What are you doing to your rig - the continuing saga

[freerider15]

Current state....ughhhh.

 

[trippled]

Got the springs mostly in today. Ended up putting a square out of the body to remove the spinning nut for main eye bolt, then welded a 9/16 nut to a piece of 1/8 and welded back in, all good! Waiting on some new shackle bushings now since they were totally seized then I can see where it sits. I pulled the second shortest leaf out of these re springs but it looks like it's gonna sit way high. So hopefully I can just mess with the shackle placement to get it back down. And then hopefully the pinion angle isn't totally out of whack because I have no desire to reweld the perches or put in shims. But ...you know how it goes...

And hopefully I got fuel pump sock on for good this time. Its fallen off twice now and makes the it stall or bog on corners with like 1/2 tank. So now it's got a nice big hose clamp on it.

 

[trippled]

Current state....ughhhh.

What're you fixing now?

 

[freerider15]

What're you fixing now?

Slightly rotated pinion housing.

Once I *hopefully* get the pinion back in place, I'll strip the axle down except for the lower link mounts, and redo it all.

 

[1-tonxj]

Slightly rotated pinion housing.

Once I *hopefully* get the pinion back in place, I'll strip the axle down except for the lower link mounts, and redo it all.

Are you saying you spun the diff on the tubes ?

 

[freerider15]

Are you saying you spun the diff on the tubes ?

On one of them yes.

I've decided that its probably going to be easier to just try and rotate the driver's side C instead of drilling out the new plug welds.

 

[1-tonxj]

The truss I have is welded into the pumpkin and then the axle tubes I will most likely the the diff cover into the truss as well ...lol...the simple ori install turned into a complete rebuild of the front ...hopefully I don't have your issue .

 

[freerider15]

The truss I have is welded into the pumpkin and then the axle tubes I will most likely the the diff cover into the truss as well ...lol...the simple ori install turned into a complete rebuild of the front ...hopefully I don't have your issue .

You should be fine. If I had the tubes welded to the pumpkin and the plug welds all welded in, in likelihood this wouldn't have happened.

But, while it's out, might as well truss it to be 100% there.

Was planning on building my own, but I keep eyeing the Artec Truss since I can get it for $180 shipped, and it will drop right on.

I'll price out some 1018 Cold Steel, but it seems like by the time I buy the steel, the price difference will make it worth just buying.

I like the TMR Truss more, but it's $70ish more.

 

[in4aride]

Built myself a little hitch skid this morning. Last trip to Moab consisted of dragging the ass of the truck everywhere. So hopefully this should help. Tried keeping it tight as possible and using the hitch to support the bottom side. See how it does this weekend.

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[trippled]

Looks like it should work good to avoid beating the crap out of your hitch

 

[in4aride]

Looks like it should work good to avoid beating the crap out of your hitch

And hopefully keep off the bumper a little more than last time. Just until I can build a rear for it.

 

[freerider15]

Did some work on Nikki's 96' last fall.

She needed brakes, and I hate brake drums. Planned on doing a KJ disc swap on the 8.25, but I found an 8.25 in town that had a Terflex Disc brake kit on it and a SOLID Mfg. cover for $200. Sold her old 8.25 for like $40 (27 spline), so didn't do too bad. I

In addition:
- New Brake pads and rotors all around
- ZJ Prop Valve
- New Crown Rear Leaves
- New Front Coils (~1.5" of lift)
- New shocks all around
- New stainless braided brake lines and caliper soft lines
- New hard line in the rear
- New U-bolts
- All New Hardware in general :laugh:

I will say it brakes quite a bit better now. It was already on some 225/75R16's, and with the small lift I think it looks damn near perfect.

Taken a few days ago:

 

[in4aride]

Definitely has that ‘should have come this way stock’ look. Me gusta

 

[Kittrell]

Taken a few days ago:

Wheel spacers, do it.

 

[freerider15]

Wheel spacers, do it.

:huh:

 

[freerider15]

Been cranking back on the up and coming Sleeper DD XJ.

Mainly just getting it back to road worthy...then I'll get some axles built.

Currently:

- New Crown Braided SS lines Installed
- JKS Shock Stem Adapters and Bilstein 5150's installed
- Interior is *nearly done
- Working on getting my Boostwerks Hidden Winch Mount in
- Working on getting stereo, amp, and speakers all in before wrapping up the interior
- Derale Cooler and lots of AN fittings for Trans Cooler install

Looking to have it back on all fours and fully under it's own power (e.g. brakes) by the end of this coming weekend.

Then, unfortunately I'll need to figure out the source of my exhaust leak that sounds like its the exhaust manifold.

Once that's all kosher, slap the rest of the body on (fender, header panel, etc.) and it's in reality good to go for now

Really really really really jones'n to wheel the buggy. But, this has most of the parts sitting around, and I still don't have the truck transmission back anyhow yet (coming up on three ****ing months now...)

 

[in4aride]

Got the sliders started on Ashs truck.

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[xj-grin]

Look nice, man. I have a set in the garage for the taco I haven’t found time to bolt up...

 

[-xj4me-]

Painted this a few weekends ago, blew the transfer case on the way back from New Mexico and now it's getting a beefier tie rod and alignment tomorrow

 

[in4aride]

Steel yard was closed so no further love for the taco sliders, did some more work on the trailer build and loaded up the taco to see how the extra room would pan out. I’m digging it so far.

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