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TONS of trouble out of a '95 with a way-too-weak-for this-application NV4500. Along about '98 (I'd research this before buying) they upgraded the mainshaft/retanier. Unless the tranny in any truck you are looking at has been (A) replaced by an upgraded unit, (B) been upgraded, © is new enough to have a better factory tranny I would not buy a NV4500 equipped CTD. Just my 2 cents.

That reminds me of all of those UFO "abduction" stories... If you go out drinking with a bunch of buddies and then wake up the next morning laying half-naked in a field & feeling like you got "probed," it doe not mean you were abducted and experimented upon by aliens...it just means that you were the first to pass out... :oops:

Does this information apply to both 2wd and 4wd front brake systems? Or are the 2wd version in addition to the listing above?

http://thechive.com/2011/08/02/black-be ... -8-photos/ If the link goes, this is from thechive.com. A black bear attacked a cow in a herd. The other cows, in what looks like a coordinated attacked, kicked the bear's butt and sent it packing.

I have read on her over and over that YJ front lines and a Dakota rear line ( say, a '95 4x4) will get you an extra 5" or so...

http://autos.aol.com/article/consumer-r ... k2%7C82622 The new Civic is the 11th worst car out of the 12 tested in its size group. Only the Jetta was ranked worse, which is nothing new as VW's have had serious reliabilty issues for decades.

I end up using the hollow handle from my large floor jack as a cheater bar. If all else fails you can usually get a sawzall blade between the shackle and the bushing.

The hub centric issue will probably never be settled to everyone's satisfaction, but consider this: Most every after market wheel, especially the black steelies that are the major choice for off-roading, have a universal center hole that may or may not be hub centric for your axle. Yet there are millions of them out there...

A few KJ buddies and I spent the day supporting this very worthwhile organization. They support wounded soldiers and the familes of those who gave all. They are in the midst of a 12,500 mile fund raising trip across America that will take them to 43 states. It is sponsored by Jeep, 4wheel parts, and a host of others. Today we met them at Wright-Patterson AFB and gave them a jeep & police escort to a local Jeep dealer. They had picked up the family of a fallen soldier to honor them. It was a good day. Image Not Found If you are in a position to do so, please consider supporting these guys: http://www.crossingofamerica.org

The new Power Wagon may be the best out-of-the box stock 4x4 pick-up ever for what most people want in a truck. Re-badging one of those as a Jeep would hardly be an insult, IMHO. 3/4-ton rating, D60's with real lockers front & rear, ability to disconnect the sway bars, huge tires, full frame....

From my experience, no. Unless the gas got contaminated somehow 3 months is no big deal.

Living in the rust belt sucks, doesn't it?

I love FSJ's and have owned several. Iw as never a fan of the original quadratrac system though and it was last used in '79...

A cheaper route might be optimizing your gear ratio(s) for performance, especially if you have changed your tire size. Stock, these things were noted for being pretty darn quick for their day. If one has slowed down due to high mileage, for example, you'd probably want to start with a fresh(er) engine before installing a power adder? Of course, if someone just wants a turbo to have a turbo or a need for speed, none of this matters. from 505: (no system for Renix) Turbo System for 1991-1995 Price: $3,650.00 Q:"What kind of gas mileage will I get? A:You can expect to see about a 10% loss in gas mileage." ,- I'd imagine that would change quickly of you were "spirited" in driving your new turbo rod 8) I wonder if you could get about the same performance form a budget stroker rebuild? Their kits start at $1,450

I have done busines with the owner f Detours a couple of times and would not hesitate to do so again. Any one else notice that hey have sliders for an MJ on their "custom fab" page? :brows:

IIRC the TJ Rubi is a bolt-in? The Rubi's had selectable locker, not limited slips, to boot.

Honestly, every case of XJ death wobble that I have seen personally was a result of the trac-bar. That includes a wobbled-out trac bar mount hole on the body side that just replacing the bar would not correct. So if that is your problem a new trac bar will not help. To clarify: I am NOT saying that ALL cases of XJ/MJ DW are from the trac bar, just that every case that I have PERSONALLY seen have been the trac bar.

http://www.the12volt.com has a searchable data base for stereo wiring that should really help out swaps of this type.

Is it possible that those parts were made pre-sale and just shipped once the paperwork was done? They may not have had time for new suppliers or corners to be cut....yet...

Those look great!

Haters gonna hate

We get a fair amount of ice and snow around here and TSL's are really not suitable for winter street driving because of it. The large voids and solid lugs make them a challenge in those conditions. Tires like TSL's generally do not have great longevity especially as street tires. Preserving them for off-road will increase their life greatly. These things have increased in price about 25% recently and I do not see them getting cheaper in the future. Narrower tires just might put less stress on the axles than a wider tire of the same height, as well. As I will most likely be pushing the axles hardest off-road, that seems to be the time when lessening their burden would be the most profitable? There is much debate about tire width off-road with wide and narrow having benefits of their own. Rather than re-hash all of that let's just say that in my experience the type of 'wheeling that I do is well suited to a very aggressive narrow tire. ;) Swapping tires/rims is not hard at all so keeping two sets makes sense to me. Yes, I wanted a wider set of tires for the street. One reason is purely aesthetic: I think they will fill the wheelwells better and as they will be on the truck the majority of the time they would look better. 11.5" or 12.5" wide tires are much more common than narrow 32" or 33" street or A/T tires unless you count 235/85/16's, which are roughly 32x9, or the harder to find 255/85/16's which are about 33x10 or so. And they eliminate the option of keeping any of the 15 inch rims I have. If I keep the 16's they would probably get 285/75/16's ( about 33x11). Also, as shown by every type of hard surface race car using as wide a tire as possible for traction, the general consensus is that wider tires provide better grip on the street in most circumstances. A shorter/narrower street tire would IMHO look silly on a SOA MJ with trimmed fender wells and would provide no advantage other than possibly a better gear ratio match. Heck, 33's or 32's of any width will probably look undersized on the truck anyway so why make it worse? Would a 28",29", or 30" tire that is 7,8, or 9" wide look good or stupid on an MJ where I could probably run 35's with no rubbing? The MJ in my sig has a 4.5" lift with stock fenderwells and 32x11.5x15 tires to give a visual about the relative lift and tire sizes. Below is the actual truck on 31x10'5 BEFORE the lift: Yes, I realize that I could easily run 32x9'5's on it as it sits but I am still going to lift it to gain clearance under the center of the truck. I am swapping in an XJ 8.25 to get rid of the D35 so I have to weld on spring perches anyway and I already have front springs & shocks as well as adjustable LCA's and trackbar for it Buying a set of 15x8's that are too wide for the 9" wide TSL's I have is not a good option. If I want a steel rim (with the added strength but at added wieght) I will use the Sawblade 15x7's for a better fit with the tire. If I was deciding for sure today I would probably put a set of 32" or 33" A/T's on the Grizzlies and put the TSL's on the Sawblades after I repainted them. But that is just today's thoughts... :D

EDIT: Sold the Ecco's to a buddy so they are off the table. Probably going to do the Grizzlies on the street and paint the Sawblades like the great looking black ones below for the TSL'S but who knows? Maybe someone loves those 16's? I have multiple rim sets for the MJ build. I want a set of rims for off-roading with my 32x9.5x15 TSL's and another set of rims to use with the more streetable tires...probably around 32x11.5. The 1st sets are 15" but the 3rd set is 16" so they cannot be used with the TSL's. 15x7 Grizzly Image Not Found 15x7 Sawblade Image Not Found 16x7 Image Not Found ...just curious about the C.C. mindset on this

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