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With 4.5" lift front I think he'll be fine with 31s. As wide as the @$$ of our trucks is, they may actually still stuff in the rear.

Generally a squeak like that is brakes, but after this statement I would say one of your unit bearings is out of grease and about to seize.

Snorkel. But that won't prevent water from getting into the oil, transmission, transfer case and axles, nor will it stop the water from washing the grease out of the unit bearings, ball joints, tie rod ends and u joints.

It's 18 in Alberta... 19 in B.C. Sucks to be them, course their livers will be healthier for a year longer than mine! :cheers: 19 in Ontario, AFAIK 19 in Manitoba, 19 in Saskatchewan unless one of your parents is with you, then it's 16. Or maybe that was i Manitoba, been too long ago Turning 41 in a bit over a month. Hair from my head is migrating down lower onto my body and the beard is almost completely gray now. Think the beard is caused by the kids: started turning when the first one became a teenager (married and out of the house now), but her sister is 15 now...

I had some 33x12.50 ATs I tried to run with 4.5" front coils and parking lots were almost impossible. Turning one way they'd hit the front of the fender, turning the other way they'd hit the back. They were in 15x8 Soft 8s with 4" BS.

That's 10 seconds too long. Should have checked the oil first. Looking like that it should have changed on the spot, or winched onto the trailer. Don;t be surprised if you spin a bearing in the not too distant future. Check your transmission fluid, transfer case fluid and both axles. I'm willing to bet two out of those 4 also have water in them. Then grease all fittings to drive the water out of them, and start saving up for two new unit bearings.

Some companies seem to think what will work for a Cherokee will work identically for a Comanche. This is true for the front, but will bite you in the behind on the rear. Lets assume we are looking at a Cherokee lift that uses an AAL to lift the rear 3" on top of a shackle that provides an additional 2" of lift. First of, that shackle will lift the rear of a Comanche only 1", if that. Let's assume the AAL is 1/2" thick, the thickness of it by itself lifts the Cherokee 1/2", but will do nothing for the Comanche (besides lowering ground clearance by 1/2"). then the remaining 2 1/2" will give less on a Comanche because Comanche leafs themselves have more of an arch to it than Cherokee leafs which are nearly flat. Quite possible the arch matches the factory arch, so the only lift you get is the smaller sag due to having a stiffer spring pack, so let's say maybe 1". So now you 5" lift kit will lift the rear of the truck only 2". I do believe Hell Creek makes a Comanche specific AAL that works well with a 3" front lift. They also have 3" and 4.5" full replacement leaf packs. SOA in the rear is cheaper, but will need 6.5" up front to look right, and lifting the front 6.5" correctly is no small task and will use up and $$$ you safe on the rear plus some. 33x10.50 will work just fine at 4.5" lift. 33x11.50 may or may not. 33x12.50 will cause problems on the front when steering. At 4.5" lift I suggest going with 33x10.50 or 32x11.50 tires. For 33x12.50 i suggest 6.5" front and SOA rear. You will also have to extend the front bump stops or cut your fenders. What are you planning to do with this? Daily driver, DD/weekend warrior, or dedicated trail pig.

Most likely 33x12.5 Think the kit with the aal had shackles too You'll never get 5" out of an AAL and shackles; especially if they are designed for a Cherokee which has flatter leafs, shorter shackles and is SOA.

Looks like it's going to be a green or brown (muddy) Christmas both here in Ohio as well as the Lake Huron snow belt in Canada. At least the weather should be nice on my 350 mile drive.

For off road most people prefer the 231 because it supposedly is stronger and it has much better aftermarket support for upgrades. On the road having full time 4wd (awd) available is nice, especially in winter.

Here in Ohio I would have kept the car registration. Plates for a pickup truck are about twice the cost of passenger car plates.

To make room for Comanches and Cherokees.

There's a pile of videos of him in that area.

I'm willing to bet the sticker on the edge of the driver's door says "Made in USA", whereas the majority of "domestic cars" are made in Canada or Mexico.

After two days and 30 miles the fluid leaking out of the transfer case is brown, AGAIN. Went to replace the output seal, but had trouble to get the old one out. Decided to remove the tail shaft housing so I could work on it on my work bench and found it full of mud :mad: Out comes the new transfer case again to go through a complete teardown this weekend to clean all the mud out and find out how many bearings need to be replaced.

Whether or not you need bump stops, and how much depends on both the shock (you want to suspension to stop before the shock is fully compresed) as well as tire size and how much sheet metal you cut. (before the tire hits the fender) What are you doing for the rear?

Is the one inch too short your fault, or the shop's? If the shop messed up, have them make you a new one at their cost.

That's what channel 9 on the CB is for.

Carried a pager for work 18 years ago. Also had a 100W 2 way radio on a private frequency in the truck. I was 22 then. Now 40, still no cell phone.

There should be a little metal rod with a hole in the end sticking about an inch out of the door that the spring hooks to. If it's still original, it probably rusted away.

Because a harder tires flexes (and thus creates heat) less when rolling, which is less energy lost to friction ==> better gas mileage. With gas over $3/gallon every bit helps.

NO CHAINS!!! If something comes loose or breaks you will have 50 pounds of steel flying through the air at very high velocity. If you're lucky it will dent the tailgate or go through the grill and radiator. If you're not lucky it will take your head off your shoulders. Use a proper recovery strap with loops at the ends, no steel hooks. Oh, and get a pair of tow hook brackets with hooks for the front of your truck.

I agree with the head gasket, although it could also be the intake manifold gasket. White smoke is usually antifreeze, which should not be in the exhaust at all. Excess gas or oil usually cause blue smoke.

If you know how to use a clutch off road, you won't need to change it every year. Main reason I don't like it off road is that I only have two feet and three pedals. Hand throttle would help a lot. I have also witnessed too many problems with rigs getting mud in the clutch.

Installed new transfer case, put drive shafts back in, greased all fittings, changed oil and drove it home where I tossed the ten spokes with the snow tires on them into the bed.