Drahcir495

My over priced steel bonnet mate ~ Made by Reflexxion

I'm not lost at all. Just had a little too much to drink, passed out on a tan couch that wasn't ours. Got thrown in a shipping container, and spent the better part of winter trying to get out of the rural mountains of Mongolia with no money, flip flops on ma feet, and an extremely small understanding of japanese. :yes: Holy crap :clapping: welcome back :waving:

:clapping: Great Dogs! :popcorn:

I love German Shepherds, but I have seen to many end up with hip problems. I considered getting a Belgian Shepherd, but worried about hip dysplasia in them too. The best family dog in my opinion is the Golden Retrievers, but they are too big for what you are looking for. With that said, the only option is to get an Australian Shepherd :D . Medium sized, smarter than 7th grader, very loyal, protective, easily trained, energetic (good and bad), can smile, a true blue USA breed! And yes, this is a biased opinion. :brows:

I am in the Tampa Bay area - is that central enough? Your welcome to swing by and use my tools :cheers:

Sorry to hear :( . We had to say goodbye to the family dog in November - it was 10x harder than I expected. I imagine it will get easier - Rich

Took a side trip to break in the new sway bar bushing :brows: . The parts guy said the specially formulated Sway Bar bushing fluid needed to be recycled after the 87 & 1/2 mile break in. Swung by the parents house to check in. Look who is noticeably bigger :eek: -> I was going to try and "wrassel" him, but I had to go back to work :no: . I also was able to get a picture of the neighbors Camel ->

I believe you may be right. I would like to wait until the truck is painted before I change my Avatar. By the way Hoo - I have loaded up the 1/2 gallon of left over paint into my truck. I hope the paint guy will take rolled quarters. Other wise it is back to the corner of 53rd & 3rd to watch my profits rocket.

Good point. The sway bar drop bracket also moves the bar - IIRC - an inch out too. If I took it off I would possibly have to increase the length of the Disconnects, so they would not be touching the coil springs. It's really working well - I will not be touching it!

Welcome Jess from Sacramento :cheers: . I hope I am reading you question right. The internal foam and support in the bucket style I used were the same. In fact, I used the internal bottom bucket support from a passenger side (of the same design) in my driver side seat. They are typically in better condition, but the outer seat cover is different in one aspect - the location of the belt support loop. It may not bother you at all, but the seat belt loop would be on the outside. Check out page one of my build-up viewtopic.php?t=8051&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= for pictures and more in depth detail. A free Comanche is always good :banana:

:agree: I does look good! I love the forklift and real world flex testing ->

I drove it to work today and caught myself leaning into the turns while the MJ tacked a straight line :yes: . Simply awesome . Now that I have my Dial Calipers, I am going to keep an eye out for this 28mm bar in the salvage yards.

That is a small car to get into an accident with :eek: . Hope your ok - Rich

What is wrong with people :fs1: . I am glad your ok. That is a Purdy MJ by the way. It doesn't look like much damage was done. And you still got your wheels - priceless!

:cheers: Don - I wanted this done after I got home, so I could not get there in time. After visiting four unique auto parts places, I still did not have the appropriate sway bar bushing. I decided to stick with the Moog 26mm (25.5mm actual) bushing out of frustration. On a side note; I had put off cutting down the sway bar disco’s until tonight too. They were at the maximum collapsed length. When I add the longer JKS sway bar mounts to clear the steering, they were a bit on the long side -> Took a half inch of each side of the threaded rod -> After the bushings and the shortened Disco’s -> Before attempting this upgrade I had the stock sway bar with brand new poly bushings and the jeep drove very nice with those. After I swapped out the new bushings and took the jeep around the block all I can say is DAYEM! It is amazing what this simple upgrade has done. I will post up how it performs on the interstate tomorrow.

Going to get Irish tonight. Should end up calling in sick with the Irish flu tomorrow. Have fun Y'all and be safe

Fixed it :jump:

As evidenced by the picture of your face in your avatar. :yes: Did I just go there? Yup, I think I did. :doh: Great :shake: , another awesome thread shut down by Cream of Meat :rotf:

It's all down hill after 30 :grrrr: . I have to stick to the "26mm" Moogs. Four places could not help me get a true 26mm, or a 27mm :wall:

:rotf: OMG is that funny!

Got a set of 26mm Moog from Advanced and they don't close completely around the bar when installed < 1/4" gap. Is this normal, or should it close up? Took it off and it says 25.5mm on the inside - wtf :fs1: ? I bet the 27mm is really a 26.5mm. I am going to see if they have 27mm at another parts store and if they don't, it will be close enough.

:clapping: Some of my favorites - Donkey Schlong & Famous Anus :rotfl2:

WTH, I even posted a comment there :hmm: :dunce: . I don't remember doing it? So you had 27mm - oops. I will see if the 26mm works and swap out if need be.

I came back with Lips for my real name too. Since you called "Lips" first, I will stick to Stroker :brows:

I just picked one up. I have diameters of 25.84 - 26.18mm at various locations. The guy at Napa, using his caliper, confirmed the 26mm. I am ordering the 26mm Moog bushings, so I will let you know how it works out. Anyone else get a different measurement?