Sponsored

OKLAHOMA BRONCO CLUB 🏇

6th Generation Bronco Owners in Oklahoma
gaspasm
Fun story. ‘Pepe’. My 2dr sas. Driving down countrygravel roads 35-40mph in SE KS. Instant blow out! Didn’t see anything i would have hit - sounded like a shotgun and instant alarms from Pepe - plus back end dropped FAST! 🤬🤔. Thats not good. FYI - Pepe handled the blow out well. No loss of control. Not sure what it would have done on pavement. Back/passenger rear tire. Long story short- the scissor jack works on nice flat area Wouldn’t want to use on a trail
And don’t let your tire blow out in the middle of nowhere when the heat index is pushing 108f.
Other stupid question! I can easily see front jack points. WTF is the rear. I was hot/pissed -and tired at that point and didn’t really care. Second stupid ? Does having ‘Pepe’ in 4A help when that happens? Auto computer control of other 3 wheels. Not a gearhead but that just occurred to me. All is good - just out a new tire! PSS. Those Tires are Frickin heavy 🥸🏴‍☠️😎
Attachments
Show full message

Attachments

shawn6107
shawn6107
First thing I did was throw out my scissor jack and replace it with a bottle jack and extension kit that includes a rear axle piece (U shaped). Scissor jacks rarely work when you need them in my experience and Ford’s engineers have apparently never had a flat tire because none of the Fords we’ve owned have had good jack points.
gaspasm
gaspasm
But it stores nice! 😂🏴‍☠️
shawn6107
shawn6107
So does a 4 ton bottle jack 😁
okbob
okbob
Glad you kept it under control. My road hazard plugged itself fortunately lol, still ruined the tire though.
20220605_101454.jpg
gaspasm
gaspasm
😂. True i’m down a cheap tire!! 🤬🤬🏴‍☠️😂😂😂. Just happy my wheel wasn’t damaged.
FATHORSE
FATHORSE
So did you figure out what caused the Blowout? Doing amazon prime search for bottle jack now. lol
xpathf1nderx
xpathf1nderx
Dang! Hate to hear of blowout, but glad it was controllable. I asked this question at off-roadeo how the scissor jack worked from the wide spectrum of tire sizes even from factory. They said it works great. I cant see it. I have a 12v bottle jack bookmarked to purchase...this is a great reminder I need to do that!
gaspasm
gaspasm
It worked good on a flat gravel country road. Off kilter at all??? I’m not a big trail guy. At all. I’m in ks and most stuff is flat. But. Even we drive through creeks and ravines.
gaspasm
gaspasm
Nope. Went back and looked. (Nothin).

Share this group

Quick Overview

Category
BRONCO CLUBS / GROUPS
Language
English (US)
Total members
124
Total events
2
Total views
27,243





Top