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Will it be ready for Big Dogs??

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:37 pm
by fatty
Sorry I had to move away from the Burg for now, but this is what's giong on with the YJ right now!!

-Chris

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:05 pm
by JeepTJ88
Man I would have thought by now you would have had it rolling! looking good though...
TJ

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:32 am
by fatty
I never get a chance to work on the thing. I basicaly just need to get some driveshafts and hook up the brakes now though. I tried my hand at welding on it yesterday, man I suck, but I think the splatter will hold it just fine!! How's yours holding together TJ? And hows that trac bar/drag link doing? I think I'm gonna do that.

-Chris :beer:

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:16 pm
by JeepTJ88
Mine is holding to gether great, only issue im having now is spring wrap, but its not too horrible. Gonna put the skyjackers back on the rear, after i make an anti-wrap set up. The trac bar drag link is holding up excellent, after i put the 2.5 skyjackers back on the front the angle was a bit steep for bump steer, i bought a cheap drop pitman on ebay and it seems much better. Other than that I would reccomend fabbin up the old sway bar, huge difference on my highway driving after i put that back on... all i did was cut the old plates from the dana 30 right behind the mount and then welded them on top of my new spring plates, but i guess if you dont drive it on the road as much as me you can get away without one.

In this picture you can see the angle of that sweet rear trac bar/ drag link with the new drop arm and 2.5" springs minus one pack SOAed, and as you can tell from that picture i finally bought gears for the front and jared helped my swap em in so mine is ready for Big Dogs...hope yours will be too!
TJ

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:32 pm
by JeepTJ88
sorry for the size on that picture, didnt realize it was that big.
oh yeah if you are looking for high steer some day i think this will be the kit i do:
http://www.jeepxtremes.com/high_clearan ... ystems.htm

cheaper than parts mike by a lot, and it includes the tie rod and drag link, i think the price with ball joints is around 900 and without its around 800
TJ

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:12 am
by Username
lookin good Chris.

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:24 pm
by fatty
Sup USERNAME...

You plannin on goin to Dig Boggs???? And how's your heep comin along?

- :beer:

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:21 am
by Username
Yeah I'm planning on going up to Big Dogs. I still gots to finish the exhaust, mount shocks, regear the front axle, and fab up a antiwrap bar. But the heep will be ready. :beer:

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:51 pm
by JeepTJ88
So im in the same boat as far as an anti wrap bar goes what are your plans for this? anything groundbreaking or just the regular sams style bar?
i have a few ideas im tossing around but am not sure how well they will work yet..
TJ

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:27 pm
by Trailduster79
I plan on building one soon.

I will be going with the sams style.

My buddy has a K5 blazer on 40 inch boggers. He had 63" chevy rears and had a sams style with johnny joints at all mounting points and a shackle at the top mounting point. It worked awesome. didn't limit flex at all and he didn't have any axle wrap problems at all.

More pictures

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:37 pm
by JeepTJ88
Since i know you have it on the ground i want to see some pictures!