TCAdkins

Oh okay, I get what you meant. Should I place it in the front or the back? I was going to place it in the back seeing as how I need to still do my SOA and it'd be easier to do it all at once. I have stock gearing so 3.07 I believe. It feels like 3.07.

Its out of an explorer, 94 or 95. And it won't match the back? That's where I wanted to put it. Unless the front is better. On the ad he put "full axle, drum to drum," so I'm going to assume its drum brakes

How hard and what exactly goes into re-gearing the axle?

Okay ill see if he will hold it until payday.

Should I pick up a ford 8.8 axle for $120? I wanted/need to regear to 4.88 but it comes with 3.73. Should I keep looking or pick it up? It is a good deal I know that but how much trouble would regearing to 4.88 be? I also found a combo dana 44 rear and dana 60 front for 150. He doesn't know the gearing though.

Okay. Or I could jb weld it. Kidding.

I hate to keep burdening you all with questions and my inexperience but is the spring over axle doable without welding? I can't find a welder here in my town and I don't want to buy one. Or can I do it and not off road and take it easy until I can weld it? It's my daily driver and right now its sitting with a godawful rake with the front jacked up.

http://mudflaps.com/i-7093614-rubicon-express-re9900-jeep-xj-control-arm-drop-brackets.html These ones. From the lift recipe mentioned earlier in this thread

I use photobucket. And do yours look different then mine?

Thanks. They look aftermarket and there was no way for the drop brackets I bought to mount to those ones. That's why we thought they were from the prior owner

The control arm drop brackets that were previously installed before. Someone asked for pictures.

It looks like rust but its not, its just dirty. The guy rhinolined the frame along with these drop brackets and the dirt stick to them.

I'll post pictures soon. And no the track bar was not fitting so I put the new one on. Everything is good now except those drop brackets. It would have probably lifted it a little bit more. It's sitting at about 5" right now in the front. Haven't started on the back yet.

I have an adjustable but were short on time today so I'm gonna have to put it in separate. Unless that's not possible.

We worked out the coil spring situation. Now were having trouble putting the track bar back in at the bottom next to the front right wheel.

So just a little update. I'm in the middle of the build and it looks like the previous owner put drop brackets in already and @#$%in welded them. So I can't put in my own RE lower, better drop brackets. And then the 5.5" coil springs aren't fitting and are pushing the axle left a little so nothing is lining up to put back together.

Is there any way of getting a full set of instructions for this lift kit? I have all the parts and shocks ready I just don't know where to start

Idk what I did or what happened but when I went to check to see if my rpms dropped or rose the whole system came on and it works perfectly now. Damn older cars. The connection to the blower motor might have rattled loose and then fixed itself. Not sure though entirely.

So it could just be a leak? I hope because that will be a relatively cheap fix. I can retrofit it for r134 and then find the leak with dye and repair it.

I'll look today on my way to the gym.

I can't get it charged with r12 anymore. How hard is a retrofit?

Looked around and didn't see any other forums on this so I made a new one. My A/C blew good, but was never ice cold which was fine. I just figured it needed a recharge. The it started blowing super cold for a couple nights on my way to and from work. Then on the third day it just wouldn't turn on at all. It doesn't blow on A/C or vent or heat or defrost. I figured a wire disconnected from the dash but I investigated today and found that when I switch it to any of the options listed above you can hear a faint clicking noise coming from the engine bay, passenger side near the firewall. Any ideas? I checked all my fuses and they're good. Recently put in a new alternator, hopefully that didn't mess anything up.

What size lift and brand did you end up going with? It a mix of rubicon express and iron rock offroad

As the last part of my lift/suspension kit I ordered Bilstein 5100's to replace the current, mountain ryder shocks. I just need the fully extended length so I order the right ones. The truck is going to sit at 6.25 in the front and 6.5 in the back. I need measurements for both front and rear. Thank you in advance.

And I went with the bilstein 5100's