started the cj5 on rocks yesterday

Post by **BlueDodgeRam** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:43 pm

im using 1.25" JJs for my lowers, and 1" JJs for my uppers in my rear 4-link

edit: wrong picture

Post by **bullydog** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:08 pm

This was an 1.25 Jonny Joint. It looks like it failed at the weld. not the forged one though

Post by **BlueDodgeRam** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:12 pm

i dont understand whats going on there. whys is it on the front of a front axle? looks like there is also a lack of grease.

Post by **bullydog** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:20 pm

What the hell is up with that setup? I didnt even notice that.

Post by **bullydog** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:27 pm

I already bought 16 grade 8 3/4 bolts, and all my tabs have 3/4 holes so i probably gonna go with the 7/8 rod ends.

Post by **shmoken875** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:26 am

BlueDodgeRam wrote:i dont understand whats going on there. whys is it on the front of a front axle? looks like there is also a lack of grease.

I'll betcha 5 dolla its a land cruiser. Closed knuckles and LCA on the front of the axle.

Post by **Arya Ebrahimi** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:26 pm

Yeah, looks like cruiser style radius arms with JJ's instead of bushings.

Post by **bullydog** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:12 pm

So I ordered the 7/8 qa1 rod ends. 16 of them. Im using 2 inch .25 wall tubing for my links. Got 40 feet from steel services in Roanoke. Also cut some 1 1/2 pieces to drill out and tap for the rod ends to screw into. Now I got to figure out how long I got to make my links

Post by **Arya Ebrahimi** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:35 am

I've seen people mock everything up with PVC pipe before cutting the final material to length. PVC's a lot cheaper to fuck up than 2" DOM

Post by **bullydog** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:02 pm

Started on the hats to mount the upper links on.

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:12 pm

That is some serious beef.

Post by **bullydog** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:50 pm

Did a little work today. Trying to measure for links. I going to be mud bogging this and Im going to get another set of tires for trail riding.

YouTube · Post by **TerryD** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:06 pm

This thing is going to be massive. What kinda power plan you have planned and what kinda weight do you expect to end up with? 6K with gear?

Post by **bullydog** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:44 pm

I was hoping around 5k. Im going to chop the body behind the dash and have tubing from there back. Ive got a mopar 360 with a torqe flight 727 and an np205, Im looking into a klune v so I can have 4 to1 and 6 to1 low range. The axle have a 6.72 gear ratio so in 2 hi with the 48's I should still be able to go atleast 55

Post by **bullydog** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:19 pm

Been working on the high steer arms. I got one drilled right so far. The other one is scrap. They weigh 8 pounds each and are 14 inches long 1 inch thick.

I also got my rod ends in from Ballistic Fab, so Ive been trying to figure out my link lengths.