2020 ST Chassis Photos

[Rick]

I put our ST on my lift today and photographed the undercarriage while everything is still nice and clean. I am providing this for future reference.

I was surprised at the lower control arm setup. I have never before seen a two piece lower control arms or two lower ball joints before.

 

[1991 sploder]

Nice FoMoCo parts I like how tucked up everything is alot of ground clearance.

 

[Josh P]

My merkur scorpio has the same looking rubber puck in the driveshaft. It left me walking once.

 

[hbalek]

I put our ST on my lift today and photographed the undercarriage while everything is still nice and clean. I am providing this for future reference.

I was surprised at the lower control arm setup. I have never before seen a two piece lower control arms or two lower ball joints before.

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This is how it will look after a year and 12,000 miles!

 

[KKRISKAL]

wow hbalek, it looks clean even after one year.

 

[hbalek]

wow hbalek, it looks clean even after one year.

Yes and most importantly no coolant or transmission fluid leaks detected. I had my service advisor confirm this when I got an oil change last week. He said the area looked bone dry when they had it on the lift.

 

[1991 sploder]

What about the oil?

 

[hbalek]

What about the oil?

Nothing is leaking at the moment.

 

[1991 sploder]

Nice I hope everything stays that way... I'm seeing a tiny exhaust leak just fyi on the passenger side on the I used my terminator eye that's going to rust.

 

[410Fortune]

Maybe send a sample of your oil in to be analyzed?
These engines have been in the "news" alot lately

 

[themishmosh]

What about the oil?

Everyone with a 2020 needs to check for tranny oil leak at the trans cooler seen from the drivers side door underneath. It'll be wet and maybe dripping oil if you have that problem.

Who is dissatisfied with the 2020 Ten-Speed Trans

A repair shop(not the dealer) did something to stop the leak and hopefully topped the atf off in the 2020 Explorer 2.3L 2wd. The trans functions and the drive/reverse engagements are better but there's still gear whine and poor shift quality. There's also still atf dripping slowly off the shift...

www.explorerforum.com

Overall, I am impressed at the quality of the suspension components. Pretty stout and high quality. I've seen pics of a Telluride suspension and didn't think it looked as robust. The rear suspension was something new to me, glad someone posted tips on how to change the springs in the rear. Front and back lowering is pretty straightforward on our cars, about 3 hours for a DIYer.