kmanxj5050
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Reed City Michigan
Project: Rattle Rattle
- Thread starter SAMSET
- Start date
BRIANHO13
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- Location
- Spring, TX
Project: The Silver Bullet
Works great
Works great
- Location
- Bourbonnais IL.
Re: Project: The Silver Bullet
So the latest updates.
like i stated before, the steering was installed by a friend. i believe he originally installed it correctly but may have screwed it up when he was alighting it. I always thought it looked odd but trusted that he knew what he was doing. messing around one day rew and i watched this vid
in this vid you can clearly see why mine was worng. here is a pic of before.
when physically grabbed and pulled, you could move it to this position.
but the second you turned the wheel it would hit again.
the 2 heim joints where at the wrong angles causing it to hit the tie rod.
and you can see in this pic that shit is just not right.
thankfully lowes is like 3 blocks away and i can quickly pick up tools i need.
so not having a clue of what i was doing, i tore it down.
I found heim joints that didn't budge and this
so i got to wrenching and almost completed
then i got drunk with friends
the next day it looked like the baby had more to drink than i did
the redo was later completed and looked a whole lot better
no touchy
So the latest updates.
like i stated before, the steering was installed by a friend. i believe he originally installed it correctly but may have screwed it up when he was alighting it. I always thought it looked odd but trusted that he knew what he was doing. messing around one day rew and i watched this vid
in this vid you can clearly see why mine was worng. here is a pic of before.
when physically grabbed and pulled, you could move it to this position.
but the second you turned the wheel it would hit again.
the 2 heim joints where at the wrong angles causing it to hit the tie rod.
and you can see in this pic that shit is just not right.
thankfully lowes is like 3 blocks away and i can quickly pick up tools i need.
so not having a clue of what i was doing, i tore it down.
I found heim joints that didn't budge and this
so i got to wrenching and almost completed
then i got drunk with friends
the next day it looked like the baby had more to drink than i did
the redo was later completed and looked a whole lot better
no touchy
- Location
- Bourbonnais IL.
Re: Project: The Silver Bullet
next i started the novak shifter cable that some of you all helped me with
i thought that although this thing was not necessarily that hard to do, the small space to work in, plus the (imo) shitty directions, made it a pita. I felt like the directions were written kinda like, your buddy who had already done the job, telling you how to do it over the phone.
anyways,
1st step is removing the old crap, which requires removing the carpet, which requires pulling the console. amazing what you can find when you remove carpet and consoles,
every single old old old coffee (note: i don't drink coffee)covered coin you see in these pics was jammed deep down inside the brass cup that the 4wd shifter site in.
you may notice(and if you didn't take a close look at the second pic)that some of the coins are damn near bent in half. this would be the result of me jamming the shifter in gear assuming it was the linkage. apparently it was not. non the less, i had already thrown out the old parts and had already owned the new cable for about a month. so to install i went.
got this pile of crap out
made this more open
then you all saw my struggles with this nut
but the stubby wrench helped
for future searchers reference, this is 2wd(there was not a lot of internet help with what seemed to be a common question)
then after a ton of struggle and busted knuckles i finally got it in.
and im pretty sure it works:spin1:
next i started the novak shifter cable that some of you all helped me with
i thought that although this thing was not necessarily that hard to do, the small space to work in, plus the (imo) shitty directions, made it a pita. I felt like the directions were written kinda like, your buddy who had already done the job, telling you how to do it over the phone.
anyways,
1st step is removing the old crap, which requires removing the carpet, which requires pulling the console. amazing what you can find when you remove carpet and consoles,
every single old old old coffee (note: i don't drink coffee)covered coin you see in these pics was jammed deep down inside the brass cup that the 4wd shifter site in.
you may notice(and if you didn't take a close look at the second pic)that some of the coins are damn near bent in half. this would be the result of me jamming the shifter in gear assuming it was the linkage. apparently it was not. non the less, i had already thrown out the old parts and had already owned the new cable for about a month. so to install i went.
got this pile of crap out
made this more open
then you all saw my struggles with this nut
but the stubby wrench helped
for future searchers reference, this is 2wd(there was not a lot of internet help with what seemed to be a common question)
then after a ton of struggle and busted knuckles i finally got it in.
and im pretty sure it works:spin1:
- Location
- Bourbonnais IL.
Re: Project: The Silver Bullet
next on the list is this amp my buddy sold me for cheap. my sub is a little to deep, so this should bring the highs and mids up a little
next on the list is this amp my buddy sold me for cheap. my sub is a little to deep, so this should bring the highs and mids up a little
- Location
- Bourbonnais IL.
Since my last update i have made a few changes.
1st being the title. originally called the silver bullet, after a year or so now it dose nothing but rattle and clunk and make interesting 'jeep' noises, not to mention it is not fast at all like a bullet.
so a few friends and i started calling it "rattle rattle" after the old jingle "rattle rattle thunder clatter boom boom bang"
I had the thread title officially change to a more my jeep fitting title.
Project: Rattle Rattle
then it started squealing. traced it down to the ac compressor pulley. now, my ac already did not work due to the evaporator and with that not really being a high priority of mine, i really didn't want to drop a bunch of money on a compressor just to still not have ac. searched some options and came up with this delete pulley. connected to nothing, it just makes it so you can run the same belt configuration.
then i dragged out to redbird for the fall trail cleanup
on the ride home i had a ton a vibration. looking it over and noticed the rear drive shaft had a good beating.
sent it out to a local shop and had it rebuilt.
like the way it looked and the front shaft was a little ugly also, so i sent it out next for repairs.
that's the jist of my current updates.
i collected a few more parts. nothing special efan is dead so i have to replace that and i want to run a switch to turn it on and off at my demand. mfan has no shroud, so i want to replace that. had some interesting temperature spikes and drops so i figure, might as well throw an thermostat and gasket in. cel is pulling an o2 sensor, get that thrown on. plan would be to get this done before WF. we will see.
only big mod that i really want to get done right now is that damn headliner. it is driving me insane. just wish i had more time in the day.
atriot:
1st being the title. originally called the silver bullet, after a year or so now it dose nothing but rattle and clunk and make interesting 'jeep' noises, not to mention it is not fast at all like a bullet.
so a few friends and i started calling it "rattle rattle" after the old jingle "rattle rattle thunder clatter boom boom bang"
I had the thread title officially change to a more my jeep fitting title.
Project: Rattle Rattle
then it started squealing. traced it down to the ac compressor pulley. now, my ac already did not work due to the evaporator and with that not really being a high priority of mine, i really didn't want to drop a bunch of money on a compressor just to still not have ac. searched some options and came up with this delete pulley. connected to nothing, it just makes it so you can run the same belt configuration.
then i dragged out to redbird for the fall trail cleanup
on the ride home i had a ton a vibration. looking it over and noticed the rear drive shaft had a good beating.
sent it out to a local shop and had it rebuilt.
like the way it looked and the front shaft was a little ugly also, so i sent it out next for repairs.
that's the jist of my current updates.
i collected a few more parts. nothing special efan is dead so i have to replace that and i want to run a switch to turn it on and off at my demand. mfan has no shroud, so i want to replace that. had some interesting temperature spikes and drops so i figure, might as well throw an thermostat and gasket in. cel is pulling an o2 sensor, get that thrown on. plan would be to get this done before WF. we will see.
only big mod that i really want to get done right now is that damn headliner. it is driving me insane. just wish i had more time in the day.
atriot:
- Location
- Bourbonnais IL.
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