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There's plenty of high mileage Fords out there too. I had a 1st gen explorer with 325k when I sold it and my V10 Super Duty has 270k. Then there's that Fiesta with 3/4 million that had an article written about it.

What good is being so superior if we can't bring it up in every thread? :ROFLMAO:

I feel cheated. Us 2dr owners have chosen to go the hard way and yet we got the easy seat belts? Not cool Ford.

You know it! Which is why I'm staying mild as well. I was able to buy a Bronco 2 and build D60/10.5 with gears and e-lockers for about the price of just a 74Weld rack. Obviously there's a bit more to go but it's going to be a lot stouter than my 6G and if/when it does break it goes on the...

It's been long understood that 35s were the safe limit for a D44, 37s if you're not throttle happy, but in recent years 37-40s on stock axles have just exploded in popularity and I've pondered how the metric D44 can be so much better to take over the job of 1 tons. Turns out it maybe it hasn't.

I didn't ask, but I would assume weld in like their other trusses.

No, still all original. About to turn 13k.

Blackrose falls again. Around 50 this morning and I did hear a little scraping in 1st. Oh well, it survived the trip to Moab, not too worried any more and can ride it out longer.

Barnes got back to me, they're about 8 months out from having a truss. Maybe Artec is working on one...

Worst case if you don't get anywhere with Ford, a true offroad shop can fix it for you. They'll bend the tube back with heat. You can get 6 lug hubs for a full float 60, but I imagine they are 106mm center bore, not to mention more money. For sure, but it would be nice to find a root cause...

IFFF I were to, I gotchu on the discount. But...not really a fan of bolt on for something like this.

Yep, it's even a DIY job for a moderately equipped home shop. I haven't seen a ready to go truss for the Bronco yet but they can be fabbed easily enough. Need to start yapping at Barnes to make one, they have a few Bronco parts already and their prices are great.

Fair enough, but it can be squared with heat then trussed. Better of course to prevent the twist and in turn prevent the bend.

Square it up and weld it up. If you haven't broken yet but know you play hard, it's going to be easier to weld it before it breaks and skip the squaring part. Until you start seeing broken R&P or shafts I don't see a reason to lose ground clearance with a D60.

It's just fantastic that even a reputable big name company like Dana can't supply quality components, Ford gets the black eye for it, and people get to talk smack to us about our rides. Does anyone that keeps tabs on Jeep circles know of an uptick in broken plug welds? It's the same rear end...

Have you used TTA? The last guy that broke his plug welds suspected it was TTA.

Ford needs to warranty that, but if there's any silver lining here it's that 2dr hard tops have almost zero value and in the absolute worst case scenario you could find a cheap replacement down the line. Mine has been sitting in a shed for all but it's first 3 months with me. If it had 4dr hard...

That is definitely not the texture of my 21 MGV, has it changed?

My windshield camera just went out and now I have the pre collision fault on every start up. I wonder if yours is about to fail.

If it's shaking it's a 2.3 and if it's clattering it's a 2.7 😁 But seriously, the VIN will tell you. The 8th digit is the identifier. H for the 2.3 and P for the 2.7 I think...