front end not ingauging

[bigsteve]

have a 96 bronco and when I put it in four wheel drive it will go in low range but front wheels will not spend.

any help would be great. Tired of getting stuck.

 

[Yardape]

Auto hubs or manuals? Replace the hubs with a good set of Warn Premiums

 

[Roadkill]

I agree with Yardape. If you have auto hubs, trash them. They have plastic guts and are more than double the price of the far more reliable manual hubs. Your truck probably has on open diff in the front, so if one hub does not engage, you will not have "4 wheel" drive.

 

[beausdad]

Hey Yardape,

I am guessing that your Expo has that Auto 4by doesn't it? Do you know if you can put manual hubs on the front if it has that crap?

Auto hubs or manuals? Replace the hubs with a good set of Warn Premiums

 

[Yardape]

No I dont think I can put manuals on it, I think they are direct drive with CV joints like a front wheel drive car. Well anythings possible I guess, but not to practical. I'm not allowed to "customize" that one. I have my Bronco, my F-250 and my Comet to customize

 

[beausdad]

Let me guess. Family truckster?

 

[Yardape]

Yeah my wife picked it out, told her its her turn for a vehicle, she can have anything she wants. We went on the computer and "built" on with all the options she wanted and it came to 73,000 I couldnt believe it. We went to the dealership and they had this eddie with everything she wanted except the DVD. We left with it $62,000.00 in debt

 

[Yardape]

My mom thought it was funny buying a such an expensive vehicle and parking it in a trailer park. I guess she figured it looked a bit out of place. That trailer park I lived in was full of Hummer H2's. There had to be at least 6 just in my area. This town is pretty much one big trailer park, about 70% of the residential area is trailers. Now they are finally starting to catch up on houses, but they are 480,000 and up. That trailer I lived in before this house sold for 325,000 just after I moved in December.

 

[beausdad]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!! I think I am going to buy some trailers down in South Carolina where they are manufactured and bring them up there. One last hooraah for the Bronco. Do you think a Bronco would pull a double wide?

 

[Roadkill]

That trailer I lived in before this house sold for 325,000 just after I moved in December.

Like Beusdad said, "HOLY CRAP!!!!!" I paid 39,000 brand new for mine back in 2000, probably couldn't get 20,000 for it now even though it is still in "new" condition. When I retire from the Army and build a real house, I guess I'll have to hitch it to the Bronco and drag it up there.

 

[Yardape]

Its not the trailers worth the money it s the land. I live up by the Oil Fields and its booming like you wouldn't believe. I am going to give it one more shot here and if I can't buy a place I am out. My rent is $3000.00 a month and if my landlord sells I will be up to 3500 - 4000 By the end of may. Its just ******** whats going on here.

 

[beausdad]

You know Yardape - you could always just back the bronco up to the back of the expedition then back the truck up to where the other tow meet and just put a big tarp over it. You could use the Comet as the kitchen, the expedition as the master bedroom, the bronco as the guest bedroom and the truck bed as the porch/bathroom. You would just have to convince your wife that it's ok to hang butt ofer the side of the bed when it's time to drop a duece. I am sure you have been there on the trail.

 

[beausdad]

Heck you could even buy one of those fancy trailer hitch toilets. Then you would be all set.

 

[Yardape]

Or I can trade the expedition for a house in a small town somewhere. LOL

 

[beausdad]

Hey - if you look at the photos of your rig on your superford there are two pictures on the top row to the left. Frontal views. Um what is that thig under the Ford oval sticker in the middle of the windshield. Is that a sticker doing what I think or some kind of photographic anamoly(?)

 

[Yardape]

Thats my air freshener. You like that?