Zebvance Posted February 7, 2014 Author Posted February 7, 2014 Got the ball joints out last night. They were a pain in the @$$. Waiting now to get the lockers and get the gears installed.
Zebvance Posted February 11, 2014 Author Posted February 11, 2014 UPS guy stopped by today and left these!
Zebvance Posted February 11, 2014 Author Posted February 11, 2014 Just ordered front and rear Spartan's and some pretty beef shackles to put on with the long arms.
88whitemanche Posted February 11, 2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Nice tires dude! Is it me or the rear of you truck is super high? Or the front bumper really drops the front of the truck?
Zebvance Posted February 11, 2014 Author Posted February 11, 2014 Nice tires dude! Is it me or the rear of you truck is super high? Or the front bumper really drops the front of the truck? Yea the back is sitting 3-4 inches higher. as soon as I get this front axle done I'm putting my long arms on and leveling it out.
Zebvance Posted February 14, 2014 Author Posted February 14, 2014 Got my rims in and my lockers. Hopefully I can get them and the gears put in this week if I get the time.
tmaxx411 Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 i'm new to jeeps. how do the spartan lockers work? are they selectable? or are they locked 24/7?
JT31 Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 i'm new to jeeps. how do the spartan lockers work? are they selectable? or are they locked 24/7? spartan lockers engage when they feel torque put to the axle, when its not locked it will click when you turn, i prefer selectable lockers for the rear and lunchbox lockers are fine for the front IMO
Zebvance Posted February 16, 2014 Author Posted February 16, 2014 i'm new to jeeps. how do the spartan lockers work? are they selectable? or are they locked 24/7? spartan lockers engage when they feel torque put to the axle, when its not locked it will click when you turn, i prefer selectable lockers for the rear and lunchbox lockers are fine for the front IMO I would have went with a selectable in the rear but the funds did not allow it.
Zebvance Posted February 18, 2014 Author Posted February 18, 2014 Small update, Got the new OEM mopar fan hub bearing bracket replaced and everything back together. Guess what? That wasn't the squealing bearing. Turns out it was the alternator the whole time. I'm kinda in a predicament because I wanted to upgrade to an aftermarket 160amp alternator, beef all the charge/ground wires to 4 gauge and run dual battery in the tool box to handle the load I have. Problem is it is going to roughly run $750.00. After buying the tires, rims, lockers and fan hub bearing I am tapped out as far as funds go right now. So, turns out in the fully loaded mjs with ac, they came with a 100 amp alternator instead of a 60 amp alternator. Advance had this with a discount code for $70.00. So that is the fix for now. I put it in and see how it goes. Maybe the extra 40amps will be all I really need. If that's the case I will plan on still beefing the charge/ground wires and I still want a larger reserve so I will hook up dual batteries in the tool box in the future.One small issue however. Was trying to put the direct bolt in alternator in last night and the casing is a tad bit larger. Well it is a hair too big to fit in the alternator bracket for some reason. While I was replacing it I also found that the PO had broke off the second bolt that holds the alternator on off in the alternator bracket. The plan is it pull the whole bracket off this afternoon after class and shave it down a bit for better filament and weld a bolt to the broken off bolt stud and pull it out.If it's worth doing, its worth doing right....
Zebvance Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 Put the new alternator in and realized the alternator bracket had a big crack in it. Cranked it up and it still has a squeal. After talking to a buddy he suggested that if the rubber ring in the harmonic balancer was in bad shape it could be throwing the belt out of alignment and causing the squeal. I picked up a new harmonic balancer; new belt and I'm supposed to pick up a new alternator bracket today. In the mean time while I was waiting on parts yesterday, I replaced my Trans Temp gauge because back light in it stopped working and wired up a small light above the switch panel so I could see them at night. Also trouble shot a reverse light issue I was having. They were very erratic. First I noticed my dimmer switch had a short in it with a multimeter. So I replaced that. Then I started metering other things out and found I had a weak ground to the whole Dash panel and added a ground to it. The reverse lights are working well now but you have to drop it from park to drive to reverse to get them to come on. So now I'm thinking it is the Neutral Safety Switch. However the back light on my climate control is also not coming on except every blue moon. So when I get the time ill pull that out and see what's going on with that. Anyway ready for this thing to be running right so I can get this lift on.
Zebvance Posted February 25, 2014 Author Posted February 25, 2014 Replaced the harmonic balancer and put a new belt on. Squeal Is gone. However it still will squeal when you put your foot into it hard. Dropping off my d30 to get geared and locked today hopefully after I pick up my deer meat from the processor. I'm going to drive the truck to the coast one last time this weekend to drop off a item to a customer before the thing is ripped apart again.....
Spectormj Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Looking good so far man digging the temp gauge and the entire look of your rig
Zebvance Posted February 26, 2014 Author Posted February 26, 2014 Thanks Spector!!! It's crazy how a $50.00 gauge can save a $1000.00 transmission....
Spectormj Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 50 for that gauge? Ok I'm putting that into my need to buy list bad part is I don't have a console anywhere in my truck Is it mounted where your ash tray used to be?
Zebvance Posted February 26, 2014 Author Posted February 26, 2014 yup $50.00 off ebay. I mounted it with this switch panel and yes it goes where the ashtray would. http://www.dirtboundoffroad.com/xj-switch-panel-and-gauge-pod-1986-96.html This is another option too. I'm going to get this soon to replace the clock panel where I mounted the Tach http://www.prime4x4.com/shop/Switch--Control-Panels/Jeep-Cherokee--Comanche-XJ--MJ-84--96-InDash-DF--DH-Series/Cherokee--Comanche-8496-InDash-Switch-Control--Accessory-Panels-DH-Series/p/8496-Cherokee--Comanche-InDash-DIY-Gauge--Switch-Panel-sku-SP8496XJ-DH011d.htm
Zebvance Posted March 3, 2014 Author Posted March 3, 2014 Dropped off the dana 30 Thursday to Bryan Drivetrain to get the 4.10s installed and the spartan locker put in. Hopefully I be picking it up in a couple days.on another note, took the truck down to matagorda this weekend. Put about 400 miles on it total. Ran great. Still has a little churp coming from one of the pulleys until it warms up. can't tell where it is coming from. Had to go down there to load up the truck bead full of drift wood for a order I have for my business. Also had to drop a order off to a customer. This is the last trip the truck will take before the long arms and 35's are on. If work and school permits I would like to get the old axle out and mock up the long arms before the end of spring break.Here is a few pictures I snapped playing around on the jetties. The truck did pretty good for only having 2wd right now.
Spectormj Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Dude its lookin good I like the ironman stuff ya got
Zebvance Posted April 7, 2014 Author Posted April 7, 2014 Well finally got the axle back with the 4.10's in and the spartan installed. I got ripped off it cost me a arm and a leg and took for ever...... oh well nothing I can do about it. Its done now. Hopefully I can install ball joints this weekend. To those who have set up gears befor, How does the pattern look?
Jacob Ochs Posted April 8, 2014 Posted April 8, 2014 I've set up my crap5 gears on my me and those look good they even painted it yellow for you ;) ;)
Jacob Ochs Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 Shackles came in. Pretty beefy! where did you find these?
Zebvance Posted April 9, 2014 Author Posted April 9, 2014 Here: http://www.ironman4x4fab.com/Products/RLS.html :thumbsup:
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