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ordered front CV shaft assembly to fix my front axle... Keeeeeeept on sprayin PB blaster on diff. covers, buying a better torq bit tool cause mine suuucks. looking at RE lift kit components to find out I need $855.70

Damn McGuyver. What happens if the jar breaks?? it not gon smell too good that's for sure. very nice though, real creative you seem to have taken every aspect into account (being able to detatch/refill with it)

$855.70 for everything from RE not including drop brackets, only adj. control arms, also not including sway bar links/disconnects holy guacamole, I might as well save up the extra $300 and buy the whole damn lift kit all complete

http://www.rubiconexpress.com/Jeep/MJ/P ... art=RE1345 again, noob question but these are for the front right? :dunno: So if I have the SOA in the rear, would it do me good to get these? also what would I have to modify in order to stick these in there like longer shocks or anything? Thanks in advance

holy poo I was thinking rubicon edition thanks a bunch. and OME would have confused me with OEM. hathank you once again. I may post up another question in this thread after I do some looking

uhhh I was just wondering what everyone is talking about when they say they got the "RE" lift or something?... yeah, thanks haha (I'm new at this, don't make fun)

I've got the same luxury w/ 67 acres of heavily wooded land with logging trails from having a skidder up in there, I just don't have the working rig to go out and play yet :fs1: getting there though, only a matter of time... and work... and money... and finding parts... ahh the life of owning a Jeep good luck on the fender flares

continued spraying PB blaster on the rear diff. cover

I walked around and hammered everywhere I saw rust on the body... I don't have a body on my truck anymo :brows:

That's sweet man, sounds like you're living the life. and I was just giving you a hard time, I'm jealous and sick of living winters in Maine and I've only done it for 19 years.

:cheers:

some people get jealous when they see all the young pups doing stuff they dreamed of doing at our age. they just can't stand seeing people under a certain age being able to do what they have worked their whole life for. I think this was a good off-topic topic. If you don't care about it, how come you posted like 3 times in it? just leave it alone if you don't like it.

I'm 6(4+8)-52 Remember PEMDAS now and you should get 20

There has been some debate as to what this front axle came from, first I was told XJ then I was told those have U joints, not CV. So it switched to maybe it came out of a ZJ but its from an '86 and ZJ's didn't come out till like what '92 or something... so I am almost positive now that it is from an early wagoneer. honestly it may not even be the spider gears, could be something else. the Jeep just doesn't go anywhere. it runs and everything, just doesn't move. I'm just swapping the rear axle out to solve it because I want to know how to do it for when I upgrade to a 44 (when I find one in my area) and also because I figure whatever IS broken (whether it be the spider gears or not) it will get fixed by just taking the whole rear axle out and putting a new one in

RAIN!!?? get a tarp man, try working outside in FREEZING rain, now that's a fun experience, you can barely open your eyes because they are getting impaled by chunks of ice, laying in a pile of snow that is slowly soaking into your clothes so when you get up you weigh an extra 80 pounds and then try changing out of the clothes in a 2 story house with a little woodstove in the bottom half for a heat source... good times, good times. alrighty then now that that is out of my system, YOU HAVE A SWEET MJ. And I also think it is sweet that you are a writer for 4x4, how did you land this job exactly? Is there some kind of crazy networking story where a friend knew a friend or did you go apply for it or something? Would be interesting to know thanks, and great build

indeed, the @$$ is sticking up in the air worse than a cat in heat. I have some pics of it in the MJ projects section, but it's a bad one at a wierd angle. the good one I had wouldn't send via my cellphone for some reason. but it has some pretty bad rake indeed. -he said he blew the CV shaft and then after did that, said fock it, and started doing donuts and blew the spider gears :doh:

sooo now I need longer shocks, a bigger lift in the front, longer control arms, and a longer trackbar (if it has one) Everything on the already lifted truck was installed by the previous owner (SOA and 3" roughcountry lift) and that's how he ran it which probably explains the blown CV shaft and spider gears. (I don't actually know if that would have anything to do with it but I'm blaming it on that)

I know, I don't want it rediculous lol just want it capable which it seems with the SOA. It also has whatever components came with the rough country 3" lift which is "Kit includes front coil springs, 4 Heckethorn 8000 series shocks, and rear add-a-leafs." althought it doesn't look like it has the add-a-leafs in the rear, just a SOA. I'm going to run 31 or 33 inch tires depending on what fits with my set up right now, probably 31's to start out and maybe move up to 33's when the 31's are worn out. thank you much. both trucks are 4WD so I will need to make sure it has the same gear ratio, the SUA perches take off with a plasma cutter or a torch? and good thing my dad is teaching me how to weld. Thanks a lot guys, you are probably all like "oh man this kid is getting in way over his head" but it's OK, only way I'm going to learn and you guys are a big help so thanks

well, I'm a noob so I want as much as possible :yes: like I said I'm doing strictly off-road with this, and want to be able to go over pretty much anything. I don't know anything about changing gear ratios with lift or any of that, but am willing to learn just don't know where to start. basically I want as much lift as possible I suppose. I would really like to keep the SOA unless it is better to have a SUA

bump, any answer to whether I should keep it SOA or switch back to SUA? once I get this answer I'm going to do the swap.

Correct. Thought you were going to convert the 91 back to SUA. would there be any advantage to this? don't people usually swap sua to an soa? it makes the jeep sit pretty high it seems, but maybe that is the lift that is on it. Thanks a lot. By the way, I'm building an offroading rig, doesn't need to be stable on the highway or anything, it is getting trailered and trailed.

either you guys or I have it backwards, I'm putting the SUA into the SOA so, I need to weld perches on top of the SUA to make it an SOA...... :huh???: right? lol I'm gonna keep it an SOA

Well today I started on the project officially, just two little things, but they were (kind of) the first work I've done on a car. So I put the hood from the '88 has hood scoops and I put that one on the '91, love those non functionable hood scoops =D Image Not Found Also, the tailgate didn't latch and it was in pretty crappy shape, all beat up and rusting. so switched that out, now it can be identified as a JEEP again (you can see the old tailgate on the right) Image Not Found The next step is the grill gaurd I do believe, until I figure out what to do with my axles :wall: Image Not Found

hmm I just realized the rear axle in the '91 is a spring over axle (this is the one with the blown spider gears) and the '88 has a spring under axle. is it going to be difficult putting the axle from the '88 into the '91? it seems like I just need to unbolt the springs from the axle and I will be able to bolt the other one back on but I don't know. thanks in advance

ooooohh thanks man, I woulda been pulling a :mad: :headpop: :dunno: :???: :huh???: :help: If I started into that project huh aha so I know I'm repeating information but it is the way I understand. So I am looking for a "TJs, 96+ XJs, and older XJs that had ABS will have the proper shafts/joints." and those will have the U-joint, CAD assembly, 297 U-joints, and will fit into the axle I have currently on the '91 (an 87 cherokee axle) Also, can I go buy the U joint assembly from autozone etc. like I can with a CV assembly as dasbulliwagen said, if so, I would probably just go that route instead of searching junkyards for one. thanks a bunch