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Alright results:Truthfully, I'm pretty confident in the missing sizes I mentioned in the video. For example... two of the bolts—the inboard bolts—on the cowl accessory points are indeed TP30, but the other two are TP25. (Others are free to verify.)
BUT... I will double check today and post the results either tonight or tomorrow. It feels like somehow wires are getting crossed, and I don't know why—maybe some of the engineering docs Ford has provided are incorrect, maybe there are variations between Broncos with different build dates... not sure.
In my video I mentioned the following sizes:
- TP-50 - Already in the tool roll
- TP-45
- TP-40 - Already in the tool roll
- TP-30 - Already in the tool roll
- TP-25
- TP-20
- TP-45 - Used in the seat belt pretensioner as well as the tail gate hinges.
- TP-25 - Used on the outboard "Bronco" bolts for the accessory points on the cowl.
- TP-20 - In the past, I personally used this on several of the bolts on the hard top, the rock rails, in the dashboard, etc. I now believe they are T-25 bolts. Admittedly I didn't re-check all of those bolts as some would be pretty hard to get to. But for the bolts that were easy to get to, the seem to be T-25... although clearly TP-20 works fine.
And some other corrections & things to note:
- The trim rings are T-45, @Greg_L was correct. I'll admit I blindly trusted other forum posts on Bronco6G that stated they were Torx Plus. My fault, and I'm in the process of editing the last three years of my posts where I also parroted that it was Torx Plus. All that said, TP-40 also fits very well and I suspect it would work fine... just doesn't change the fact that they're T-45.
- The HD modular bumper is definitely TP-40. I've seen other places on the forum that said they were T-45. Which is basically the same problem as the trim rings, just in reverse.
- The hub/axle nut on the front half-shafts is absolutely 35mm, not 36mm (took off the wheel to check). I don't know if it was different on earlier/later build dates, but at least for my August 4th, 2022 built Bronco, they are 35mm.
TL;DR-- I think if TP-45 and TP-25 was included it would be near perfect kit and cover the vast majority of use cases owners run into. Hopefully those are sizes that can be added via an add-on pack for existing owners (I'd gladly pay), as well as retrofitted into future tool rolls for future buyers.
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