blondejoncherokee
NAXJA Member
- Location
- sacramento
nice man. I'm looking forward to seeing the air shocks
2 jeep build thread/blog.
- Thread starter zachandandy
- Start date
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
It's a crap picture, but I picked them up on the way to work tonight. 14" tk1 2.25 air shocks.
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- Location
- Patterson, Ca
Got them in today, still need to rebuild a rear shaft, figure out bump stops, limit straps, and finish some welding, but it feels awesome on the driveway. At full bump I'll have about an inch of shaft showing and 1.5" clear of the rear fenders. At full extension the tire measures 20.5" clear of the fender. Not bad for a 14" shock.
blondejoncherokee
NAXJA Member
- Location
- sacramento
Looking good keep us posted. air shocks are nice . Curious how it does on the freeway
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
My 7 day a week and now 12 hr shift are killing the chance of finishing this thing and actually wheeling it.
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
Still haven't had time to finish my xj, but took the wife's wj up to apple hill to get a Christmas tree today. Lots of snow covered roads and parking lots. Got to get a little slideways. Rescued a lady in a 300c who was stuck on an ice covered hill by driving it out for her (not alot of tow points on one of those things).Great time.
Only pic we took.
Only pic we took.
blondejoncherokee
NAXJA Member
- Location
- sacramento
nice looks so fun.
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
Well with all this work, haven't finished the jeep yet, but I ordered a set of 37"x12.50x15 creepy crawlers for the jeep. If anybody wants to buy 4 35x14.50x15 pitbull mad dogs with only about 8000 miles on them I'm looking for $700, but I'll go $600 for my fellow naxjaer's. New shoes and a new rear suspension, gotta get her done for some wheeling for my birthday. Hoping for snow, but may have to just try out prairie city if we don't get any weather before the end of January.
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
The width is great for side hilling, feels super stable. The dusy was definitely the tightest trail I've run, but it still wasn't a problem. Keeps people from parking too close too. I'm also welded front and rear, so the turning radius is more if an issue than the width.
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
Came home to a pile of awesome tonight. 
My 37x12.50 creepy crawlers. No to find time to finish this pos.
My 37x12.50 creepy crawlers. No to find time to finish this pos.
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
Had a good time out at hollister yesterday.
http://instagram.com/p/jaCY-UDmCv/
Not quite enough ground clearance for that one.
It is a nice looking rig though.
Broke the drivers side rear shaft again. Had to bring it home on the trailer, but at least it drove on and off the trailer. I can't find a definitive answer, but a cut to length 44 chromoly shaft should work in the 44a right? Yukon is the only company I can find that sells wj length shafts and they want $400 each. I can get nitro cut to length shafts for $159 each.
http://instagram.com/p/jaCY-UDmCv/
Not quite enough ground clearance for that one.
It is a nice looking rig though.
Broke the drivers side rear shaft again. Had to bring it home on the trailer, but at least it drove on and off the trailer. I can't find a definitive answer, but a cut to length 44 chromoly shaft should work in the 44a right? Yukon is the only company I can find that sells wj length shafts and they want $400 each. I can get nitro cut to length shafts for $159 each.
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
Going to swap in a new axle shaft in the wj when I get home today. She want to take it out tomorrow just to get out into the woods somewhere. Looks like we might be finishing up the overtime for now and I might actually have time to finish the xj. Rebuilt a rear shaft for it the other day. Need to finish welding 1 of the lca's, put the driveshaft in, rewire the winch with the new solenoid, fill the tcase, replace the down pipe, put new bolts in the rear axle shafts, and re mount my tranny cooler and she should be ready to wheel.
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
In low range fine, on the road not great. I drove and wheeled the 35's with stock 3.55's for a year. It should still be better than that.
blondejoncherokee
NAXJA Member
- Location
- sacramento
cant wait to see this thing all done.
Forceful Llama
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- MOdesto
Thanks again for the seats man. I'll clean them up and put them in tmw.
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
No problem, it's bs that you have to deal with all of this because of some thieves.
blondejoncherokee
NAXJA Member
- Location
- sacramento
soooo…did you order chromos for the WJ rear axle?
- Location
- Patterson, Ca
Not yet, waiting on funds and still not sure which route to go. Picked up a shaft at pick n pull to get it up and running. Found a stripped caliper mounting bolt while swapping the shaft last night, so now I have to deal with that. If I can find a deal on a abs full floating axle, I'd like to go that route but may end up just going with chromos. What's crazy is the 60 in my rig is welded on stock 30 splines and I push it way harder than she does. May add some more bracing to the truss, but I think it's just the extra 70-80 ftlbs from the v8 that is snapping the shafts.
