Bronco Prerunner Build - Knucklehead Garage 

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With the front TTB after my first shakedown an 80 mile poker run. I did some rebuilding. I had cut and turned lift and long chomemoly radius arms on heims already. I gusseted and plated the beams added bigger top and bottom plates and a vertical mounts to the radius arms mount to the beams. I changed my spindles to 96 models with bolt on calipers over the hammer in clips. Put in the F250 slip shaft with F 250 U joint and got chromoly shafts. Longer outer shafts to change my factory only hubs to Warn on my year (manual hubs are strongest). All fresh U joints seals and ball joints plus rebuilt calipers and upgraded rotors with my still new bearings. The VERY IMPORTANT part was to cycle each side and clear any binds spinning the wheels in 4x4 from all positions up and down and steering directions . It took some time and grinding but got it all cleared gained travel and set my limit straps and bumps. It paid off and has been bulletproof in surprises and smooth with my Kings. Funny King is local and at contingency for the Mint 400 I set off to thank Bret for my shock tuning. When back at home looking at pics my girl took I see a close pick of BJ Baldwin. I say nice pic she mentions the kids in it I said do you know who this is when did you take it ? She does not know and I tell her. She says oh I took it when you had us on the misson to the King trailer. LOL I thanked Bret King and was introduced to The King himself both were happy with big smiles for my thanks. I told her BJ may have wanted to come with or pass on a thanks from him as he runs Kings LMAO You will be very stoked with your Bronco and this level of build doing it right.

Would it be crazy to make a bronco long bed?😃

@@nauidiver227 They did make them.There are four door full size Broncos not considered a bed that would make it a truck also some made with 4 doors and a long bed. Not the best off road but maybe for some built huge like a monster muddin truck but do not count on my comment for that I am not a mudder only do that if needed.

@@brianbirc there's no such thing.

ripfletching just wait until you see it finished 😎

BustedKnuckleVideo hey I have a great idea 💡 you guys could give it to me and I’ll base a RU-vid channel about you guys and the bronco

Lol 😂

Lol this Ain't Diesel Bros

BustedKnuckleVideo I’m just having some fun

Christian Ortiz there are some good ways to budget build one for sure.

almost finished with EP 3

David Toth good times In the shop

BustedKnuckleVideo there is nothin wrong with some time In the shop!! My dad and I do our own machanics ! We save sooo much!!!! I love working on vehicles!

I like modifying vehicles, maintenance not so much....

Powerstopbrakes.com

it makes a world of difference

it would be a very long video if we did that

Nothing to it!

It's turning into one cool rig

Cody Brady we cant wait to try them out in the desert. Desolate skidplate is beef for sure.

Josh Rosiak this is going to be nuts!

interesting

haromaster1988 well finish it up and put it to the test!

heck yeah

Ginger Magic

That's so funny. Love the channel. ✌🤠

Thanks!

we did, the kit comes with new shackles and hangers for the rear

@@BustedKnuckleVideo that's really cool, so all four hangers or just the two rear,

djkommando $25k In total 😬

BustedKnuckleVideo Appreciate the honest answer. Prerunner builds are very expensive. Keep up the good work, been waiting for this update vid for a while 👍🏻

25k isn't bad actually. It would be double if you couldn't do any of the work yourself lol.

@@Th3unknownuser111 at $130/hr (average shop rate around me for Fab work) you could easily be close to triple that. Remember so far there's 3 guys for 2 days, that's about $4k per day for labor!

@@johnpike9612 very true! I didn't account for all of the other guys lol

We are loving it

14x4nut we didn’t show it, clean and simple for the win

its been a fun one!

We are working on it right now. EP 3 should be out later this month.

Not bad for a knucklehead

That would be way too heavy, those engines belong in motorhomes not prerunners IMO

we have someone building driveshafts for us so that shouldn't be an issue.

EP3 coming soon!

Budget and streetability mostly. Everything has been beefed up to handle the leaf springs and travel.

We shall see.

Budget was the plan and then we went a bit over budget lol

Unfortunately you can’t build a budget prerunner bronco. I’ve tried!

Nathon Smithson it was a joke lol

@@BustedKnuckleVideo so was mine but iguess it stung a little more because it was true.lol

not to me, i got 44s under mine

I know dudes running built dana 30s up front on their jeeps that are still going strong after years with only the usual issues. I prerun with one up front on my grand cherokee its decent and an easy swap when it goes.

@@ChristianWTR1 usual like broken axles,ring gear, and pinion. they do fine in parking lots with less than 200 hp and smaller than 32 inch tires.

Heck yeah!

Free? Nothing on this build was Free. Plenty of off road builds use aluminum, we build 1600HP rock bouncers with Aluminum links. This Bronco was built to bomb across the desert not go mall crawling but thanks for your thoughts.

We used all Desolate Motorsports parts for the suspension on this one.

Can't wait to show everyone the end results of this build!

Give Tom Woods a shout, they can get you one built and on the way quick.

They have been running them with zero issues

Thanks! We don't want to be on TV. The future is on demand.

Ha, only way to get all of that grinding dust out of this little garage

K5 already got them tons still looking for the perfect deal on an LS

it was part of a kit

HA glad someone thought so

pretty sure we drilled them out

We went over budget on suspension so the engine budget is tight

BustedKnuckleVideo that’s why we call them long term projects lol

Nothing long term about this one, its almost ready for a test drive

This might not be the place for you if ya don't enjoy our content

Hit up Desolate Motorsports, they have these kits dialed

Благодаря этому сборка получается лучше, чем мы когда-либо могли ожидать.

It’s the normal 44 TTB

call Radflo

This is a 1995

christopher wynn maybe

BustedKnuckleVideo I would since you plan on jumping it. Solo Motorsports sell a really nice prerunner cage kit. It will add strength to the frame also.

@@DustynsFergieFab The guys at solo are good people I used their ranger cage for my buggy build.

They are fun

we made it happen

We recommend the full desolate kit

It is all Desolate Motorsports stuff

Huh?

you would think

Looks like 35s

35s for now.

Southern Ties SxS making broncos great again takes time.

BustedKnuckleVideo Oh yea without a doubt !! It’s gonna be a sweet build can’t wait to see more content on it

soon!

It has 37s now. Good question

I noticed that in one of the other videos, curious what your wheels specs were

We don't do work for hire at Knucklehead Garage but you can buy the kit from desolate and it's fairly simple to install or have a local shop do it.

Our site is better quality stuff, I want to do some more simple stuff, our new hoodie is like that

@@BustedKnuckleVideo Oh nice thanks, I'll probably get the fear of death or never quit never lift t's. Yeah if just the logo on the others was a bit smaller it'd be perfect IMO.

They are awesome platforms

No idea on that. I guess we will cross that bridge when we get there

@@BustedKnuckleVideo Thank you anyway Desolite has some good stuff and good for Broncos. They are local to me. Broncos can be great long travel with 4x4 prerunners. I have been amazed.

brianbirc B&B?

Loving this build!

haha

Drill bit and drill press

Where did you find those wheel studs?

That's right!

springs tension?

Bronco should be fun to keep up with a Raptor in but a JKU with the right suspension works great too. let your wallet be your guide

built them

trying to keep it budget friendly and have matched travel front and rear 17"

BustedKnuckleVideo well that’s a good point, I just thought it might have had something to do with the wheel base. Did you post any drive video of the bronco?

Should be out later this week of us adding cage and shock tuning

they can be made to work so well

Not trying to tear this entire bronco down to the frame that is just crazy

@@BustedKnuckleVideo lol. Ok. Why would you have to do that to get the rust off the frame and paint it. Wow. Its ok its your project. Very good job. It would just look nicer if the rusted frame looked as good as the new parts that you bolted to it. But other then that its looking awsome.

scott mcbride we cleaned it up and painted it 🤷‍♂️

Just some primer and spray paint

It worked eventually

@@BustedKnuckleVideo it certainly did. Im just letting you know,for future

We wont build one of these again lol

Itll be BAD!

Tom Green?

We will be at KOH next week!

Total parts list as it sits today is around $25k

already done

We have fun

We have our hands full with this one

its been a fun build for sure

Joe Momma's?

They can be had for pretty cheap

Safety third ☠️

nooner for sure

AWESOME RIGHT?

One more reason to never live up there

They cut us a deal on parts is all

we wear them for the most part

just an old steering pump most likely

We are all Auburn Alum, This was shot in Decatur

Friends are key

this is Byron's house in Decatur

Heck yeah, can't wait to see how they hold up in the desert

it looks a little different now