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Well,... it has been 32 years since I took a strength of materials course. :ROFLMAO: But seriously, watching a rod break in a Tinius Olsen machine is eye opening in the terms of failure modes and the amount of energy involved.

Those trails would be fun in the wet. The camp is at 5000' so there's always a chance it'll be cold. We went in December and it didn't get above 37* all day.

Steel does not simply snap. Steel yields (elongates) at well below it's ultimate (failure) strength. There was likely a significant distortion in this member prior to the actual failure. If a pothole causes a failure on the way home, that member was severely distorted before hitting the road...

Heim joints are great when you're trying to reduce the bind in a system. But, as a daily driver item, they're probably going to be too much of a maintenance hassle. Especially in something exposed to dirt and grime on a regular basis. They also can contribute substantially to NVH, though I doubt...

Dang, sorry. It looks like the rocker took some damage, that may complicate the repair.

That may very well be a valid comparison, but, we do know that they're two different systems which may also account for the different designs. Also, larger does not necessarily mean stronger in all cases.

I had the same thing, then I took it on some trails and it stopped doing it.

A little shake down in Reddington Pass northeast of Tucson. The top two pics are at Chimney Rock, the bottom two are on the Chiva Falls trail. We saw two other Broncos out there, one appeared to be a black 2-door on the Chiva Falls trail. But, we never got that close to them. The other was a...

Emphasis mine. Are you suggesting that they know it's an issue today or that they did during design and testing?

I would partially agree with that, in that a fusible link in a 50a circuit is designed to fail at just above 50a. The rest of that system can handle more. Suspension components are necessarily designed with safety factors. I don't do vehicle design, but in buildings a mission critical part like...

By ridiculous pricing I was thinking double or more what it costs now. The load cases fed into the FEA software by the engineers and the real world testing they did is going to be limited in comparison to the tens maybe hundreds of thousands of users in the real world. OP found a load case that...

Disagree. It is an off road capable vehicle that has to be better than a Jeep on the highway, which it is. There are going to be compromises. It's also based on the Ranger which is also not a specialty off road vehicle. It should be noted that in factory delivered form it is by far superior...

If OEMs made a vehicle optimized for every scenario it would weigh a ridiculous amount and cost a ridiculous amount. Certain individual customizations are going to be necessary. Like I said earlier, we're the earliest buyers so we're going to be the ones ferreting out what those needs are. Rack...

If it were me, I would edit that first post to remove the phrase "sent it." That phrase is incompatible with reasonable use I would also remove the video. It's not unreasonable that a dealer or Ford may be aware of these forums. While that course may appear normal to some, the reality is that...

Agreed. I used to allow myself to get goaded into those "hold ma beer" stuff in my old 71, but I'd like to think I've matured since then. :ROFLMAO:

Any Sas Bronco is going to be pretty much equally capable off road from the Base up to Wildtrak, the Badlands having the disconnect makes it slightly more capable. Honestly though, how many of us really need that extra articulation. Call me crazy but I'm not doing hard core rock crawling in a...

I used to think that until I drove an OBX at OffRoadeo. There's no combination of modes and switches that gets you all the way to Baja mode. The throttle and transmission settings are much more aggressive than anything you'll find in the other modes. Plus the growl at WOT out of the more open...

19.0 avg here. 2dr Wildtrak.

NW Tucson

IIRC it was within a week.