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I'll stick to coils and longarms, Never ever had death wobble. The moment you go to long arms, you don't have a stock setup any more. For the actual amount of work a front leaf conversion is, a guy could build some radius arms. I'm not big on radius arms, but they're better than front leafs. And a front leaf setup can deathwobble too. If you don't believe me, go talk to some YJ/SJ/CJ owners, a lot of them will complain of 'less than ideal' driving characteristics. And the front (stock) parallel 4-link can easily be stopped from deathwobbling. You just have to make sure everything is in proper working order - it's not like they wobbled from the factory. I own a CJ trust me front leaves will DW. Hell anything will DW if its not put together properly or is worn out. I however can drive my CJ 75mph down the interstate and have no problem whatsoever, how you might ask? Keep it in good repair and don't half @$$ the build. When it comes down to it for ride flex I would go with coils anyday of the week. For simplicity of building I would choose leafs. Its all a matter of personal prefrence its hard to say one is better than the other cause it isn't. They both have their own unique advantages.

No 97+ front here, the MJ still has its original. If you really want cheap 97+ parts check out this place, they may have a location near you: http://certifit.com/ Kewl for some reason I was thinking you had a 97+front clip already. Now on with the 2500 install..... :cheers:

I would be interested in your old 97+ front end when you get the 2500 stuff swapped on. Let me know :cheers:

Come on already I am having withdrawls. Any progress? Bump for the cleanest MJ build evar!!!!

1) ECU should be the same. It has nothing to do with the 4WD. 2) You have 2 options. You can either drill out the rivets and just bolt everything into the MJ doors or you can simply swap doors and associated wiring. 3) I can't really help on the whole antilock thing. I belive you would have alot of work in that one due to wheel speed sensors and wiring associated with the antilock. You might even have to swap axles to keep the wheel speed sensors. I don't know this for sure.

Check out Great Lakes Jeep Thing. they have a grill made just from the front end of a cj. Its name is bubba

thanks for the heads up pong.

I will try to get out to the garage and get pics tonight. I haven't opened them up yet to see what he did. I have a friend that can set up gears he has done thousands of sets literally. I just don't want to have to go through the expense if I don't have to.

Are there difference in the years of spiders?

northern indiana. You could ship them with the seats CW

Well that sucks. Anyone got any old carriers sitting around they wanna get rid of cheap?

I aquired a set of axles for my MJ (D30/D35) they are out of a late 80's MJ. The PO said he welded the spider gears front and rear. Mind you that I am working on a daily driver that quite possible will never see the trail. What do I need to "unweld" the diffs. Is it as simple as grinding off welds and installing new spiders? If so are there changes year to year in the spiders? Or maybe changes with the carrier split? I don't really want to regear or install all new carriers if I don't have to.

Cresent is a brand name. Its like calling locking pliers "vice grips".

I was just about to say that. I had a 91 XJ that I couldn't get the light to reset in and I finally read the manual :roll: and it said to apply lots of pressure to the pedal to reset the switch. One quick stomp later all was well.

"What is this stuff?" "Nick-nick" "Tastes like Buffalo $#!&" "It is...."

Looks good. Glad to see another MJ in the Hoosier State. Heck who knows before long we may out number the cheeseheads..... :brows:

HUH? The movement described is called "tierod roll" and should not be happening at all. Your steering will be sloppy, and it can even lead to death wobble. The tierod should not twist, you want it as tight (won't twist) as you can get it. The movement needed is in the TRE (tie rod end), but if your able to twist the tierod itself than their are greater issues at hand. Doesn't sound like thats what your talking about. Sounds like you clearly stated they should not twist. And that is wrong. They will twist due to the ball and socket design of the TRE.

The twisting movement is normal due to the design.

I am guessing you are refering to the key tumbler. I just changed mine the easiest way I have found is to remove the door panel and reach up to it with a pair of channel locks and just wiggle it loose. Sometimes they can be stuborn but this is the easiest way I know of and you can reinstall them the same way.

Spent the morning at the Junkyard. Got a switch for my cargo light and an extra cargo light that might be forsale. I also got a full gauge cluster, a center console, some extra tailights (might be for sale), under dash courtesy lights, light for the cigarette lighter ring, short visors with vanity lights, new steering wheel center. There is probably more but I can't think of it right now. I am headed to another junkyard and will post pics later.

Well I made some small progress yesterday. I started off the day removing pinstrips. Here is a during shot. Here is a finished side. I must extend a big thank you to whoever it was that told me about the eraser wheel. Then I installed my "new to me" cargo light. And realized I don't have a switch. :cry: Next I started diagnosing my high idle issue. I pulled the IAC motor and guess what I found....(sorry for the crappy pic) Then I pulled the headliner and wired the cargo light. Sorry no pics of that. And today I started on my overhead console/headliner project. I am chopping a cherokee console and recovering it and the headliner. Here is the cut console. So far that is all I got but I will keep the updates coming. :cheers:

Happy B-Day man. :cheers:

Nope but they can be stubborn. Just takes a big hammer and strong forearms. :cheers:

Damn man sorry to hear it. If I was closer I would come help finish it. Hate to see people not get to finish their projects due to circumstances out of their control. :cry:

I belive he means Dirtbike.