JT4x4
The Mud Pit => Wrenching => Topic started by: footman on April 25, 2012, 09:01:16 PM
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OK so the time has finally come.
The pieces are rolling in and here is flow as how I think its going to go
repair rear section of frame rot with safe-t-cap sections
Relocate upper spring buckets to top of frame arch (Daves Custom Unlimited (DCU)) and frame side rear track bar bracket to inside of frame rail (Ruffstuff)
Install new control arms, track bar, 4" lift progressive springs and bump stops(Savvy/Currie)
Figure out new ride height then remove springs
burn in new lower shock mounts (DCU)
cycle suspension and mark frame for outboarding figuring what travel I want (5up/7down or 6up/6down?)
notch frame and burn in shock towers (DCU)
install shocks (fox 12")
on to the front
install control arms and 4" progressinve springs (savvy/currie) and shocks (fox 10")
install antiroc, front track bar and steering (currie)
YEEOWSER thats alot of work:) I'm not going to put a time limit on it bc I ALWAYS go over
I cant wait to try it out at Footestone Park:)
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Good luck, it's always good to have a plan of attack to keep youself on track.
As for the rear shocks what about 4" up and 8" droop or even 3" & 9", it has always been my thought to max droop as much as possible.
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Good luck, it's always good to have a plan of attack to keep youself on track.
As for the rear shocks what about 4" up and 8" droop or even 3" & 9", it has always been my thought to max droop as much as possible.
that used to be my thought untill i started eating front drive shafts and pinion yokes with a locker i will just go back to floating a tire
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I just talked to Blaine at Savvy. He reccomends 6/6 with the suspension and body lift that I have.
BTW - I will soon have a Rough Country X-flex complete suspension upgrade for sale.
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Update,
All parts delivered except shocks. Rear end is all torn apart. Will start cutting old brackets off tonight.
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Well thats where its been laying for months now. Brackets cut off, frame cut and ready for cleanup and welding. Life happened and just lost momentum on progress. I've lost all summer and now I know I need to finish it up so I can get the wifes car in the garage for winter. Now if only I could buy some motivation ;D I miss wheeling/hanging out with you guys. Maybe in a couple of months ;)
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Steve, now you have a deadline so momentum should pick up and as you see things progress you'll get that motivation going again. I don't even have a Jeep, but I still hangout with everyone. You're always welcome.
PS - Meeting tomorrow night is at my house so you don't have to go too far
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I forgot to mention, I'm the coach of Caden fallball team. Practice every mon, tues and thursday night, double header games on saturdays until Nov.
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Familly is always #1 and glad to see your doing that. Glad to hear you have not lost the 4X4 bug so keep the dreams going & hope to see you on the trails soon. I was voted in to JT at your house and have never wheeled with you but am looking forward to so keep the progress going. Sounds like your close. GET ER DONE!!!!! :D
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Can someone please look at your rear frame side TJ spring perches and tell me if the offset is more inboard or outboard. Also can you please measure the distance between the frame rail and the flat(where spring comes into contact) of the spring perch. Thanks in advance.
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Going off memory here, but they are just slightly off centerline inboard of the frame rail. I'd check mine for the distance, but that isn't going to do you much good.
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ok, so some may say good things come to those that wait but I'm calling it plain lazieness. After a year on jackstands I finally finished the rear and took it out for a quickie spin (Caden said he forgot how awesome the jeep was ;D) So I pulled it back into the garage and in a couple hours had the front end torn apart. Tonight I have to weld a couple brackets, drill a hole and I can start to rebuild. do I dare put a time limit on it ::). I'm thinking I'll be driving it to work some point this week :o
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It's not laziness, it's patience as the Jeep goes on the backburner so you can take care of all of the higher priority things that need to get done. I'm practicing my patience right now as I want to work on the Jeep, but there are so many other things that need to be done around the house.
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I also know what its like, I didn't touch my jeep all winter, then I couldn't take it any more and in less the six weeks I had it all back together.
IT'S FUN TO WHEEL AGAIN!
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I cant wait to take it out on the Footepath ;D
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I always tried to set a deadline to be finished by, never written in stone though as I would rather do good work than rush it through, patience is not one of my strong points so I would work on a little something each time and break the project down into smaller goals. Really the one thing no one has mentioned is that you guys have your priorities all messed up ;D
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These late nights are taking a toll:) I really thought I'd be driving the Jeep into work today. Everything is installed (no wheels and track bars) but not tightened. I'm hoping to tighten everthing up today and get it back on own weight. Then I have to do an alighnment, well maybe I'll drive it next year:)
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LOL
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Done and drove to work today ;D
Are any of you guys really good at alignments/pinion angles? I did mine late last night, theres nothing really jumping out at me as being terribly wrong but I'm sure it could use some fine tuning.
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so I took the jeep out yesterday for her maiden rock voyage. Made the big climb up into the trail, no problem. Then the lockers disengaged and I couldn’t get climb the next set of rocks. 10ft in and I was stuck. Corroded battery terminal was the culprit, was a quick fix and I was heading further into the rocks. It was a great test-drive, the Jeep was AWESOME! I conquered 2 obstacles that I haven’t done before, one was a real BP momentïŠ I did have to pull the winch line twice, didn’t feel like breaking it now that its taken me a year to get it out of the garage. One last obstacle and I’m safely back in the driveway, wouldn’t you know it, totally stuck and completely disregarding my last statement about breaking it. Well I was trying this way and that way with no luck, some smoke was lightly seeping from under the hood so I shut it down. Now I don’t have spark. The rotor and cap were all charred inside on the contacts. I’m going to try new and see if that’s the culprit.
Damage from my own back yard: jeep wont run, bent new Currie tie rod, punched a hole in new steering stabilizer, cracked the unbreakable MCE front fender, dented the hood and I’m sure there’s some damage underneathïŒ.
I need to trade this hobby for hotroddingïŠ
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Never wheel W/O a spotter
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So true but I just had to get out and try the upgrades. ;D
BTW, I sent MCE a pictute of their broken unbreakable fender. Their reply was, I am the first to break the GenII fenders and the replacement will be shipped on tuesday. Now thats customer service
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So Mitch was right, the CPS was burned up. The jeep is now running. The old CPS had a gasket that was burned up and brittle and the new one didn't come with it. Does anyone "Mitch" know where I can get that?
Next problem, power steering only works to the right. Any ideas?
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Sounds like you have air in the system. If the steering was low on fluid and you got it on an angle, it'd be possible you sucked some air into it.
Simple fix there is to turn the wheel lock to lock multiple times and see if you start to get it back as the air cycles back through the system.