Recent content by crenca

This is right however I would add the caveat that if a Sasquatch is a 10 on the NVH meter an Outer Banks is still an 8. The vast majority of the buying in public wants nothing more than a 3 or 4. This includes most bronco buyers, 85% of whom are looking at the bronco for aesthetics or the idea...

I wondered about this as well. The stock Sasquatch wheel offset is +30 if memory serves. Although the OP could consider mild spacers (rather then 10.5/11.5 tires) with his stock BB wheels… Edit. “…The Big Bend wheels are too narrow at 7.5" for a 315 or 12.5" tire….” ahhh, yea an 11.5 is...

^This^, or accept the limitations of the one-size-fits-all aftermarket - one that rarely discloses actual spring rates (though some sell regular and "heavy duty" options, sometimes recommending an over/under weight.). For all the talk about shocks, springs are what gives your subjective "ride"...

The car mags have never been all that good at evaluating off road vehicles/tech IMO, but they used to be more thorough: https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a73464614/1976-jeep-cj-5-and-cj-7-renegade-archive-test/

I suspect it does not require much more money/parts then the vehicle would already have for stability control, etc., and given the marketing angle they're well worth any extra expense for Ford. Like Brian I never use them, and almost everybody else I wheel with is in a Jeep or Toyota so I...

I wonder about this as well. Is the friction-clutch pack in the 4A case under any more stress or subject to more 'wear' then the friction-clutch packs in Ford's 10R60 transmission? Don't know the answer, but I suspect not. If so, then would that mean a similar change interval (depending on...

I had forgotten about that video, thanks for posting it. Among the take aways is how the Ford's AWD (aka "4A") system is "preemptive" - not reactive based on wheel speed sensors inferring "slippage" - and how there is no fuel mileage penalty engaging it...

You want a Toyota. You are not in any way prepared for the compromise of an old school 4x4 like the Bronco. Be glad you figured it out before purchasing one!

I have asked this question as well (is it real time data, or simply a "simulation" that does not actually report any rea time data), but techs like @Ducati1098 can not see the code behind it to confirm/deny. I suspect it is simply an indication of the actual programming of the system. That...

I'm going from memory here, but I recall Audi/VW had a system about 15 years ago with friction clutch packs at the output of (what essentially is a front drive layout) the transmission (i.e. before the prop shaft), as well as both outputs of the rear diff. The computer would disconnect the...

So was Ford's "4A" system which predates the Bronco. 4A is a system, not just a transfer case. This includes computers (the heart of all modern AWD systems) which use a holistic algorithmic approach to control how/when/where torque gets distributed, etc. that puts power down in various...

Yep, I had the allegedly 'protecting' sleeve thingy's that came with my transmission skid on for a bit but the first oil change one was already needing work before I could get a socket on it....

My best guess is that because we are in the '4x4' world and on a '4x4' forum, folks are relying on their past history with traditional dog clutch transfer cases and the limits thereof. They assume (either consciously or unconsciously) that Ford's "4A" system is somehow an "automatic" version of...

Interesting. I don't know how mechanically inclined you are, and at a dealer your often talking to a "service advisor" who doesn't know a tire from a wheel, but if you get any more detail as to how the 'wet friction clutch' pack' (assuming that is the actual point of failure) gave up the ghost...

This is interesting. Ford's 4A (which is just a modern AWD system/design) does not engage the front axle in reverse, so this is indicative that the system state is in fact in "4H". Assuming your not engageing lockers, possibly by having your Bronco in a "GOAT" mode, then you need to have a...