Pete M

Dang it. TNT beat me to it. :shake: Well, here's the movie poster anyways. :D And my backup for today:

By "2-piece", I think he means the rubber isolator version.

The specific year wasn't all that important in my post. But yeah, any after 94-ish would have the bigger U-joints. :thumbsup:

Not really. I just wanted to move the thread to Tech and certain posts were a bit too, uh, off-topic for Tech. :yes:

The right ratio? You might be looking for a while if you're waiting for a 99 Dana30 with 4.10s to drop into your lap. I'd jump on that and then look for a cheap Dana 35 or 8.25 with the 3.55 gears. It's better than the crappy 3.07s, that's for sure. :thumbsup:

don't' forget that the truck will need to be aligned after any lifting.

2-door XJ seats tilt forward.

Caster and pinion angle will always be a trade off unless you cut the outer Cs off and rotate them. Not exactly an easy task. I'd probably set the caster to maybe 3*, replace the front driveshaft's forward U-joint if it's not new already (U-joints don't like changes in their operating angles), and call it a day. I do believe caster can be measured off the front diff face. So you should be able to get a close reading from the heads of the diff cover bolts. Also, tech questions should probably be asked in the tech forum so more guys will see it. :thumbsup:

Heck yeah! Still lots of life left in that ol' girl. :thumbsup:

Oh wow. All that for a loose connector. :ack:

Can you snap a photo of your page in the mag for us? :brows:

What a beauty! :thumbsup: Pulled up the carpet yet?

Congrats! :cheers: Is that an issue that's only available at the store?

-At the search page, on the bottom right side you should see: "Display results as: x Posts _ Topics" Checking the "topics" choice will greatly reduce the number of hits. If I can find a way to make it the default setting I will. In the meantime, you'll have to do it manually. :thumbsup:

Been there, done that. But there's no space in my bed for sleepin' anymore. :D Plus I can't count the number of naps I've taken in the the cab back when it was my ride to campus. :smart:

So I don't get to see a giant pile of money? :hmm: :D

Never done it drunk, but I've spent plenty of nights in my buckets. 3 nights of my 3 week trip out west were spent sleeping vertically. :ack:

Do you have a limited slip in it? If not, then it should just be straight gear oil. :thumbsup:

If you don't know the date of the last oil change, that sounds like a good place to start. :thumbsup:

Shouldn't be a problem to do radius arms depending on where you put the mounts on the body. Even though I hate them, there are aftermarket poly C-bushings out there that will rotate the axle back 7 or 10 degrees to accommodate lifts in the broncos. I bought a set during the buildup, but it turned out I didn't need them. But I ran them long enough to realize they don't allow much flex. I won't eat up your build page with pics of my truck, but there are more photos than you cans shake a stick at here: picturetrail.com/petermontie if you want to see what all I did.

As Dirty said, that might be a challenge if the 44 has the cast-in mounts. Not impossible, but a challenge. How much lift are we talking? I'm at5 or 6 with the Ford arms and they are about level to the ground (just like in a stock 78 Bronco).

That particular truck can't stop fast enough to move a bowling ball around in the bed. :shake: But it's pointless by now. It's likely become a permanent part of the truck through the process of rust-osmosis. :teehee:

I apparently buy a new MJ to fill each need. :D but where's the "storage locker" option? That's all my 86 has done for 4 years now. :shake:

I searched for you as "author", in the "Tech" forum, and viewed results as "topics" (not posts). Then I scrolled down a page or 2 and opened up threads that might have to do with paint. Took about a minute. :thumbsup: Could have saved yourself some time by just asking. :D

Going with the radius arms? :brows: