Bronco Experts

DasBeef · Post by **DasBeef** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:06 am

Got a Bronco off eBay. Gave it my 'guitar guy' to make it nice for me. He's taken the bridge/trem apart, and reckons there is severe wear, and some collar missing. Just wanted to check with the experts before I go pointing fingers. See pics HERE

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:03 am

There's nowt there...

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:48 am

So, the trem collar is missing?

Present in this pic;

Absent here;

Without string tension, the bridge plate will rattle about on the posts.
Maybe this has been mistaken for 'severe wear'?

You don't need the collar as such, though you obviously can't mount the trem arm without it.

DaveB · Post by **DaveB** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:35 pm

I wish I could see your picture. There are only three things I would call a collar on a Bronco bridge. The arm holder, the bushing below the rear height adjustment screw (so the screw does not turn into the top bridge plate) and the spring retainer that the rear height screw screws to below the lower bridge plate. I havn't looked on the net for pictures. I'm sure there are some around.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:15 pm

Here's some pics I had posted at one time. Maybe they will help indentify what you're missing.

DasBeef · Post by **DasBeef** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:58 pm

I think I may have misunderstood him. He's got all the parts but there was something not working. Anyway here's the snaps. Thanks a lot for all the help anyway dudes!

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:08 pm

Looks like you have some spring related parts missing.
Might be worth ordering THIS from ebay?

DasBeef · Post by **DasBeef** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:29 pm

Nah, I asked him because I spied they weren't in the photos. He said they are all there. Cheers anyway!

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:41 pm

Sounds like assembly issue then.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:40 am

So what is not working? If you have all the parts it should work, unless the setup is bad. When I got mine this summer it had a good setup and looks like this :

Here is a chart on how it should function:

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:43 am

AddamInsane wrote:Looks like you have some spring related parts missing.
Might be worth ordering THIS from ebay?

Can you swap a Jaguar/JM spring for a Bronco spring? Does it use the same parts? I think the Bronco spring is bigger.

Here are some Bronco Springs:

Bronco Springs

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:48 am

BRONCO BRIDGE LOOK KRAY

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:58 am

They are not the same size, though it appears Leo took the idea from the Jaguar and just used a larger spring.

I have an America Jag/Jazz Trem and a Bronco Spring laying around:

DasBeef · Post by **DasBeef** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:13 am

Again, thanks for all the replies. I think what he was talking about was the trem posts (pivot screw). You can see in this pic that it is extremely worn....

I think it was so worn that it was no longer operating the adjusting the height, and the bridge could. In this next pic, they've been swapped out for a similar style bolt that should now adjust properly.

Anyway, he's now happy that everything is operating as it should. He has an engineer friend who's going to make up a trem bar for it, and I should hopefully have it back in a week or so.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:10 pm

Could you find out where he found that replacement bolt?
I'd like to buy a few sets. The info would be extremely handy
for those of us with Bronco bridges in pieces.

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:29 pm

cooterfinger wrote:Could you find out where he found that replacement bolt?
I'd like to buy a few sets. The info would be extremely handy
for those of us with Bronco bridges in pieces.

^
Yeah, what he said.