blondejoncherokee
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- Location
- sacramento
Simple green and a pressure washer at a coin operated car wash.
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blondejoncherokee
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- Location
- sacramento
Why do you need to do the cargo area ?
- Location
- South San Francisco, CA
When I pulled mine out I used a good stiff brush and a lot of Tide detergent. Scrubbed the heck out of it and let it air dry for about a week.
goodwilljeeper
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- Location
- Pleasanton CA
I VOTE SHAG CARPETING. its usable, spilable, frickionless, comfy, and down right sexy!! RJ the disco jeep
knucklehead 61
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- Location
- Cottage Grove, Oregon
2.5" are going to be better than 2"
Pulled out the old Carpet in the back and cleaned it up and slapped it back in. Also installed a new rear seat from Jon.
Put new uppers in (thanks Jon/Sam) last night along with brand new Synergy Ball joints on both sides. Brought the toe in a little bit from where it was (it was toed way out). Now I have death wobble again. Waddayaknow. Nothing new here lol.
found a crack in the frame side track bar mount so I just pulled it off and I'm about to weld it up right now.
Leaving for the Rubicon tomorrow if all goes as planned!
Turns out the ranger really did have a blown head gasket, not just a leaky intake manifold gasket. So I'm pulling the motor and trans out of that come monday for new gaskets all over as well as a new clutch and slave cylinder, then back to your regularly scheduled programming for jeep rebuild. About to drop some serious coin on some fun updates, so stay tuned.
Put new uppers in (thanks Jon/Sam) last night along with brand new Synergy Ball joints on both sides. Brought the toe in a little bit from where it was (it was toed way out). Now I have death wobble again. Waddayaknow. Nothing new here lol.
found a crack in the frame side track bar mount so I just pulled it off and I'm about to weld it up right now.
Leaving for the Rubicon tomorrow if all goes as planned!
Turns out the ranger really did have a blown head gasket, not just a leaky intake manifold gasket. So I'm pulling the motor and trans out of that come monday for new gaskets all over as well as a new clutch and slave cylinder, then back to your regularly scheduled programming for jeep rebuild. About to drop some serious coin on some fun updates, so stay tuned.
blondejoncherokee
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- Location
- sacramento
make sure your RS heims are not toast again. I know you have a problem with them. so do I... ill be going to the FK heims on my next go around. Also, your tires could be fubar, swap front to back , or swap some one elses tires on.
More than likely a cracked frame and cracked trackbar mount as you mentioned are causing it though.
Whats your caster set at?
More than likely a cracked frame and cracked trackbar mount as you mentioned are causing it though.
Whats your caster set at?
I wouldn't be surprised if they're toast again. I didn't see any new cracks in the frame while I was under there. Welded up the frame side mount and it still wobbles like mad. Caster is at 6* and isn't adjustabke since everything I have up there is fixed.
I think I'm just gonna toe it out again for the con this weekend and maybe lose a little tread off my tires. After the rebuild I'll just slap em in the back. So over this death wobble.
I think I'm just gonna toe it out again for the con this weekend and maybe lose a little tread off my tires. After the rebuild I'll just slap em in the back. So over this death wobble.
- Location
- Virginia City, NV
Make your next upgrade be hydro assist and never have death wobble again.
blondejoncherokee
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- Location
- sacramento
slap them in the back now
- Location
- Plainfield, IN
You need to get long arms push your axle back forward if you just get hydro it will beat up your ram if it's that bad
831_xj
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Santa Cruz
Think he is swapping in some new axles in the future.. so probably wont dump cash on anything more for the wittle 30
Good work Kevin man wish I was joining you guys on the Con
Good work Kevin man wish I was joining you guys on the Con
- Location
- Plainfield, IN
Did he ever decide what axles he is going to go with? Love the build
Also I'm going to start my hybrid cage soon any suggestions on how to keep it from leaking?
Also I'm going to start my hybrid cage soon any suggestions on how to keep it from leaking?
The Rubicon was amazing. As usual.
We left Sacramento at 5 or 6 Friday night and made so many stops along the way. We got to the trailhead late but that's usual with the groups I wheel with. Cruised in to Spider that night and set up camp on top of the slab to the left of the box. We woke up to beautiful blue skies and shorts and tee-shirt weather.
We were stoked that it was that nice, and figured the weatherman was wrong and it was actually going to be a nice weekend through the time we left.
Oh we were wrong.
All of us wheeled out to soup bowl and spent a few hours there. I attempted soup bowl for what felt like forever and finally made it up. It was so soupy and the 'bowl' was full of water. Very challenging. My buddy in a CJ7 made it up for the first time too. Went back to camp after for some snacks and decided to head toward buck to catch the colors of the sunset across the valley.
We got to thousand dollar hill and I busted a u-joint. NAPA's top of the line joint blew and took the ears of the shaft with it.
Unfortunately, my spare shaft was missing the c-clips on the ujoint and I had no spares. So I stuffed a rag in the axle tube and threw the broken stub shaft back in.
Back to the weather. That night was freaking cold. The wind picked up rigt as we got back to camp and got so bad that we had to move down to the camp near the bottom of the box to be sheltered from the wind. Which didn't work. The wind blew HARD all night. It broke one of our tents and some from the camp next door. We woke up to snow and all of the ground and puddles were frozen. Likely got into the low 20's in the middle of the night. My thermometer read 27.3 degrees at 10AM plus wind chill. It was cold. So we packed up camp and left stat.
I only got a few pics on the way out but it turned out to be a beautiful day. Just cold and windy.
Damage report:
Broken axle shaft/ujoint
Stripped a nut in my steering
Cracked the frame again in at least 2 new places
A teeny tiny bit of body damage
Overall it was a great trip. Great way to start off the year!
And to answer some of your questions... I sold my 44/60 combo. Current plans are to link the front with coilovers with my teeny tiny Dana 30 unless I can get talked into a waggy or f150 5 lug Dana 44. Chances are slim though but I'd essentially be doings the same amount of fab work either way. The 8 lug setup was just too wide. I'm enjoying the width I'm at now and the tire size im at now.
Hydro assist is in the plans. Probably just a surpluscenter ram and factory box.
I'm sure once the front end is linked along with a few other things, the wobble will be gone.
And I sealed the cage where it goes through the roof with black RTV. Within what, 3 years? It has finally dried up and cracked - likely from me carelessly sitting on the roof and leaked during this past rainy season. It will be cleaned up and sealed again with something similar or the same black RTV as before.
We left Sacramento at 5 or 6 Friday night and made so many stops along the way. We got to the trailhead late but that's usual with the groups I wheel with. Cruised in to Spider that night and set up camp on top of the slab to the left of the box. We woke up to beautiful blue skies and shorts and tee-shirt weather.
We were stoked that it was that nice, and figured the weatherman was wrong and it was actually going to be a nice weekend through the time we left.
Oh we were wrong.
All of us wheeled out to soup bowl and spent a few hours there. I attempted soup bowl for what felt like forever and finally made it up. It was so soupy and the 'bowl' was full of water. Very challenging. My buddy in a CJ7 made it up for the first time too. Went back to camp after for some snacks and decided to head toward buck to catch the colors of the sunset across the valley.
We got to thousand dollar hill and I busted a u-joint. NAPA's top of the line joint blew and took the ears of the shaft with it.
Unfortunately, my spare shaft was missing the c-clips on the ujoint and I had no spares. So I stuffed a rag in the axle tube and threw the broken stub shaft back in.
Back to the weather. That night was freaking cold. The wind picked up rigt as we got back to camp and got so bad that we had to move down to the camp near the bottom of the box to be sheltered from the wind. Which didn't work. The wind blew HARD all night. It broke one of our tents and some from the camp next door. We woke up to snow and all of the ground and puddles were frozen. Likely got into the low 20's in the middle of the night. My thermometer read 27.3 degrees at 10AM plus wind chill. It was cold. So we packed up camp and left stat.
I only got a few pics on the way out but it turned out to be a beautiful day. Just cold and windy.
Damage report:
Broken axle shaft/ujoint
Stripped a nut in my steering
Cracked the frame again in at least 2 new places
A teeny tiny bit of body damage
Overall it was a great trip. Great way to start off the year!
And to answer some of your questions... I sold my 44/60 combo. Current plans are to link the front with coilovers with my teeny tiny Dana 30 unless I can get talked into a waggy or f150 5 lug Dana 44. Chances are slim though but I'd essentially be doings the same amount of fab work either way. The 8 lug setup was just too wide. I'm enjoying the width I'm at now and the tire size im at now.
Hydro assist is in the plans. Probably just a surpluscenter ram and factory box.
I'm sure once the front end is linked along with a few other things, the wobble will be gone.
And I sealed the cage where it goes through the roof with black RTV. Within what, 3 years? It has finally dried up and cracked - likely from me carelessly sitting on the roof and leaked during this past rainy season. It will be cleaned up and sealed again with something similar or the same black RTV as before.
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831_xj
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- Location
- Santa Cruz
My buddy has a 44 waggy with 4.88s not installed. Couple other odds and ends for it too.
On a side note there is this stuff from Loctite that is a sealant. It bonds really well and is flexible.. Lasts a long time. Think it guarantees like 10 years or something... I'll check exactly what it is called for you when i get to my jeep later this week if you're interested.
Bummed I didn't go that looks so rad holy crap.. Great shots !
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On a side note there is this stuff from Loctite that is a sealant. It bonds really well and is flexible.. Lasts a long time. Think it guarantees like 10 years or something... I'll check exactly what it is called for you when i get to my jeep later this week if you're interested.
Bummed I didn't go that looks so rad holy crap.. Great shots !
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blondejoncherokee
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- Location
- sacramento
you can also try using automotive seam sealer. Sorry to hear about the broken shaft and what not man. Glad to hear you made it out. Always go prepared for cold weather...
Yeah pat if you could let me know when you get the chance that would be rad. Hopefully well wheel again sometime soon bud!
Thanks Jon. I'll look into that too. And yeah definitely go prepared this time of year. I was more than warm enough this trip. You should have seen the amount of sleeping bags and blankets I packed haha
Thanks Jon. I'll look into that too. And yeah definitely go prepared this time of year. I was more than warm enough this trip. You should have seen the amount of sleeping bags and blankets I packed haha
- Location
- Campbell, CA
Looks like a fun trip! I am hoping to go in march if we dont
getting more rain/snow.
getting more rain/snow.
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