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rocknxj said:
BTW, after wheeling in the pounding rain, on slippery rocks, and not taking time to air down, I am convinced that a front locker is the way to go
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No doubt, thanx for getting this run going. My wife and I had a good time despite the slippery rock pile, and over heating issue I had.
 
Nice shots from your wheeling trip man! I went this weekend as well. It was beautiful with all the leaves changing colors. Did some trail maintenance on the MWC's adopted trail. I surprised them all and myself by climbing a pretty tricky washout. They did pull some late night shenanigans and replaced my grill with one that looks like its missing a tooth. Payback is a biatch! :D

anyways here are our pics:

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2594735600049957266rzoPfF
 
I'm going to try to hit Moonrocks. I hope my kid can go also. We'll see as it gets closer. I'm sort of busy rebuilding my master bath, but I hope to break from that and do some wheeling at someplace new.
 
FlexdXJ said:
Nice shots from your wheeling trip man! I went this weekend as well. It was beautiful with all the leaves changing colors. Did some trail maintenance on the MWC's adopted trail. I surprised them all and myself by climbing a pretty tricky washout. They did pull some late night shenanigans and replaced my grill with one that looks like its missing a tooth. Payback is a biatch! :D

anyways here are our pics:

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2594735600049957266rzoPfF
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Hey Flex, I saw your pics and watched your videos. Your terrain is completely different than ours. That mud looks insane! Nice fall run, though. Looks like you guys had a blast. You didn't accidentally kill a biker, did you? Video #59 looked nuts, man.
 
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trailmaster6536 said:
I was bummed that you got your wish book before I got mine.

I replaced the U joints on the front driveshaft after the T Case rebuild and even though I had the phasing correct and matched, I had this terrible drumming sound at 60 MPH like there was someone from the Los Angeles Symphony in the back seat beating on the kettle drums.

I figured that something was out of whack so I ran it over to Drive Line Service of West Sac where they found the that centering kit I had installed in the Double Cardan joint was not behaving (it was really tight to begin with), fixed it, stripped the shaft, rebalanced it and even painted it. Put it back on and it was like new in the front end and smooth. It was so good I pulled the main drive line and found that it was not optimal and ran it over to the masters of balancing. When I bought parts from them for the DIY part of my first exercise they effectively charged wholesale and gave great advice.

Bottom line that it is advisable to have the assembly checked and balance after any part replacement along the driveline. You can save some buckages by replacing the parts yourself and having them balance it. There are enough noises in the XJs, that complicating troubleshooting by introducing more was not something I was willing to live with. The driveline parts I am fixing had 182K on them. It was time.

http://www.dlssac.com
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Sounds like good progress, as well as great advice. Thanks for posting up!
 
rocknxj said:
Hey Flex, I saw your pics and watched your videos. Your terrain is completely different than ours. That mud looks insane! Nice fall run, though. Looks like you guys had a blast. You didn't accidentally kill a biker, did you? Video #59 looked nuts, man.
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Normally those ruts have at least a foot of water above them. It hadn't rained there in 3 months. Cheesemans 36's would have been buried. If you are talking about the video where the quad was about to get squshed at the to of the hill. Yeah that was sketchy and bmyohn about pooed himself and let out of the throttle. He almost rolled the first try....:eek: I didn't attempt that.
 
rocknxj said:
Decisions...decisions.

This...

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...or that?

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Do I put up with my old 36" tube TV or haul my spare on my rack for another year?
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I bought the Panasonic 50" Vierra today and am having the Dish guys come tomorrow to hook up the HD equipment. In retrospect, I should have gone with the 55" but the 50" looks pretty good. When in doubt, go bigger.
 
rocknxj said:
I bought the Panasonic 50" Vierra today and am having the Dish guys come tomorrow to hook up the HD equipment. In retrospect, I should have gone with the 55" but the 50" looks pretty good. When in doubt, go bigger.
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Now there is nothing standing in between you and a tire carrier bumper! :D
 
FlexdXJ said:
Now there is nothing standing in between you and a tire carrier bumper! :D
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True, but I keep spending all of XJ budget $ on crap. Just bought a Blu-ray DVD player last night to match the HD TV and I'm in the middle of a 20k bathroom remodel. I also want to buy a 42" Plasma bedroom TV soon, so I'm thinking the bumper will wait for next year. 2010 was my build-up year. 2011 will be my sustainment year where I just do minor mods and improve the XJ junk I bought in 2010.

Oh, I read your "Who is FlexdXJ" post. Good luck with the MWC.
 
rocknxj said:
Oh, I read your "Who is FlexdXJ" post. Good luck with the MWC.
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Thanks Man, If either I or Fore Wheeler gets the position we will be just fine. He is a good dude too! :cheers:
 
With yesterday's sale of my 2008 Honda Civic EX-L commuter scooter (aka Megatron), the Frog is once again my daily driver. At 70 miles a day, I'll need a replacement Cherokee in 3 years. I had better start looking now...
 
rocknxj said:
With yesterday's sale of my 2008 Honda Civic EX-L commuter scooter (aka Megatron), the Frog is once again my daily driver. At 70 miles a day, I'll need a replacement Cherokee in 3 years. I had better start looking now...
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Well, since she gets to drive the shiny new Overland you should be able to get a bumper! :D
 
FlexdXJ said:
Well, since she gets to drive the shiny new Overland you should be able to get a bumper! :D
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I prefer driving the XJ anyway. It smells, has crappy steering, has a noticeable lack of power, is hard to climb into, and has very loud road noise, but I dig it. The Frog turns heads. The WK does not.
 
rocknxj said:
I prefer driving the XJ anyway. It smells, has crappy steering, has a noticeable lack of power, is hard to climb into, and has very loud road noise, but I dig it. The Frog turns heads. The WK does not.
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Ha, true. Had a girl I used to work with Text me as she drove past me yesterday and complimented my Jeep. She hated my old one.
 
FlexdXJ said:
Ha, true. Had a girl I used to work with Text me as she drove past me yesterday and complimented my Jeep. She hated my old one.
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i had an ex do the same thing lol...got a random text as im driving... "Sean your Jeep is so sexy now" ...what about me? lol
 
SeansXJ said:
i had an ex do the same thing lol...got a random text as im driving... "Sean your Jeep is so sexy now" ...what about me? lol
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Shoulda said, "Well, she's obviously prettier than you"...............:D
 
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