What The Puck?

BuckYeah

Nov 08, 2026

Yesterday at 4:41 pm

I recently took my Bronco to the dealer for an oil change as part of my standard maintenance schedule. When I got home, I realized that I brought a small piece of the dealership with me. A hydraulic lift puck, that is. This hefty chunk of metal was wedged into my passenger side frame rail. I couldn't believe my eyes. I mean, what the...? How does something like this even happen? 😳

This could have dislodged at speed and become a lethal projectile! Thankfully, this did not occur. All kinds of scenarios crossed my mind. A tire blowout... A pedestrian struck by this... Damage to personal property... I'll be calling the dealer on Monday morning to ask if they want their property back... 😜

Chris here. I drive "Lebowski," a 2-door Velocity Blue 2023 Ford Bronco Badlands Sasquatch. Lux package. 2.7L V6. Automatic transmission.

615_Bronco, Kenneth

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Yesterday at 5:06 pm

I have a 2-post lift in my home shop and have been using it for over 22 years. I've lifted my Bronco at least 10 times with it.

I'd suggest to the dealership that the technician who performed the oil change is not properly trained on the use of a 2-post automotive lift. Based on the pics, he lifted your Bronco via the rock sliders rather than the correct place on the frame. SAE standards require the frame be marked with chevrons to indicate where the lifting points are on the frame/chassis. The technician who worked on your Bronco was either lazy or not properly trained. He's lucky your Bronco didn't fall off the lift an onto him. And he is quite inattentive if he didn't notice the lifting arm foot not pop out of the lift arm. All 2-post lifts for the N. American automotive market are designed with the lift controls on the right side (passenger-side) of the vehicle to prevent the technician from getting out on the driver's side and setting the lifting arms only on the drivers-side of the vehicle, so when lowering your Bronco, once the suspension loaded and the lift free fell to its parked position it would have made a loud noise and shaken the lifting arm, which the technician should have seen and noticed.

Did you check the rock slider for damage?

No salt tram towers were harmed in the making of this post...

615_Bronco, Kenneth

Yesterday at 5:21 pm

I didn't see any damage to the rock slider, but it's hard to see in my apartment garage so I'll have to crawl underneath with a flashlight to inspect it more closely.

Once I realized what I was looking at, I grabbed the puck and pulled it down and forward to free it from the vehicle. It appeared to be wedged between the bash plate and the frame rail sheet metal. I'm still wondering if the technician (or anyone else) at the dealership realized that something was missing after my vehicle was given back to me.

Oddly, they did call me after I left to "follow up" on my service. I told them I was only there for an oil change and that my Bronco was running just fine. At the time, I hadn't realized that I was hauling around a part of their hydraulic lift! Perhaps they knew that their puck was missing and were calling folks that had my tech perform work on their vehicles. I guess you could say they "gave a puck." Forgive the obvious pun.

Chris here. I drive "Lebowski," a 2-door Velocity Blue 2023 Ford Bronco Badlands Sasquatch. Lux package. 2.7L V6. Automatic transmission.

Eninty

Yesterday at 9:34 pm

No serious visible damage found. 🤓

Chris here. I drive "Lebowski," a 2-door Velocity Blue 2023 Ford Bronco Badlands Sasquatch. Lux package. 2.7L V6. Automatic transmission.

Eninty

Today at 2:59 pm

Let’s see if this post pops up

BuckYeah

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