more jeep work

Post by **shmoken875** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:55 pm

saw calebs post and decided to make one of my own
Finally have all parts except for the hub/rotor assemblies, and the draglink. Before vacation I got it clean, primed, and painted, put new ball joints in, put the ring gear on the carrier, got one new u-joint in and the other mysteriously blew a cap apart while I was pressing it in. Back from vacation now, and hoping to get this thing together before I come back down to the burg.

strange....

Post by **Jwlman** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:33 pm

If you want you can come down to my house in the begging of Aug and we can throw that in and fab up a drag link for you. I should be well experienced in the making of drag links by then

Post by **Ctrow** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:04 pm

i like, i like

Post by **shmoken875** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:40 pm

look at dem ryyymmss

The sister was bored and insisted on getting action shots of me working

old outter bearing race=my bitch

old inner bearing race=crushed thumb when it decided to come out easy

yea I work pretty slow

should be geared this weekend

Post by **Ctrow** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:43 pm

4.56's?

Post by **shmoken875** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:51 pm

Ctrow wrote:4.56's?

yessir, deep would be nice for the torque but I'm turning over 2500 at 70 as is, not to mention thats the deepest the 8.25 can go, so I was pretty limited in my decision lol

Post by **shmoken875** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:51 pm

DONSKI!!, gonna try to get it in this weekend, (LP 44, 4.56's, lockrite, chevy spindles, ford hub/rotors, warn hubs, and other shit, I'll have a write up/build sheet later)

Post by **Billet Benny** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:26 pm

Not to be a day late and a dollar short, but I'd be verrrrry wary of that truss being welded only to the centersection.

Post by **shmoken875** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:24 pm

Billet Benny wrote:Not to be a day late and a dollar short, but I'd be verrrrry wary of that truss being welded only to the centersection.

Its the RE kit, the section that bolts to the diff cover bolts isn't on because I'll be changing the fluid real soon once the gears are broken in. I understand what you're sayin though its not like the TNT kit that trusses like the whole damn tube. It's already been put through its paces by some dude [either DC or someone that worked for DC4wd I believe] that was running hydro assist, high steer and all that stuff, and I didn't find any issues when I gave it an inspection. We'll see how it goes.

CRAWL3R TJ · Post by **CRAWL3R TJ** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:40 am

Billet Benny wrote:Not to be a day late and a dollar short, but I'd be verrrrry wary of that truss being welded only to the centersection.

I don't believe he will have a problem with it once he reinstalls the piece that bolts to the diff cover. I haven't had a problem with mine over the 3 years it has been installed. The backside of the bridge has been bent around to stiffen it with the front being supported by the diff cover piece.

Post by **shmoken875** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:32 pm

its being aligned tomorrow, and the front shaft is being shortened tomorrow as well
my foreman:

poop vs. swizzle

just prior to final trackbar adjustment and test drive, there was a little death wobble, but it was out of alignment and theres currently no stabilizer on it

Post by **Jwlman** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:50 pm

Lookin good

I just really drove mine for the first time today too..... thank god I didn't go with 5.13s

Post by **Jwlman** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:37 pm

Did you get your rear locker back in yet?

Post by **shmoken875** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:43 pm

Jwlman wrote:Did you get your rear locker back in yet?

hopefully tonight or tomorrow

Post by **BlueDodgeRam** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:18 pm

i see no decent "beverages" in any of those pictures

is your garage air conditioned?