Early Bronco Steering Box Frame Reinforcement

You can have the frame customized to meet your needs.

Early bronco steering box frame reinforcement.

All of our bodies come with hinged and mounted left and right doors and windshield frame 13 295 00. The power steering boxes from 73 75 turned approximately 6 turns lock to lock and from 76 77 4 turns lock to lock. In 1976 1977 ford changed this over to a 4 turn box to provide more responsive steering. Bronco frames are made from 2 x 4 rectangular 3 16 wall a500 tubing.

Frames and brackets are hand welded in montana. The stock power steering gear box in 73 75 was a 6 turn box. It bolts to the early bronco frame using the stock properly reinforced holes in the frame. This kit consists of a hefty 3 4 thick steel adapter plate and grade 8 hardware.

Support your 72 77 ford bronco power steering box with our custom power steering box reinforcement bracket. Bronco body with flared lower quarters. The beefy 1 4 thick frame reinforcement plate is drilled for both the stock bronco and the popular f 150 power steering box. The frame reinforcement plate is 1 4 steel and is laser cut.

From 1966 1972 broncos came with manual steering. Check out a tdk frame on a bronco at barrett jackson in scottsdale az. By mounting this bracket to the backside of the frame the plate helps to distribute the pressure of the gear box as it works to turn the wheels taking stress off of the factory mounting. Power steering was an option in 73 77 ford broncos and today is one of the most popular upgrades among early bronco owners.

Contact us to learn more. Some people prefer the 76 77 box because of the quicker turning ration. This backing plate mounts to the inside of the frame to reinforce the chassis where the steering gear mounts to it. This allows you to run larger wheels without cutting and adding fender flares.

Recommended for serious crawlers or those with weakened frame areas. Our flared bronco bodies feature lower quarter panel that were made to match the size and shape of the front fender wheel openings. The plate is designed to be welded to the outside of the frame. Allows the utilization of the fourth bolt hole on our heavy duty box that skims the top of the frame rail along with a support plate that mounts on the engine side of the frame rail.

We include the 1 4 wall tubes to replace the thin stock frame braces inside the frame that collapse and allow the frame to collapse. Wcb s rockcrawler steering box adapter kit is available by itself or is included in our do it yourself rockcrawler kit. Rosette weld the unused holes for added strength. From 73 77 power steering was optional.

Our quick ratio power steering kits are an excellent upgrade from manual steering or from factory power steering. Also included are three 3 25 wall bolt tubes three 3 grade 8 hex head cap bolts and three 3 nylock nuts. Bracket and installation kit for use with our ultimate steering conversion kit steering box.