3inch lift eventually.
GOLDDDDDDD, highly enjoy all yins wrenching in the day care. Stay fancy. #LiteBriteNation !!!
Knuckle now the weak link. Time for some 74 Weld portals!
I always carry axles, tie rods and tie rod ends with me in the 4Runner, about to prepare the Bronco the same for trip to Ouray next month.
What did y'all ever do..... before you got a Chris. Lol. Thank you Chris for the major efforts.
We did our own work, or paid shops/mechanics around the country for their skills & expertise. 😅
Y'all are very blessed to have Chris, keep up the great work. See y'all at Jeep Invasion at Pigeon Forge,Tn.
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO
Damn, I missed you coming to CO! 😢😢
We just missed you guys...seen the Jeep last year but knew ya'll were on vacation so did not hang around Ouray to bother you. Did stop by and get a pic with Andy at Burning Ass! Hope to see you out there next year.
The shop I’m at has the exact same alignment rack. I like those tie rods over the bronco I had in with some clamp on reinforcement. 12 Allen screws to remove before setting the toe 🤣.
Happy Birthday Kevin! :)
So cool to see the mods you're making to the BRaptor. Since I don't have a Jeep but a 22' Wildtrak I am watching intently to see what else I need to do. I did full NVM aluminum skids with UHMW as well as their rear shock skids. Right now just installed the Broncbuster braces and the bushing in the rack. Did Rock Slide Engineering step sliders for wife access to her ride but would have done NVM rock slider if I could have. Saw Kevins FB post about rear bumper damage curious to see what you have done there. Thats on my list to replace the big ugly plastic thing soon. Looking at DV8 comp rear bumper right now. Keep up the great content.
Bumper carnage video will go up on YT next Wednesday! 😁🤙
I haven’t watched the videos in a minute. But Kevin is looking super fit.
He’s definitely been trying!
I had a boot leak on the factory Badlands rack.. $1,500 repair. I put the HOSS 3.0 steering rack in instead of the factory rack and it's worked great.
Great content. Hope to be able to get brapter or new 392 soon. Question off subject, where has Bec been? Is she still part of your team?
Kevin so funny about alignment come on guy rock crawling the culprit !!!
Sum bubble what brit ??? Chris caught it ! 🤣
Nice overalls their brittney
Love the Braptor upgrades! Planning a trip to the Rubicon this year?
We are, for the Jeepers Jamboree! But if the Stepchild is finished by then, we’ll be taking her. If not, we’ll have to take the Braptor.
Very cool! Hope that our Gold Country Bronco group will be able to meet you all!
Can you epoxy/silicone/something to the electronics inside the rack to protect them from water?
Hmmm, a Braptor with the 7.3l Godzilla engine. That could be fun!
Too heavy
If you wanna be done with alignment issues you gotta get UCAs and lower arm lockouts… otherwise you’re just chasing issues. I usually lock them out or paint the ailment settings on the lower bolts so that we can reset them later after the trail . Raptors love to get out alignment off road. When you're ready to see what we do for raptors and building into the broncos shoot me a DM, our new shop is down the street from ya in south Utah 🤙
Ya we have lockouts on the way with billet upper arm
I'll say toe plate are still only so close. I found four point string got me even closer on the JK. You all doing Chinamans when you visit back here in CO
I've seen the option for the bronco it lists the top option model with 37 inch tires compared to like a 32 on the base my curiosity is what upgrades drivetrain wise does Ford employ with the vast difference in off-road options since there's quite a difference between a 31.8 inch tire and a 37x12.50 . I'm just wondering if the 37 inch tire set factory is about as stout as someone just buying a Rubicon and slapping 37s on it or if it's really able to take real abuse with any wiggle room for a larger tire . I've seen these newer broncos on the road honestly I like their looks better than a Wrangler just wondering how the drivetrain actually stacks up ?
Great video, thank you for all the information and looking hot and beautiful B. LOL Don't you think it would be easier to just bring the parts in case they break? Thank you
Nice!
Where did bec go. Also, Britt, I love it when you say rack
Happy pre-birthday!
10:14 her explaining diameter is pretty exciting!
Hi! Will these TIE RODS fit 23 Wildtrak? Thanks!!
I stumbled across her I mean this and good god. I’m here for it 😅
that has got to be the biggest downfall of that rack system the electronics being able to get wet where i live in ohio we wheel in old strip mines and it would get destroyed
I did not realize you was on hyperdrive I've watched that entire show beginning to end
3:20 My wife used to have an older Husqvarna ride on lawnmower, and it seemed every time you’d mow the lawn you’d hit something in the ground and break one of the alloy spindle towers. I soon got sick of that, so I got some round steel bar and machined, not one, but two spindle towers out of steel (I don’t know how I did it, mimicked them perfectly) and installed them with a ‘now take that you MoFo’, kind of attitude! Well, the very next time my wife used that mower she hit something bad ‘mower no go’ she cried. Upon close inspection, the spindle towers that I made were perfectly fine, but the shock had transferred up the chain of command and snapped the con rod and destroyed the piston… we buried the mower several days later!
When are you getting a winch bumper
I wonder if KibbieTech has plans for making Braptor parts. You guys should reach out to him. Custom billet uniball J-arms would be dope af.
Those look super high quality. The age old question, make the tie rods stronger and grenade your steering rack or let the tie rods be your fuse and change them on the trail. Those are beefy as hell. I’m anxious to see how your rack holds up. Id love to see a tie rod as strong as the factory unit but make them easily trail swappable.
We have a 74weld billet aluminum steering rack. 🙂
Amazing product!! I follow and subscribed to Foutz Motorsports channel!!
What are the weak points on the JKUs??? I heard ball joints but otherwise
Do you have a video that explains your background? You two are very knowledgeable
We do! There are a couple different ones. AMW4X4 did an interview that covers a lot of it. 😊
The 3.0 Liter can be tuned to handle all the mods you stated! Just ask the Explore ST guys. No need for v8 swap.
Should bring the other set with you just in case.
If we somehow break these tie rods, there’s likely significant other damage to the Braptor & a spare tie rod won’t be enough to help. 😅
Now to find the next weak point that the tie rod failures were masking.
gonna be the aluminum knuckles
willling to bet is a cv that's going to go next.
The truck isn't up to the task. Shouldn't exist. Sorry Ford. It's a turd.
@@mattb.2359 That's my guess as well. Or possibly the transfer case.
Really huh? Odd that they love it so much.
As nice video. Btw, were you guys were on one of the popular Colorado passes today (07/14) afternoon?
We were! 😊 Our videos generally upload 1-2 weeks behind.
@@LiteBrite awesome. btw, much thanks for your help on right spot. I think it was Kevin who was hugging Raptor to the wall. 👍 Also Happy Birthday to Kevin!!!
She said rack ! Haha . Nice work . Do some bolt stuff before going to V8.
So it sounds like everyone needs to build there Bronco old school 🏫 and put a Dana 60 front and rear and put a supercharged Cobra engine while there.
Regarding the soon to be too anemic 3.0, get ahold of Jeff C, your crawler friend in Hurricane (toukerville actually). Jeff uses a company called Montune in LA to build the Ford 2.3 capable of 900HP with the right tune, fueling and turbo. He's been having these 2.3's built for many of the top crawler guys in the area. I'm sure you know them all. I won't put all their names on blast here. I'd ask Jeff what he thinks about Montune building out a 3.0. If they can get the 2.3 to output 900HP in race form imagine what they can do with a 3 liter. I may be way off here, but it's worth a phone call. I know there's nothing like a big bruiser v8 under the hood, but a built 3.0 could be a really good option. Woody has his # if you guys don't.
Coyote V8 swap has to be in the near future. Another YT video shows that the motor drops right in. Gotta figure out the wiring part.
Can you do this job without an alignment?
Time for a Godzilla!
I know Greg. We used to race him in SCORE and BITD.
28th inside 30 mins 👊🏻💪🏻
Das Boot!
Why do I see fox shocks on the stepchild not Bilstein?
I would like to see you guys do a collaboration with Matt’s Off Road Recovery.
They have.
They have, if I remember correctly they are the ones that encouraged him to start a You Tube Channel. A few months ago they done a Video with Matt as well as Mischief Maker
We’ve done several. 🙂
I first found Kevin & Brit when watching a Matt's video, several years ago.
@@LiteBrite I should have worded that better. I do know that you have and I enjoyed all the past collaborations that you’ve done. I always enjoy them and I hope to see another one. Maybe with Matt’s wrecker? Can Matts off road wrecker off road better that the step-child 3.0?
What happened to the Super Hot fabricator Bec?
She’s gone. There’s was no future for Bec on the channel. She was an apprentice, and has taken what she’s learned and now has a good paying job. We’re no longer taking in any builds so there’s no way for her to make money. We will be focusing on our own personal builds which was always the original plan. We had to take customer builds in so she could get paid and during that time ALL of our vehicles got neglected and that’s not acceptable. So we went back to the original plan of just having chris as our friend and personal fabricator. Bec was never in the plans and we tried to adapt to make it work with 2 people but that didn’t end up working out, so now back to the original plan. Bec had 4+ months notice of this change and that time has now come and gone.
👍
You're crazy!
Getting @sarah n tuned vibes
I wouldn’t trust it either 😂😂
I m actually saddened that they sold the demon child.
You need to do a supercharged godzilla engine swap
Should have used those jack stands that were sitting in the background!
Nah, not with these guys who needs them.
Why didn’t you save the extra tie rod you didn’t use, as a spare, for when (if?) the other one breaks? Just a thought? Like the trophy trucks bring extra parts all over the place.
Mostly because if we break these, the damage is likely more extensive than just the tie rod.
What happened to Bec, we haven't seen her in a while
She’s gone. There’s was no future for Bec on the channel. She was an apprentice, and has taken what she’s learned and now has a good paying job. We’re no longer taking in any builds so there’s no way for her to make money. We will be focusing on our own personal builds which was always the original plan. We had to take customer builds in so she could get paid and during that time ALL of our vehicles got neglected and that’s not acceptable. So we went back to the original plan of just having chris as our friend and personal fabricator. Bec was never in the plans and we tried to adapt to make it work with 2 people but that didn’t end up working out, so now back to the original plan. Bec had 4+ months notice of this change and that time has now come and gone.
I was going to ask the same thing. It was cool of you guys giving her the opportunity to learn, but she will be missed. I would have liked to have seen the finished build of her jeep.
Maybe someday the step sister will know what its like to crest cleavland rock without a winch diaper 😅
Kevin show her his new thicker rod. Steering that is.
What happened to Bec?
She’s gone. There was no future for Bec on the channel. She was an apprentice, and has taken what she’s learned and now has a good paying job. We’re no longer taking in any builds so there’s no way for her to make money. We will be focusing on our own personal builds which was always the original plan. We had to take customer builds in so she could get paid and during that time ALL of our vehicles got neglected and that’s not acceptable. So we went back to the original plan of just having chris as our friend and personal fabricator. Bec was never in the plans and we tried to adapt to make it work with 2 people but that didn’t end up working out, so now back to the original plan. Bec had 4+ months notice of this change and that time has now come and gone.
Well, that sucks. She will be miss. Did she finish her jeep? Wish her the best in her new chapter.
Hopefully she starts producing more KZhead for her channel. She has what it takes for success, not afraid to get her hands dirty and definitely appealing for viewers. I wish her success.
She doesn’t have her own KZhead channel, and likely won’t make one. It’s too much work.
Wow!
How you gonna get a 74weld rack and not portals?! Almost offensive lol
They currently don’t make portals for the Raptor.
No link to the tie rods in the description?
That’s why we showed their website in the video itself & provided all of their social media. 😊
@@LiteBrite I guess that’s one way to do it.
Kevin are you listening to Dance Monkey? Bottom middle of instrument cluster
Where's Bec??
She’s gone. There’s was no future for Bec on the channel. She was an apprentice, and has taken what she’s learned and now has a good paying job. We’re no longer taking in any builds so there’s no way for her to make money. We will be focusing on our own personal builds which was always the original plan. We had to take customer builds in so she could get paid and during that time ALL of our vehicles got neglected and that’s not acceptable. So we went back to the original plan of just having chris as our friend and personal fabricator. Bec was never in the plans and we tried to adapt to make it work with 2 people but that didn’t end up working out, so now back to the original plan. Bec had 4+ months notice of this change and that time has now come and gone.
Pretty sorry that Ford would build such weakness into the steering of a vehicle at that price point.
Hey they've got lots of money to burn why not.
You're in Moab though just called Rory or matt
This is prepping for a Colorado trip, they wouldn’t be much help. Lol And still wouldn’t solve the issue of getting the rig repaired with unavailable parts.
Fair enough
Love your videos
That 1mm can make the difference 😂
👍❤️ #Jellynation
Between the 4 of you Brittany, Kevin, Bec and Chris are any of you related?
Get 74 welds steering and PORTALS!
They currently don’t make portals for the Raptor
Sacrilege!
Where’s Bec? What ya do with her ?
She’s gone. There was no future for Bec on the channel. She was an apprentice, and has taken what she’s learned and now has a good paying job. We’re no longer taking in any builds so there’s no way for her to make money. We will be focusing on our own personal builds which was always the original plan. We had to take customer builds in so she could get paid and during that time ALL of our vehicles got neglected and that’s not acceptable. So we went back to the original plan of just having chris as our friend and personal fabricator. Bec was never in the plans and we tried to adapt to make it work with 2 people but that didn’t end up working out, so now back to the original plan. Bec had 4+ months notice of this change and that time has now come and gone.
Source a Coyote motor and do a build on it.......then slip it into the Raptor.
Great improvement but I didn’t see any jack stands!
Where has Bec Gone she is an asset to the show...
She’s gone. There’s was no future for Bec on the channel. She was an apprentice, and has taken what she’s learned and now has a good paying job. We’re no longer taking in any builds so there’s no way for her to make money. We will be focusing on our own personal builds which was always the original plan. We had to take customer builds in so she could get paid and during that time ALL of our vehicles got neglected and that’s not acceptable. So we went back to the original plan of just having chris as our friend and personal fabricator. Bec was never in the plans and we tried to adapt to make it work with 2 people but that didn’t end up working out, so now back to the original plan. Bec had 4+ months notice of this change and that time has now come and gone.
@ 6:50... I'm in the commercial aviation industry, I work with strippers and dikes a lot... but like us aviation mechs, Chris needs to be a lil more PC... They are not "dikes" anymore... they are "alternative lifestyle pliers". 😆🤣😎
Hahaha lmao 😂
Lol, I got one for you. For long nose pliers, I call them heeb (Hebrew) pliers.
Next time please use jack stands so you don’t get crushed.
I got 26 inch jack stands. And not sure if those would do well with that vehicle. Maybe they just don’t have them cause they have a lift? I got the 4 3in1 bottlejack jack stands. Not sure about the raptor but ifs vehicles usually end up being unibody and very hard to have a decent spot for a jack stand let alone a jack besides the control arms it’s just how they make the newer cars so people can’t work on them them selves
Exactly what I was thinking. Good spot.
@@gwood69 throw the wheels/tires under it, use some 6X6 wood blocks anything to safely work on a vehicle. Relying on just a floor jack alone is short sighted and hazardous.
Hey where's Bec?
She’s gone. There’s was no future for Bec on the channel. She was an apprentice, and has taken what she’s learned and now has a good paying job. We’re no longer taking in any builds so there’s no way for her to make money. We will be focusing on our own personal builds which was always the original plan. We had to take customer builds in so she could get paid and during that time ALL of our vehicles got neglected and that’s not acceptable. So we went back to the original plan of just having chris as our friend and personal fabricator. Bec was never in the plans and we tried to adapt to make it work with 2 people but that didn’t end up working out, so now back to the original plan. Bec had 4+ months notice of this change and that time has now come and gone.
(factory alignment) give a blind man a wrench and a broken alignment machine. down the road
I'm sure this has been asked before, but what happened to Beck?
It's been asked about so many times they have pinned comments on several older videos. She has a real job now is the short of it. And FYI by older I just mean over the last couple of weeks. Not like months ago.
She’s gone. There was no future for Bec on the channel. She was an apprentice, and has taken what she’s learned and now has a good paying job. We’re no longer taking in any builds so there’s no way for her to make money. We will be focusing on our own personal builds which was always the original plan. We had to take customer builds in so she could get paid and during that time ALL of our vehicles got neglected and that’s not acceptable. So we went back to the original plan of just having chris as our friend and personal fabricator. Bec was never in the plans and we tried to adapt to make it work with 2 people but that didn’t end up working out, so now back to the original plan. Bec had 4+ months notice of this change and that time has now come and gone.
@@LiteBrite Thank you so much for the reply! I'm happy things worked out for her 👍. Hopefully she can make a Cameo appearance in the future 😀.
Dang it!!!! So much for my build plans lol. Back on the search for someone I trust with my rusty old ‘91 blazer that needs some love. Best wishes for Bec!!!! There aren’t too many like Chris out there.
Sorry, Tim. Guess you’ll have to find a different channel to watch. ☺️
WHERE IS BECK AND HER JEEP BUILD!!!!!.?
She’s gone. There was no future for Bec on the channel. She was an apprentice, and has taken what she’s learned and now has a good paying job. We’re no longer taking in any builds so there’s no way for her to make money. We will be focusing on our own personal builds which was always the original plan. We had to take customer builds in so she could get paid and during that time ALL of our vehicles got neglected and that’s not acceptable. So we went back to the original plan of just having chris as our friend and personal fabricator. Bec was never in the plans and we tried to adapt to make it work with 2 people but that didn’t end up working out, so now back to the original plan. Bec had 4+ months notice of this change and that time has now come and gone.
Break a knuckle.
Where is Becca and her Jeep haven't seen anything about it lately.
She’s gone. There was no future for Bec on the channel. She was an apprentice, and has taken what she’s learned and now has a good paying job. We’re no longer taking in any builds so there’s no way for her to make money. We will be focusing on our own personal builds which was always the original plan. We had to take customer builds in so she could get paid and during that time ALL of our vehicles got neglected and that’s not acceptable. So we went back to the original plan of just having chris as our friend and personal fabricator. Bec was never in the plans and we tried to adapt to make it work with 2 people but that didn’t end up working out, so now back to the original plan. Bec had 4+ months notice of this change and that time has now come and gone.