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[at05gt]

My Tire guy put them at 35 psi, and it makes the tires feel really stiff on the road, im gonna try 30 and drive it around. Also its pulling hard to the right I need to adjust and tighten my drag link and trackbar again, and check my Toe.

 

[blondejoncherokee]

I run my 40s at 22psi on the freeway.
I run my 33s on my MJ at about 26 psi.

 

[GordoSmasho]

Same here. 25-27 depending on load.


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[XJensen]

I run mine at 30 on the road. Unless I just want to get home then anything over 20 will do

 

[at05gt]

I dropped them to 30 and it's more stable, still need to fix my caster but I need adjustable arms for that.

 

[at05gt]

Anybody got a welder I can borrow this weekend? I think I'm gonna re-purpose my old stock track bar as a steering brace. Why buy new parts when I've got scrap lying around I can fabricate with.

 

[at05gt]

Built the steering brace, rebuilt and reinforced my bumper mounts. My buddy let me use his arc welder, it's not clean but it works.

 

[XJensen]

Nice job putting the work in!

 

[at05gt]

I'm trying, I need to get my own welder and start practicing.

 

[at05gt]

Would 2x6 be too heavy for a bumper? I'm thinking about just building a simple bumper out of steel.

Something like this, I don't know whos XJ this is so if I'm using without permission I can take it down.

 

[XJensen]

Way to bulky. Use 2x4 or have a steel shop bend something up

 

[at05gt]

My mounts are like 5 inches tall, I need something that covers them.

 

[at05gt]

Bought a welder, its a cheapo HF flux wire, but it burns a decent bead if I am paying attention to my hand and wire speed.

Probably gonna modify it for DCEN sometime down the road, I've read it makes the arc more stable and controllable.

 

[goodwilljeeper]

I think this is 2x3 or 2x4. I have 5 inch tall stretched and angled/shaved mounts.

 

[at05gt]

Channel or rectangle steel?

 

[at05gt]

I've been practicing with my welder the past couple nights, on 1/8 or 3/16th plates I can get decent penetration if I'm set to max power and wire speed of 9-9.5. Duty cycle is 20% at 90A which is 2 minutes of welding 10 minutes of cooling off.

I can get a decent bead going, I was using the HF flux wire and it was really spattery, so I picked up some Lincoln flux wire and its already made a big difference.

 

[goodwilljeeper]

Channel or rectangle steel?

Rectangle. I had to lengthen the mounting bracket due to my box brace

 

[at05gt]

Modified the welder with a bridge rectifier for DCEN, need to add a capacitor and an induction loop to smooth out the ripple.

 

[at05gt]

So I need some help, I need someone experienced with steering issues to drive my Jeep and tell me what's wrong with the steering. I've got the toe dialed in, I can't fix the caster until I can afford adjustable arms. The steering is super twitchy and loose and I can't figure out what's causing it. I hope it's not the steering box going out.

 

[blondejoncherokee]

honestly, if you know you caster is bad, its probably caster. whats caster set at?
any bad TREs? bad bushings? ball joints? have the lady turn the wheel while you look for play in things.