Drahcir495

Nice MJ & Welcome to the CC! Were you struggling with the old ones because the mirror finish was bad, or are these longer than the originals? I can't wait to see how the GC brake booster upgrade goes :cheers:

I was able to use my external jumper cable system before my jeep bearing and shaft issue -> I miss driving the jeep . . .

I will need to redo the headliner in this truck and I hope that I remember everything I did on the last one. I removed the headliner from the jeep -> It is in horrible shape. The PO used staples to hold the material up, so I removed the material and used some hand tools to begin pulling the staples out -> I am trying something new on this one. I have some fiberglass tape and a gallon of Lowes resin/hardener to try to stiffen up the board, before I re-cover it -> I found out that you can get coupons for up to fifty percent off at Joann's Fabrics. I found one and picked up 6 feet of headliner material for 1/2 of what I paid the last time. I will be messing with the resin before I begin to work on the headliner. I was so happy with how the vanity sun visors came out on the last job; I decided to do the same thing on this one. I picked up a set of the XJ vanity sun visors from the LKQ pick-n-pull and began to work on them -> I laid the visor on the material to cut out what was needed -> I used 3M Foam Fast adhesive to attach the fabric -> I made sure to coat the plastic visor and the foam backing-> I think I was a little too eager on this one and did not follow my own advice of not pressing on the fabric in a way that compresses the foam material. Just enough pressure to ensure that the two are in contact with each other. I have a few compressed finger marks in the material. I will do better on the next one. I trimmed up the excess and snapped the visor closed. And I ended up with a pretty nice finished product -> TBC - Rich

I am preparing to put the new hub assembly on. The Hayes manual (I do not have it here, but I had my friend read it off to me) says to torque the shaft nut to 170#'s. Does this sound correct? Can anyone who has done this please tell me the torque specs, or how they handled it? I may be responsible for my bearing failure :ack:

Check your hub assembly/unit bearing - just saying.

No kidding - wow. What type of issues did you have? I never bothered to ask (or research) if there has been any issues with the kit :no: . I know that I my CJ's that I do not have any issues with them. It could just be my luck, or the set up I have that is causing these failures? Maybe I am not installing them correctly? Thank you for adding your personal experience with the kit Jeep Guy :cheers:

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:agree: and I like the looks of them

Maddzz1 ~ I will try to translate; Hello everyone! I have been having trouble with getting a good ground. Have you ever noticed the two ground wires attached to the dipstick mounting stud? Apparently these wires on my motor have not been touched. I don't believe they were even cleaned when my friend replace the motor in 2005. I picked her up a year later in November of 2006. Whew, it is amazing what problems are caused by bad grounds! The poor electrical grounds caused some starting issues and led to poor gas mileage. Interesting story on how I detected the bad ground. I had been planning on installing a new radio soon, so I though it was a good idea to identify all the ground and power wires under the dash using my model 88 Fluke meter. No surprise - some previous owner hacked up the dash wiring. Man was I angry. I went back and checked & tested every wire in and out of the computer(including the fuel injection), and eventually to the block. I had a reading of 900 ohms before fixing the bad ground on the engine block ! After my all my hard work I have the ohms down to 75! Good job wouldn't y'all say!!! I got your back on this one cz777 - was I close???? The next time you are on your own :cheers:

Thank for sharing your "Ancient Chinese Secret" :yes: . I will try that next time - I will be sure to give you credit when I do!

I talked to Andy @ Gearworks on Friday - Ten Factory will not cover any Alloy USA warranty's :( , but I asked Any how they got the name. It is because they have a Ten Year Warranty on there products, so I ordered a new Ten Factory shaft out of Atlanta and it should be here in a few days. Napa replace the bearing free of charge :D . Thank you for the compliment :cheers: . I have never commented on your build :oops: , but I have visited it on more than one occation = 5.9L Magnum V8 Comanche :chillin: . I got a Grand Cherokee front drive shaft from the Pick n Pull. It fit almost perfect - I had to have cut down an inch. Good call - I had to use the dual sized U-joint to match up to the 44. I tend to agree with you . . . It is like the Chicken or the Egg argument. It just sucks that the shaft broke, but it could have been worse.

Pictures of the damage -> I guess I should finally put the front drive shaft and 4wd shifter linkage in now that she is going to be down for a while :shake:

Alloy USA is still around. They were bought out a couple of years ago. The new owners do not honor the old warranties. It may depend upon when you purchased your shafts. Last I heard - which was a couple of years ago - several of the old Alloy USA guys had started Ten Factory and were trying to work with those who had purchased their shafts through the old Alloy USA. Willy Willy - Thanks, that was the name he mentioned ~ Ten Factory. I have to have the shaft, so let see if I get it covered or not?

Thanks - it happened quick. Real sketchy, but I have seen a few others on here that have experienced it too. It’s a rubi 44 - if I could do it over, I would have invested in the Warn hub conversion kit. I will post pictures later, but the Alloy USA axle shaft snapped at the lock/castle nut :ack: . Andy at Gearworks is working getting me a replacement. I think he said Alloy USA is no more . . . TBC

Yes, they still make-em I will post up the company's information soon . . .

I agree :cheers: They are Dually fenders.

So . . . I am thinking about how great my truck is running as I am heading down the Parkway way at 70mph. A few mile after exiting the Parkway it sounds like a tire is hitting the fender flair and I am also not able to steer well. Pull off the the side of the road expecting a caliper locked up. Check the front passenger side expecting a blown tire or a locked up caliper. Everything looked fine? The rim wasn't hot either? Checked the back and it looked good too. WTF? head back around front and I see this -> Hanging on only by the caliper! I feel lucky tonight.

Nice bumper - nice friend! I had a similar mouse problem :yes: , but mine was in the headliner. Good luck on your build :cheers:

Very nice :cheers:

They finally made it :jump: TBC - Rich

I like what you have done to your jeep so far. It looks great - keep it up. :cheers:

Good to see you made it over to the CC :cheers: .

You did a nice job on that camo paint :cheers:

Very sorry to hear about your Mom.

Very nice and I like those rims too :thumbsup: