Nomad84
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- October 27, 2007
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- City, State
- Norman, OK
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '86 Bronco II
I bought a 92 Explorer for parts a couple of weeks ago mostly so I could swap the axles into my B2, and if the motor ends up being in decent shape it might get swapped later down the road. I don't plan on actually swapping axles for a while. That's partly because the B2 is my winter vehicle to get me around on the few days that we get snow and ice in Oklahoma. It's also partly because I'm not sure exactly what I want to do with the D35. I feel like I could come up with a pretty good long travel setup using some ideas from other long travel builds, but I don't want my B2 to be down for a long period of time while I play with different ideas. I was thinking about it over the last couple of days and came up with the idea of building the beams the way I want without ever installing them on the B2, then once it's all ready to go, I can go through it with new bearings, seals, u-joints, etc., then put it under the B2 and figure out what coils to use and take care of the upper coil mounts, shock mounts, and radius arm crossmember/mounts.
My main question is this: are the 86 B2 and 92 Explorer front ends (frames, crossmembers, suspension mounting points) the same? If not, are they similar enough to use the Explorer for mockup so I can take my time piecing everything together the way I want it? I'm fine with cutting fenders, so I don't care about clearance there. I think I can use my engineering background to come up with a pretty good suspension and steering design as long as I have plenty of time to play with it. To do that without having the B2 in the garage for several months would require a way to mock everything up where I can try different things with the suspension and cycle it to see how it moves. So am I in luck with the Explorer? :scratch:
My main question is this: are the 86 B2 and 92 Explorer front ends (frames, crossmembers, suspension mounting points) the same? If not, are they similar enough to use the Explorer for mockup so I can take my time piecing everything together the way I want it? I'm fine with cutting fenders, so I don't care about clearance there. I think I can use my engineering background to come up with a pretty good suspension and steering design as long as I have plenty of time to play with it. To do that without having the B2 in the garage for several months would require a way to mock everything up where I can try different things with the suspension and cycle it to see how it moves. So am I in luck with the Explorer? :scratch: