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[WrenchMonkey]

Yep, that's Nick's ad...

As for your axles... I'm not as crazy about em as everybody else.

I had a PowerWagon just like you're talking about. I only bought it for the axles: D44/60, 4.56s and Detroit lockers.

Th rear would've essentially bolted in, which was way cool. The front would've been work, but managable.

But really, that 60 is gross overkill for anything we do. Running 35s, it would cost more clearance than it was worth.

To justify that big an axle, you'd have to run 37s. Four 37" BFGs would run $1400, five are ~$1750. Even cheap 17" wheels are $75 a pop, so five are $400.

But with 37s, the 456s weren't going to cut it. (Your 410s would be even worse.) So another grand for a regear, and suddenly those "cheap" axles are going to cost better than three bigguns...

That's before you think about clearing those 37s.

All in all, I just think it's too big for an XJ. You're too far into the end of diminishing returns... So I sold the Dodge for twice what I paid for it, to a friend of the guy that sold it to me...

My two cents...

Robert

 

[WrenchMonkey]

I had a PowerWagon just like you're talking about. I only bought it for the axles: D44/60, 4.56s and Detroit lockers.

Thing did have character!

Robert

 

[SC Rednek]

I've thought about it a while, and I just can't see putting the same money into my little axles, I'd probably have to do even more to get them strong enough.

Yeah, some year I hope to have 37s and an 8" lift, probably about 3-5 years from now. I'm also hoping to move back out west after I'm done with school here in a little over a year, so I will get good use out of it.

Question's really is that front axle strong enough for hard wheeling with a locker and 37s?

 

[85xjwoody]

I wheel my jeep with a d30/8.8 combo locked front and rear. Tires are 36" IROC's and have had no problems except one broken driverside axleshaft. I have seen a d30 last for years on 35" tires.
You just need to keep your foot off of the floor pan.

With that said, I say wheel the d30 with 35" tires, just be smart about the skinny pedal and you will be just fine.

 

[Jeepm@n]

Thing did have character!
That Dodge is beautiful. I had a 5/4 ton military setup. That thing was a beast. Although it only had the 318 it moved and I was getting 18 hwy with Hummer tires on it. I miss that truck

Robert

 

[IllianaXJ]

Buy the axles and re-sell them on Pirate. You should get your $$ back plus more.

 

[Roxtar]

Question's really is that front axle strong enough for hard wheeling with a locker and 37s?

Yes, you'll be breaking shafts/joints before R&Ps (The difference in HP/LP).
By the time you're ready for "hard wheeling on 37s" you'll be able to upgrade the shafts and, who knows, another deal may come along on front 60, 9", or HP44.
In the meantime, you've strengthened your axles up to 35" tires on the cheap.

 

[poorboy87]

so i went back to linton to help a buddy in his fur shed. scraped 40 coon in 2 hours. when i left for linton noticed the drivers rear tire was a lil low not much but sum. said id fill it in lyons. lyons gas station took the hose off the tank. so i was headin home to fill it and it went flat hardcore. im like a kerter mile from the house.
i think self if i drive real slow like i can make it home. i get home and the tread had separated... dang. so i had to wait til the morning swap on the queer lookin spare and of course its flat
get it aired up and head to tiemans to swap in a used tire go to start the heep in wouldnt hit a lick.
had to give the ol red rocket a shot o either and she finaly fired up.


ps
i kinda like that powerwagon

 

[FlexdXJ]

Got my debit card issue figured out. It turns out i had put in my pin wrong 3 times and my card was deactivated. So tonight i will be ordering my sliders and paying for my 3 in coils!

edit: I said screw it and ordered my sliders a couple minutes ago. THEY IS ON DA WAY YO!

 

[ChiXJeff]

<grin> Sounds like a PICNIC* issue.




*Problem In Chair, Not In Computer.

 

[XJ Stryker]

Brown woman brought me a present today. Not much to brag about but I have been waiting for it for about 5 weeks.

RE Steering Dampner

One more Item to mark off the list for WF

 

[99SJ_Ex]

Is it worth replacing steering dampener on a 99 that has the origional on it? All 4 shocks were bad, so I'm kinda wondering....

 

[HaleYes]

You don't even need a steering stabilizer if you're steering is set up properly.

 

[99SJ_Ex]

Well I had don an alignment on it last yr a Tech school, the front was slightly off, but now going down the road i need to constantly hold the steering wheel one way or the other.... I was gona have an alignment done when I got back from WF.... But am wondering if this is something I should look into... Unless I should wait till I get my 3in. left...

 

[goodburbon]

You don't even need a steering stabilizer if you're steering is set up properly.

Yeah that's what I think, but I'm fighting the wobbles again. Damn it's frustrating.

Current setup:

RK 3 link long arms, (new bushings)
RK steering ( couple months old)
RK trac bar and bracket.
Braced frame with angle iron, welded to Trac bar bracket.
Ball Joints feel good and aren't very old, 760x's are good, I have adjusted a slight toe in,

Wobbles start around 50mph.

I had wobble develop right before I put on my first lift, A year into my first lift, less than a year into my long arm, and now once again about 3 months after installing my RK steering. The only thing left to change is my damn steering box. I'm getting really really really tired of my 3 persisting problems.

1. Death wobble follows me everywhere I go.
2. My CEL won't quit, really, I've had the same fargin code for 2 years now.
3. Driveline vibes!!!!! Im sick and tired of them, and I can't afford $600 in driveshafts, so I keep getting junkyard shafts and rebuilding them.

On the bright side my wifes heep has
1. Rats eating wiring harness at the firewall. I want to put poision on the damn wires, but I cut myself sometimes when working on them.
2. CEL that won't quit. 9 months and running now.
3. eats a set of tires in a year. Hell I bent a tie rod wheeling, noticed it was handling oddly,but didn't check till I stopped for gas and it had eaten half of the tread just half of the way home on the drivers rear. I guess this is the price you pay for 2 autolockers.

The real trouble is that I don't have enough time to fully diagnose and fix all problems. Hell I hardly have time to change my oil.

 

[IllianaXJ]

I took my steering stabilizer off to take some pressure off my failing PS pump, didn't even notice a difference in handling.

I do need an alignment though, probably do it before WF.

 

[hanaxj87]

Was on a roll no blood all week working on the rig then two hours ago busted a knuckle. Danit!! its still bleeding, now I'll hit it bout hundred more times....

Making progress should stuff the engine in tomorrow.

Nick

 

[WrenchMonkey]

We sandblasted my oil pan tonight, charlie wanted fresh paint on it before we button everything back up.

With any luck, I'll bring it home Saturday... party1:

Robert

<edit> Nick, it ain't a real project til somebody draws blood!

 

[hanaxj87]

We sandblasted my oil pan tonight, charlie wanted fresh paint on it before we button everything back up.

With any luck, I'll bring it home Saturday... party1:

Robert

<edit> Nick, it ain't a real project til somebody draws blood!

Excellant !! Red back on the road.

Hope to fire mine on saturday... If your in the area stop on by. Got your intake hose laying on the shelf and the DVD from last outing..

The bleeding has stopped

Nick

 

[XJ Stryker]

I took my steering stabilizer off to take some pressure off my failing PS pump, didn't even notice a difference in handling.

I do need an alignment though, probably do it before WF.

No transfer of bumps and what not to the steering wheel.