Mine started before cold weather hit. In the video I took after about a few weeks of just dealing with it, it was near 65 degrees outside, however my Bronco was in my insulated garage and still made the noise.
With regards to the noise going away, mine does not. I drove 30 minutes of mixed...
Cuz I need a roof rack in the winter time for skiing, and heavy snow fall here in Idaho.
Bimini is great during summer when it's 100 out, and you still want open air flow.
Mesh top is great, but not good for children in back and also sun still gets through and heats up seats when sitting in...
Not true.... see here: https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/bimini-tops-ford-mesh-vs-ford-canvas-my22-vs-aftermarket.26241/page-2#post-1658383
I couldnt find one, so I had one custom made.
I also have a video of me going 60MPH with it, and it functions just like my mesh top...
I dont hear it past 3rd as the road/wind noise is too great.
Running through gears does nothing. I drove it 30 minutes to dealer and did a ride-along and even after 30min of driving, as soon as he jumped in the vehicle and I rolled away, he heard it. My service ticket, written by the shop...
welcome to the club, mine is especially bad now
I drove it 30 minutes to the dealership for a ride along. And even after driving 30 minutes mixed city and highway the dealership shop foreman notated on my service ticket "sounds like a bunch of rocks rolling around"
my thread...
Well, it's finally cold here and the mountains have snow.
I didn't want to pay for a $800 roof rack yet, and I didn't want to throw the ski's inside the cabin.
So, I had some 1" round and 1" square tubing laying around the garage and whipped up a slip-on Ski rack for the tailgate tire.
It's...
Yes, I was very happy that the Ford shop foreman heard it right away. As soon as he got into the Bronco and i took off, i just chuckled and said "is that it". We then drove around about 15 minutes and getting up to about 45mph and tested multiple speeds and gears where he also heard it. However...
I shift at~3k ish. Once you get into 3rd gear you dont hear it as the road noise overpowers this. But if you roll to stop with clutch in or out, you hear the "rocks rolling around".
Sounds like you got lucky on your tranny.
My build week was: built the week of April 25, 2022.
I have 3k on mine now and the Ford dealership shop foreman did a ride-a-long with me yesterday, and he had the service gal write up "sounds like a bunch of rocks rolling around in transmission" on my ticket.
So now I wait until they can...
Cool, there are a few mfgr's of mesh, but not full waterproof canvas that is strong, light, and doesnt flap, other than the one i had the canvas shop make for me.
Either way, it's only a 4-minute install or less...
I have a 7MT so my seat is close up for good clutch coverage, with sitting more forward the sun hits me all the time... i know cuz i bought a gearshade (which are great !!!) but then ai made my own in canvas and longer and am more than happy. Ingave some to three other folks on the forum here...
You dont need a metal crossbar. What for?
I had a local shop make 5 for me, here is the install video and 60 mph test drive at the end of the video.
I have 2 more left and up for grabs :)
1st Video == install
2nd Video == 60MPH test
I hear it is 1st and 2nd gear, only because road and wind noise drown it out after that. Bit it is definitely not as buttery as it was pre ~2k. Also the cold/warm doesnt matter. Today it was 60 and i heard it leaving the house and after 30min of driving
I have that same grinding (rocks in transmission) sound too . I'm taking it in next week.
Here is my post:
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/strange-grinding-scraping-noise-from-22-badlands-7mt.57628/