SolarBell
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- Location
- Wheat Ridge, CO
Finished mid and rear frame stiffeners. Installed some air springs to offset the crazy squat I get from towing the camper.
What are you doing to your rig - the continuing saga
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eflores
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- Location
- Greg's place
That looks like a cab air bag for a freight shaker
Lmfao that's what I was thinking.
eflores
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- Location
- Greg's place
Every one else is like... Uh fright shaker?
SolarBell
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- Location
- Wheat Ridge, CO
It's not that different. Now I just have a variable rate rear spring.
DutchVDub
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- Location
- Milliken, CO
My only concern would be the air bag's ability to travel as much as your suspension when flexing off-road.
SolarBell
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Wheat Ridge, CO
Oh yeah, it only has about 8" of travel. I already have plans to make it disconnect-able.
O-Gauge Steamer
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- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
Those are air operated overload springs. Very common in the trailer towing arena. If SolarBell is as cleaver as I think he is...
He will add in auto leveling as well.
Just sayin.
He will add in auto leveling as well.
Just sayin.
SeeingSpots
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- Location
- Bend, OR
Finally built my hockey puck bumpstops today. New ones are just a bit longer than the ones that were on there.
Also installed some longer brake lines and did a full-droop test. Turns out my Heims on the Drag Link are seriously inhibiting the drop on the Passenger's Side - I'm unsure if I should be pissed or not. With the suspension at rest, I only get 6" +/- up and down. I was thinking that with everything I've done to the suspension and steering, I'd get better than only 12" of articulation. Is that bad?
Also installed some longer brake lines and did a full-droop test. Turns out my Heims on the Drag Link are seriously inhibiting the drop on the Passenger's Side - I'm unsure if I should be pissed or not. With the suspension at rest, I only get 6" +/- up and down. I was thinking that with everything I've done to the suspension and steering, I'd get better than only 12" of articulation. Is that bad?
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SeeingSpots
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- Location
- Bend, OR
Got em' both. Track bar is dropped 6" and the pitman arm is dropped approximately 3-4".
xj-grin
NAXJA Member #1096
- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
Meh. Jim's like 5'9"...
SeeingSpots
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bend, OR
Just regular misalignment spacers on the pitman arm and the knuckle.
And Chris is exagerating - I'm like 5'5 (with heels on) lol
DutchVDub
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- Location
- Milliken, CO
12" of travel is very good, especially on an XJ. My YJ buggy had the same.
DutchVDub
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- Location
- Milliken, CO
Nothing like cutting and grinding on a JK. The first of 3 cage reinforcements is done.
Gunter
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- Location
- Aurora, Colorado
did my clutch slave today. it finally quit last night and NO clutch at all, so I had to do it. and recently chopped my longbed by about 12 inches. now to trim the frame and weld in a rear bumper and some recovery points.i also have a winch,and am thinking of mounting it in the back in the area where the OEM spare used to live. I also discovered my front drive shaft is junk. the splined section is loose as a goose,and my front u joint is crap. if anyone is tripping over a front driveshaft let me know if it is cheep I need one.
SeeingSpots
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- Location
- Bend, OR
Really?! Well that just made my day. Thanks!
It seems I used little girl power when putting the torque to the bellhousing-trans bolts last summer , As I had a stalling issue when shifted into drive that was showing up only if I crossed reverse slowly or stopped in reverse b4 going to drive, well after checking everything from electrical to converter bolts I noticed a very small gap of maybe 1/16th inch between bellhousing/block ...yes sir that limp wristed torque job last summer let the bolt walk out a taste and was either putting the converter in a bind or missaligning the cps or both when shifting a specific way...the funny thing is the problem showed up last week when I was driving onto the trailer I'm building for the XJ , and it died on the deck and refused to start for 5 minutes ....lol...kind of like the XJ drove into or on it's own grave ...lol.
oh and on a side note I'm now fully sold on the AW4 as pretty much bullet proof with atleast a stock 4.0 infront of it , as this aw4 has had a complete clog on the cooler for a few thousand miles and not die fluid always looked like motor oil ... I've changed gears from reverse to drive and drive to reverse under 3k + rpm and this last issue , and it still shifts like a new transmission and the fluid brand new like it did last summer after pulling the lines and finding my cooling issue ...lol...So I'm pretty much convinced it could handle 44 Boggers .
oh and on a side note I'm now fully sold on the AW4 as pretty much bullet proof with atleast a stock 4.0 infront of it , as this aw4 has had a complete clog on the cooler for a few thousand miles and not die fluid always looked like motor oil ... I've changed gears from reverse to drive and drive to reverse under 3k + rpm and this last issue , and it still shifts like a new transmission and the fluid brand new like it did last summer after pulling the lines and finding my cooling issue ...lol...So I'm pretty much convinced it could handle 44 Boggers .
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