Nick the New Guy

[jarhead1371]

Hello to all.

I have a 79 Bronco XLT/Ranger. I have had it a while, Not really sure what I was going to do with it.

Well it's time to get off the ***. I have been through most of the newbie questions, and I will try search for the answers before I ask a question that has been asked a hundred time before.

Right now I am just trying to get it running good and stopping good. It seems most of the vaccum lines are starting to dry rot, I don't know what any of them go to. I started on the front brakes today and ended up putting the tire back on, cause I have never tore into the hubs on a 4x4. So here is my first question. How do I get the front rotor apart. The part store didn't have the Chilton manual for the 79's. Next question, How do I find out what kinda rear end and front end on my bronco.

Thanks for your time.

 

[firelt90bronco]

Jarhead? Guessing you're a Marine? A friend of mine just enlisted.

 

[jarhead1371]

I've been out for a while, but I loved it. Just tell your friend to tough it out, and not to be a barracks rat. Get out and see the places he is stationed, he will enjoy it a lot more.

Semper Fi

Sgt Bryan Ratermann

Combat Engineer/1371

 

[Seabronc]

Hello to all.I have a 79 Bronco XLT/Ranger. I have had it a while, Not really sure what I was going to do with it.

Well it's time to get off the ***. I have been through most of the newbie questions, and I will try search for the answers before I ask a question that has been asked a hundred time before.

Right now I am just trying to get it running good and stopping good. It seems most of the vaccum lines are starting to dry rot, I don't know what any of them go to. I started on the front brakes today and ended up putting the tire back on, cause I have never tore into the hubs on a 4x4. So here is my first question. How do I get the front rotor apart. The part store didn't have the Chilton manual for the 79's. Next question, How do I find out what kinda rear end and front end on my bronco.

Thanks for your time.

Welcome to the Zone > . My company maintains the hangers, offices, BEQ, and BOQ for the Marine 149th MAG at Stewart Airport.

There should be a tag on one of the differential bolts with the gearing information. If not, one method is to raise the rear wheels off the ground with jack stands, put a mark on the drive shaft that you can see, rotate the wheel while counting turns of the drive shaft, for ex. just over 4 turns would be 4.11. The same goes for the front with the hubs engaged.

The hubs are not all that difficult to do. Remove the tire and caliper, remove the end cap, usually 6 screws with Allen key heads, remove two rings holding the internal part of the hub in (one on the shaft and one around the outer edge), using a couple of the screws pull the internal portion of the hub out, using a spindle nut socket remove the spindle nuts and locking ring, pull the rotor. When re installing the spindle nuts torque the inner nut to 25 ft. lb. (while wiggling the rotor to make sure the bearings are seated properly) then back it off just enough to get the locking ring in place (a little *** in the hole), the torque the outer nut to 125 ft. lb. That is the quick course, keep in mind I may have left something out /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> .

Good luck,

>-

 

[jarhead1371]

Welcome to the Zone > . My company maintains the hangers, offices, BEQ, and BOQ for the Marine 149th MAG at Stewart Airport.
There should be a tag on one of the differential bolts with the gearing information. If not, one method is to raise the rear wheels off the ground with jack stands, put a mark on the drive shaft that you can see, rotate the wheel while counting turns of the drive shaft, for ex. just over 4 turns would be 4.11. The same goes for the front with the hubs engaged.

The hubs are not all that difficult to do. Remove the tire and caliper, remove the end cap, usually 6 screws with Allen key heads, remove two rings holding the internal part of the hub in (one on the shaft and one around the outer edge), using a couple of the screws pull the internal portion of the hub out, using a spindle nut socket remove the spindle nuts and locking ring, pull the rotor. When re installing the spindle nuts torque the inner nut to 25 ft. lb. (while wiggling the rotor to make sure the bearings are seated properly) then back it off just enough to get the locking ring in place (a little *** in the hole), the torque the outer nut to 125 ft. lb. That is the quick course, keep in mind I may have left something out /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> .

Good luck,

>-

Well I think I got the worst of it done today. But I think I will go back over the first wheel I did to make sure I did it right.

 

[kmeyers]

Well I think I got the worst of it done today. But I think I will go back over the first wheel I did to make sure I did it right.

If you want a manual for it. You can get an online version for one year from Chilton's at

http://www.chiltondiy.com/index.aspx

Or you can check the library out.

 

[MDDYATV]

Check out autozone.com they have alot of repair diagrams there that have helped me out allot