Joined the RedTJ club... Kinda
- Thread starter LBarr2002
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Bennett's baseball game tonight got cancelled because of the storm, so I got a couple solid hours of work in. The top part of the truss on both sides is done and fully welded. Next step is welding onto the housing and finishing the lower control arm mounts, shock mounts, and tracbar.
I have a couple bling surprises coming to finish this out. Hopefully everything shows up in time...
I have a couple bling surprises coming to finish this out. Hopefully everything shows up in time...
Transferring some of the info from OSCAR thread to build thread.
I picked up the geared housing from Performance 4x4 at lunch on Monday. After Bennett's baseball game I got started on it around 8:30 pm and wrapped it up for the night a little after 1:00 am. I had a few little issues but nothing too serious.
Tuesday right after work Tripp came over and we got it mounted under the jeep.
Wednesday night we finished it up.
When I backed out of the garage we had major driveshaft to exhaust clearance issues. We heated and dented the pipe a few times and got it drivable but was still hitting. After consulting Carolina Driveline on the way to OSCAR, before unloading off the trailer I clearance the yoke with a flap wheel. This reduced the interference to very minor and certain flex situations.
It needs a little more clearance and to be aligned better but it worked great. I'm not sure why, but it seams easier to steer when locked. I also have more steering angle and less tire rubbage with the wider axles and rcv joints.
Scratched the bling...
Next on the list is a frame side track bar mount relocation and the front should be good to go.
I picked up the geared housing from Performance 4x4 at lunch on Monday. After Bennett's baseball game I got started on it around 8:30 pm and wrapped it up for the night a little after 1:00 am. I had a few little issues but nothing too serious.
Tuesday right after work Tripp came over and we got it mounted under the jeep.
Wednesday night we finished it up.
When I backed out of the garage we had major driveshaft to exhaust clearance issues. We heated and dented the pipe a few times and got it drivable but was still hitting. After consulting Carolina Driveline on the way to OSCAR, before unloading off the trailer I clearance the yoke with a flap wheel. This reduced the interference to very minor and certain flex situations.
It needs a little more clearance and to be aligned better but it worked great. I'm not sure why, but it seams easier to steer when locked. I also have more steering angle and less tire rubbage with the wider axles and rcv joints.
Scratched the bling...
Next on the list is a frame side track bar mount relocation and the front should be good to go.