- Location
- Harrisburg, NC
Looks great!!!!
Project "girly" jeep
- Thread starter shortxjdoug
- Start date
shortxjdoug
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chattanooga tn
do it!!!!its easy as crap to put in and totally worth it.... im planning on doing a long term review on the aussies, i think after 10k im going to tear the axles apart and take pictures of the wear on the lockers and write up how well theyre still working. everyone knows aussies are good but i havent seen a lunchbox locker after 10k of wheeling and dd'ing
- Location
- Columbus, In
Well, I was gonna go wheeling this weekend but since I can't really justify spending the money I have on gas and being broke all week, I'll tear it out of my spare axle and get it ready to install!
GrimmJeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gardena, CA
is the pic misleading or is the exhaust pointed right at the plastic gas tank?
shortxjdoug
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chattanooga tn
the pic is misleading, it turns down just in front of the axle
XJLI
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Long Island, NY
i put 40k on my aussie, started acting kinda funny around that point... sold the 44 without ever tearing it open, no idea what the axle is up to now.
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
I was about to ask if you ever got the decals. Lol. I hope those worked for ya. They look good on there. Like I said before I usually make them wider but that size looks better to me.
shortxjdoug
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chattanooga tn
they look awesome! i love the font and the size.... ive been meaning to pm you about more but ive been crazy busy and it will probably wait till after the crawl
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
Thats probably a good thing since im getting married saturday and time is rather short between now and the end of the honeymoon. 
shortxjdoug
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chattanooga tn
Ok the good news is we will be wheeling this at the crawl come Hell or high water.... the bad news is something in the rearend isn't right.... its a loud howl couples with a fast high pitched rattling noise and all of it only occurs under load. At any speed you take your foot of the gas and its silent as a church mouse..... thoughts? I'm thinking pinion bearing? The gears are worn oddly but I'm right at .004" on the lash and they turn free without clicks
twodoorXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- northern new jersey
My 8.8 did the same thing.
Turned out the pinion nut was loose, put locktite on it, and tightened it up, havent heard it since. Not saying yours is the same problem, but its worth a shot.
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
My 8.25 did that. It was the outer pinion bearing.
Annoying as hell! I could hear it over the radio wide open.
I ended up coasting down as many hills as possible to enjoy some silence.
Annoying as hell! I could hear it over the radio wide open.
I ended up coasting down as many hills as possible to enjoy some silence.
shortxjdoug
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chattanooga tn
So im humble enough to admit when someone else is better than me and Tyler at Rocksolid has xj rocker replacements down to a science. The price comes out a little more than a set of sliders but what you get is worth so much more, plus tyler will make sure its clean strong and just what youre looking for.
rockers cut out
2x8x3/16 getting fitted to the xj
Tyler dropping some weld on the new rockers
Cleanup
Sam got bored and asked for work so we set her on scuffing up a cage project on another rig in the shop
Sam's ride next to Dan's cherocar
Happy Jeep owner with her ride.... its ready for the crawl except for the front bumper and a few other little projects
rockers cut out
2x8x3/16 getting fitted to the xj
Tyler dropping some weld on the new rockers
Cleanup
Sam got bored and asked for work so we set her on scuffing up a cage project on another rig in the shop
Sam's ride next to Dan's cherocar
Happy Jeep owner with her ride.... its ready for the crawl except for the front bumper and a few other little projects
Lowrange2
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Abbeville, SC
That's a purdy sticker ya got there.
twodoorXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- northern new jersey
Looks really good!
Did you angle the rocker down a couple of degress so water doesnt sit on it?
Did you angle the rocker down a couple of degress so water doesnt sit on it?
- Location
- Columbus, In
Nah, they'll just drive real fast and slam on the brakes!
Doug, Sam's jeep is way cooler than any of yours ever were! Good work!
shortxjdoug
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chattanooga tn
No but they do have drain holes in them so water runs through instead of into the jeep
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shortxjdoug
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Chattanooga tn
No but they do have drain holes in them so water runs through instead of into the jeep
- Location
- bourbonnais IL
Looking good!
ZipperheadXJ00
NAXJA Forum User
hot chick + hot jeep = total awesomeness!!!
those rockers look great!
those rockers look great!
