My '95 YJ rebuild, locked and linked

Post by **BadnewsCJ** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:15 pm

Looks good man. Any particular reason you kept the stock b hoop? Convenience?

Post by **zach119** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:28 pm

BadnewsCJ wrote:Looks good man. Any particular reason you kept the stock b hoop? Convenience?

That and i figured it would be a good starting point for keeping the cage good and square. I also am kind of cutting it close for getting ready for Harlan so it saved me a bunch of time.

Post by **BadAssEddie** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:13 am

I didn't do shit, lol. But ill be happy to come and really work with you this week, just call me one day.

Post by **willhf1011** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:14 am

BadAssEddie wrote:I didn't do shit, lol. But ill be happy to come and really work with you this week, just call me one day.

You provided immense amounts of entertainment while we worked on the a-pillars friday night.

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:01 am

willhf1011 wrote:
BadAssEddie wrote:I didn't do shit, lol. But ill be happy to come and really work with you this week, just call me one day.
You provided immense amounts of entertainment while Jake, in a drunken stupor, helped perfectly bend the A-pillars

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Post by **shmoken875** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:21 pm

97JEEPTJ wrote:
willhf1011 wrote:
BadAssEddie wrote:I didn't do shit, lol. But ill be happy to come and really work with you this week, just call me one day.
You provided immense amounts of entertainment while Jake, in a drunken stupor, helped perfectly bend the A-pillars
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safety first

Post by **zach119** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:53 pm

I need some opinions on how to brace the B pillar.

I put the tape like this because it provided better clearance for my head but I think it would be stronger if i did the actual bracing frome where the A pillar meets the B down to the middle of the harness bar instead. Also how would you guys brace under the harness bar?

Post by **willhf1011** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 10:23 pm

I would go with what you have now over the other option. Running it to the middle of the harness bar leaves you with a dead node there with minimal options for support, other than continuing them on to make a full "X" (which would be the strongest option. That said if this option gives you the most headroom, go with it. A strong cage doesn't do that much good if you crack your head open on a bar. Either option will be sufficiently strong, I'd go with the one that is most comfortable.

Post by **BadnewsCJ** » Mon Nov 01, 2010 11:04 pm

Is your head not protected by the headrest on your seats? Even if the better part of your head sticks above the seat, if the seat fits in front of the bracing then your head shouldn't hit. Or I may be mis-interpreting what your saying. Or you might have a really big head. Like Will said the X would be the strongest but both should be sufficient. Either way looks like its coming along nicely.

Post by **alk1174** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:18 am

If you have any plans on putting seats in I would consider either waiting till you get the seats or borrowing a seat to mock things up. Suspension seats fit quite a bit differently than regular seats.

Post by **willhf1011** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:42 am

He's got his suspension seats there, they were just mounted on adapter brackets and sliders before.

Post by **alk1174** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:38 am

Got ya. For some reason I thought he just had stock seats.

Post by **zach119** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:10 pm

Still need to finish the passenger side D pillar, door bars, passenger roof bar, and a couple braces between the halo and the B pillar.

Post by **zach119** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:32 pm

Well the jeep's still not running but i decided to cut the back of the tub off and tube it out and redo how my fuel cell is mounted.

Post by **zach119** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:19 pm

Well got the tires sold to Nick so currently the jeep is sitting on jackstands.

I made this little light bar thing when I was home the other weekend picking up the PBRS.

Well this has been an expensive week but I finally have an engine and have ordered all of my stuff to redo the suspension and start on the hydro steering. I bought that CPI 4.3 with the painless harness and the th400 with the dana 300 adapter. Current plan is to get the jeep back to roller status over spring break and then get everything swapped in and running once school lets out. To help with the th400/ dana 300 clearance I plan on running a two piece front driveshaft.