Pete M

I wish you luck. the pass side are much harder to find for some reason.

my Dakota RT had 3.92s and ~27" tires and could max out the speedo limiter with rpms to spare. he'll be ok.

you are most welcome it's what we're here for. now where's that build thread!

unless prices have gone up recently, a new tom woods shaft should be under 250 complete with new joints

after 9 more posts the classifieds will open up to you.

solid looking truck

yeah, just have them cut down the non-isolator end. but this is ONLY if the rubber bit is in good shape. the rubber goes bad over time.

please do. I've got nothing other than the pic

on the same vein as that car engine, here's what can happen when a cylinder blows up in a locomotive: note the flaw in the middle of the roof ahh, there's that pesky Cylinder! and out on the lawn was the power unit that is above it all in the engine.

worked out fine. my rubber end was in good shape and they shortened it on the other end. But I got it shortened for dirt cheap, like $30. If it was going to cost over a hundred like I've seen other guys pay, I'd have just gone brand new.

welding perches onto an axle is super basic stuff. any muffler shop can do that. Any XJ axle will need the perches moved. a 2wd rear shaft is like a foot longer than a 4wd rear shaft so you'd need maybe 2 feet of lift to accommodate your original shaft. a brand new shaft is only maybe 200 bucks.

there are plenty of train related bad days so I picked a couple of the non-deadly ones. honestly I'm not sure how I'd go about fixing this one. anything they do might cause a catastrophic cascade failure.

as original as that car looks, there's just no way it's worth less than those taxes+scrap. I'm sure you can find a buyer if you don't want to keep it.

lookin' good!

I think you responded to the wrong thread.

well, like most things it was working fine... right up until it didn't. I've got a GPS right on the dash so it's not like I need it. hey, I bet there's a perfectly good one on that 4.10 axle I have back in GA! I just have to remember to add 1500 miles to the oil change interval once I fix it.

you should be able to find an 8.25 from a cherokee for cheap. as a bonus you can work on it without taking the truck out of action.

seriously, how is no one making these?! I can't even find any for CJs!

I'll have to try that on the Libby. the stuff my pop was using before didn't last very long.

a 2" puck up front and a longer shackle out back is the cheapest way to get a bump since starting around 3" you need to replace more parts and then at 4.5 you need to replace even more parts and at 6" even more part still. each inch costs more than then last. and that doesn't even include new bigger tires, better gearing, better bakes... there's no end to the craziness you can do.

dang that looks cleeeeeeean!

dang that's coming along nicely! someone has been making some good use of this weather.

well, she survived the 750 mile journey north. although it appears that my speed sensor is dead so I did it without the speedo or odo. Just gotta remember to add the mileage to the oil change schedule. But she drove fine without it so... whatever. I can leave that for later.

keep in mind that you miss out on all the houses you don't see. Try to stay in the game, but with a more relaxed state of mind. who knows, you might get lucky.