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Post by **willhf1011** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:25 am

Looks good man, plans for steering?

Post by **BadAssEddie** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:28 am

And plan for tires?

Post by **zach119** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:46 am

Sweet John, when's the estimated time of completion?

Post by **jstables** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:19 am

willhf1011 wrote:Looks good man, plans for steering?

astro box
5/8" rod ends
1.5" .25 wall tube (still need)

BadAssEddie wrote:And plan for tires?

rollers till I have the money saved to buy some.

dodgeguy119 wrote:Sweet John, when's the estimated time of completion?

um its gonna be on it's own weight by the end of the week. and hopefully wheel-able by summer.

Post by **willhf1011** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:21 am

jstables wrote: astro box
5/8" rod ends
1.5" .25 wall tube (still need)

Are you going to run a high steer arm on the passenger side? i think you are going to run into clearance issues if you try to run your drag link straight to the knuckle.

Post by **jstables** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:38 am

everything else i still need to do...

longer brake lines
regear front axle to 4.10
lengthen/make front drive shaft
replace spring bushings with poly ones
shocks all around
swap in rear axle
fix a couple broken body mount bolts
steering
some kind of skid plate

and alot of final welding and painting stuff.

Post by **jstables** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:07 pm

Sitting on its own weight.

Shackles is at like 40 degrees so I'm gonna try my furthest back hole and go from there.

Post by **BadAssEddie** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:11 am

Nice, That alot of room.

I guess it looks big with no tires but are you planning to trim any sheet metal?

It looks as though you will be pretty tall. Any idea on a ride height yet?

Post by **willhf1011** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:11 am

jstables wrote: Shackles is at like 40 degrees so I'm gonna try my furthest back hole and go from there.

What angle are you shooting for? That looks about right to me, should ride nicely.

Post by **jstables** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:05 pm

Sorry for the lack of up dates but my grandfather passed away over break and I have had no time to work on anything. Besides i'm still waiting on my Ruffstuff order and I'm back at school now.

I drove it out of my garage though.

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:06 am

sorry to hear that, John. I've been working down on South Main near where you live. Hope things are going alright.

Post by **jstables** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:38 pm

BadAssEddie wrote:Nice, That alot of room.

I guess it looks big with no tires but are you planning to trim any sheet metal?

It looks as though you will be pretty tall. Any idea on a ride height yet?

Im just sorta winging it on ride height and it is kinda tall but it has the overload still in the front since i bought centering pins that didnt have enough thread but that will lower it around an inch. And my shackles are five inches eye to eye so I can shorten those and loose another 1/2-1 inch there.

I plan to trim the front of my fenders since my axle is pushed forward so that I would not need to trim the firewall any. And the 33's rub when the suspension cycles and I have the wheel turned.

willhf1011 wrote:What angle are you shooting for? That looks about right to me, should ride nicely

I was thinking that it needed to be more like 30 degrees. But if 40 is better when mounted up front then Ill shoot for that. I have to cut an turn my hangers anyways cause I didn't check them in one direction when I was welding and they are not very straight. I guess I was in a hurry while working on it.[/quote]

Post by **jstables** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:47 pm

willhf1011 wrote:
jstables wrote: astro box
5/8" rod ends
1.5" .25 wall tube (still need)

Are you going to run a high steer arm on the passenger side? i think you are going to run into clearance issues if you try to run your drag link straight to the knuckle.

Im thinking of running my draglink to the tie rod like this?

Post by **Arya Ebrahimi** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:30 am

That will work, but you have to take note of the spacers under the heims on the knuckles. They are what is keeping that tie-rod from flopping back and forth. You will also want to tack your jam nuts to the tie-rod once you get it dialed or you will be constantly fighting to keep them tight.

Post by **zach119** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:35 am

Is your stock steering box not going to work at all? If you don't have to run an astro box then don't do it. I stretched my jeep about 7 inches total up front and the pitman arm still sticks way out and is the first thing you will often hit on rocks.