Snacktime's Broken Bronco Build

[Snacktime]

Current Bronco is a 2022 4 Door Black Diamond 2.3 Auto with no other options! That's right no MID package sensors or doohickeys.

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Current Bronco Mod List with fancy links!​

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Steering​

HOSS 3.0 steering rack JKS Tie Rod Braces Link to my failure​

Swapped out at 5k miles BroncBuster HOSS 3.0 Driver Bushing​

74Weld Bushing and Housing​

Icon Tie Rods​

Dorman Tie Rods​

Bumpers/Tailgate​

Front is DV8 OE Plus with a harbor freight 12,000 winch custom installed​

Nilight $20 3" cubes​

Turn Offroad Rear bumper​

DV8 License Plate Mount​

Hammer Built Tailgate Reinforcement​

Skids​

Metalcloak Undercloak- Gen1 My thread​

RCI Transfercase skid​

Talon Garage Modified Skid Plate​

Factory rock sliders with 2x2" square tubing steps​

ARB rock sliders bending slowly lol​

Suspension​

4wp coilovers​

Front set at 4" of lift​

4wp/pro comp control arms @15K miles​

Rear set a 2" of lift​

Rear shocks mount moved up 2.25"​

Core4x4 lower arms, Cruise series​

Other stuff​

1/2" Differential Drop​

1/2" Body lift​

MICTUNING Q1 RGBW LED Rock Lights Amazon​

Rough country 40" light bar Rough country​

KMC 542 17x8.5 with 18mm offset​

37x 12.5R17 patagoochies @24k​

37x12.5r17 Delium A/T @4k​

35x12.5R17 Kelly MT​

Trick Flate 300 inflatable girlfriend pump​

Form Headlights​

Current issues​

Exhaust?​

Regear?​

Dates, not with my wife​

10/31/22 - HOSS 1.0 Steering rack 2500 Miles​

4/8/23 - Passenger CV Axle MB3Z-3A428-B MB3Z-3A428-Q​

7/30/23 - Passenger cv axle seal replaced MB3Z-4B416-A​

7/30/2023 Replace inner race on M190 cv axle passenger side(stole from parts collection)​

8/16/2023 Ordered M210 CV Axles​

9/18/2023 Kill Hoss 3.0 Inner drivers side 7500 Miles​

10/29/2023 Killed a taillight​

11/20/2023 RIP M190 @9200ish Miles​

11/24/2023 Ordered M210 w4.46 gears M-3002-446BF​

12/6/2023 New ARB sliders​

12/16/2023 Killed a drivers side Icon tie rod 10500 Miles​

1/1/2024 Form Headlights​

2/27/2024 Passenger side Icon tie rod clunking 12,938 Miles​

7/14/2024 Replace lower control arms​

8/24/2024 Form Headlights faulted out​

5/10/2025 Drivers Dorman inner died at 20,000 Miles​

5/12/2025 Killed a Icon inner tie rod at 20,500 Miles​

7/6/2025 Passenger inner Rough Country tie rod 22,500 miles​

5/17/2026 Drivers side inner Rough Country developed play 27,000miles​

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Highlight reels​

Wild Horses Prairie City​

Signal Peak Run​

Rubicon trail​

Prairie City Gold Country Broncos I am at the very end of the video​

Snow run Eagle Lakes​

Eagle lakes and Fordyce Fun​

Eagle Lakes take 3​

Rubicon trail 6/24/2023​

Fordyce 10/29/2023​

M190 video on Hells Gate Moab​

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[Snacktime]

I figure I might as post my build since I need to keep track of everything.

April 2022 I bought a Big Bend with a bunch of odd options off the lot! 2.3 with 3.73 gears!

Like a good car person I took it apart.

Zone 2" lift!

Then some wheels and tire @ 200 miles...

First time in the Dirt at 500 Miles, Wild Horses advent. With my modified rock rails.

Virgin Metalcloak skids, look at the front end drop!

Ran Moonlight Madness down with Clovis Independent down south.

Ran signal peak with some of B6G Members

Then out of nowhere my bronco turned green! My ordered Black Diamond came in with another 2.3 and automatic transmission.

Friday at home

Saturday

Sunday!

Following weekend with Nevada Bronco Club out of Reno

Poof a hard top that I stole off my Big Bend!

1/2" body lift to clear my light bar.

Some mall crawling on dirt roads...

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM1IW7PlsngkdevKVMYSqnirhHopDIq5XYVPQkz

Went out to the Rubicon with some other Bronco's

 

[Snacktime]

Blew my steering rack after I aired back up my tires and hitting a 6" rock.



Video
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CMzEyoJ4aciiHAc49

Take up adjuster missing?

HOSS 3.0 steering rack

Programing

Fixing the clock spring, look an air bag!



Cutting my Christmas tree!

Went to Praire City to Play with Gold Country Broncos

Bent my slides...

Went snow wheeling with Gold Country Broncos (not the time people got left behind).

Went snow wheeling again and had way to much fun.

Installed Trick-Flate onboard air system.

Went extreme snow wheeling and had even more fun.

Poof we have 37s

Hard core upgrades required to run 37s! Damn tire shop lost most my valve stem covers.

 

[Snacktime]

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[Snacktime]

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[SS Bronco]

Can’t wait to see what’s next.

 

[Snacktime]

Can’t wait to see what’s next.

You towing me out?

 

[da_jokker]

I was going to say, I have a front bumper off my WT that you can have, but looks like you might add the capable bumper now?

 

[Snacktime]

I was going to say, I have a front bumper off my WT that you can have, but looks like you might add the capable bumper now?

I need full armor but I bought bigger tires lol

 

[Zhang]

How's the cv joint on your BB? Little worrying about putting a 35 on m190

 

[kodiakisland]

What was the deal with the clock spring? Did you have to change it out when adding the 3.0 steering or something else?

 

[Snacktime]

How's the cv joint on your BB? Little worrying about putting a 35 on m190

Hammered on my M190 yesterday with my 37s and still not had any issues going on 5-6 trail runs(real trails).

What was the deal with the clock spring? Did you have to change it out when adding the 3.0 steering or something else?

When my steering rack failed I lost center, if you over rotate the steering wheel you break the wiring for the switches on the steering wheel. Pretty much junked my clock spring when it failed trying to drive the Bronco last couple hundred feet to the parking lot.

 

[Snacktime]

Capable bumper is awesome but the plastic covers are crap...

Since it was $40 a cover I just jumped on the Westin XTS Bumper deal on Amazon. So time to dig out my winch! Presenting the 12,000lb Badlands that has never done anything but load my old 74 jeep on a trailer a few time. its more sun baked than used lol. Actual had to pull it during the summers as it blocked off the radiator to much. Thinking it might choke the bronco down a bit but we will see.

 

[NORCALGXP]

Can’t wait to see what’s next.

Oh we know what happens next wheeling on Sunday 2-19-23 Eagle Lake, Fordyce Trails.

 

[Valhalla]

Nice build!

Take up adjuster missing?

This seems to be one of the more common rack failures any tips for a guy planning on doing the Hoss 3.0 rack?

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