Recent content by Bronco67&69

Thanks much for your help!

Thanks much! This one will not be used as hill-climber anymore, except for all the hills in Pennsylvania, along with the assorted pot-holes. Not comfortable with no clips, when there are groves for clips and a clip would certainly be a better design. There were no clips in my lower or upper...

I keep seeing videos of people putting early bronco lower ball joints in. Some show them putting a clip on the retaining clip grove without issue. Others show people grinding down the steering knuckle so that the ball joint grove sticks out enough to put the clip on, and yet others say you...

All together after pressing the bearing in more and putting the seal in with it. Thanks

That was the problem. All together now. Thanks

I did put that on correctly. I believe that pressing in the spindle bearing enough that the seal fits inside with it will resolve the problem. I just cant figure out how the clip was on when I took it apart, because the spindle bearing was flush and the seal was on the axle. I will find out...

The seal is just like a rubber o-ring with a bevel on one side. It is not a press-in seal. By floating, do you mean that it gets put on the axle, not in with the spindle bearing? I ask, because when I took it apart, the seal was on the axle, not in with the spindle bearing, and the spindle...

I am working on a 71 bronco front end. I replaced the u-joints, spindle bearing, seals, etc. I used the original spindle, hub, brake backing plate, and lockout hub parts, all cleaned of any rust and dirt. After I properly torqued the axle bearing nuts I tried putting the lockouts together...