my XJ stage 2 build thread

[emr1101]

$400 for what? just to take your 8.8 and move the spring perches and shock mounts? Hell I'll do it $100. You bring the parts and a helping hand and we'll knock it out in an afternoon.

Have you ever done an 8.8 swap? Where ya located?

 

[C85D4x4]

including the proportioning valve swap.

Try the swap without swapping the valve........I didn't need to

 

[emr1101]

yeah i think i will, add it later if i need to. How hard is it to get hte leaf spring mounts lined up correctly?

 

[C85D4x4]

yeah i think i will, add it later if i need to. How hard is it to get hte leaf spring mounts lined up correctly?

Easy, just bolt everything up, and then make sure its an even length on ether side....from perch to wheel..........NOT from perch to center housing b/c on a 8.8.....I think it has a small offset to one side

 

[asp]

I think it has a small offset to one side

I think you are correct, sir.

 

[C85D4x4]

I think you are correct, sir.

Couldnt remember.....its been awhile since I did mine. :looney:

 

[whitneyj]

yeah i think i will, add it later if i need to. How hard is it to get hte leaf spring mounts lined up correctly?

I haven't done an 8.8 swap, but I did my 9" swap. The concept is the same, just narrower with a flange off the pinion vs. a yoke. I'm out near the coast about 1 1/2-2 hours away from Raleigh. $400 is just insane for labor. If you can hold off until I get my Jeep buttoned up, so I finally have a weekend to spare, we can knock it out on a sat or something. I'll PM you my number if you're interested.

 

[emr1101]

Yeah man im def interested. Pm me. I would like to have a buddy while doing this build and you seem knowledgeable enough. I wont be doing it untill January though, but at that time its game on for some half ton axle swappage haha

 

[whitneyj]

PM sent, so apparently no hard feelings about the tie rod thing? I'll be more than happy to help, hopefully I'll have mine done done by then too.

 

[emr1101]

haha tie rod thing, i dont remember. i guess you were one of the many yelling at me about it

 

[Bored400]

this thread is a damned joke. I searched for death wobble and this was the first post up. Either the search function is broken, or...something.
Come looking for answers, and get a bowlfull of bullshit!

 

[emr1101]

your searching abilities are the joke bud, not this thread. especially if you are searching for death wobble haha

 

[enzodetailing]

Okay guys, i finally started my stage 2 build of my xj. Lift of my xj as of recent consisted of a 4.5" RE super flex lift, it had a worn Heim on the RE track bar and a worn bushing on that as well, also hte control arms lower super flex joints were bad, one extremely loose, the other way too tight. The steering was out of whack and i wanted more lift anyway. Also my dana 30Hp was junk, split bearing, totaled u-joint, bent LCA, bent UCA, leaking pinion seal and 3.07s I have this to add...
-blocks by RE
-new rustys coils
-RC drop brackets
-Rubicon Express Super flex track bar and bracket, plus 1" coupler
-JCR steering (getting pre-reamed knuckles from them and sending htem my pitman arm to be reamed)
-Also picked up 2 dana 30s for $175, one with 4.10s and one wiht 3.55s


Anyyyyway, we got hte old axle off, were still workin on some stuff and we are having some problems. The biggest problem would be the freaking pitman arm, i need to get it off to mail it to JCR for them to ream it. It has come off about 2/5", not too bad but it come come anymore. Also i broke a pitman arm puller that i RENTED :gonnablow

How the hell do i get hte pitman arm off? I really want to install my JCR steering

 

[enzodetailing]

you have to be very careful but try some heat

 

[emr1101]

huh? did you just read the first post before writing that or somethin, we actually finished that part

 

[Stallacrew]

Then why don't you start a new thread on all this new stuff you're covering and try not to make a new member feel like he's a dick for answering the question at the beginning of the thread?

 

[emr1101]

dude are you kidding, i took great care in making sure my response wasnt offensive. i dont blame him at all i do that all the time haha

 

[emr1101]

Here's the 8.25 on its way out




8.8 getting ready for take-off







Divershaft flange adapter

 

[emr1101]

Everything getting ready for welding

 

[emr1101]

These are some of the pictures of the swap