Smokeyyank Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Still working on the ol girl. Grabbing parts here and there. Splurged on the ballistic sale and black friday. Sucks they're going out of business. Have all my joints now, running combo of summit machine and ballistic.Got a gas tank skid, just had the ARB machined for the jana54 kit. Have a good chunk of parts to get this ready to get built. Still need a lot but getting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff351 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I didnt know balistic fab was closed until I saw your post. I've bought random items from them over the years and never had an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyyank Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 21 minutes ago, jeff351 said: I didnt know balistic fab was closed until I saw your post. I've bought random items from them over the years and never had an issue. Yeah huge bummer. I had some of their joints and snagged some more and a few other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyyank Posted May 30 Author Share Posted May 30 Starting to make moves on this thing. Spending waaaayyyy too much money and one thing lead to another. At the point now I'm about ready to throw in on jack stands on let the mayhem begin very soon. Started cleaning up axles chopping old stuff on to test fit trusses and rotate the inner cs. Prayed to the jeep gods in a multitude of swear words and was rewarded. Got a brand new atlas albeit set up for a XJ, I know I'll need to swap out the input shaft, shifters and yokes but couldn't pass it up for the price. Really wanted to keep the 242HD but with tom woods no longer making a SYE for only option was a built 242j and cost was more than than the atlas was. Never done a build of this magnitude. Done basic stuff but this is a whole new world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyyank Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 Cleaned up the axles some more and test fitted the rear truss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyyank Posted June 6 Author Share Posted June 6 Brown santa dropping off more fun. Got the axle shafts from dutchman, 35 spline 4130, also found out Currie has explorer brake rotors drilled to 6x5.5 from blanks. Perfect fit! Old vs new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyyank Posted June 6 Author Share Posted June 6 Got one of the Cs off and tested fitted the new one. Still need to get the other off and grind the housing for the Jana54 kit. Then front will at least be prepped. Rear is cleaned up and ready. Will work on fitting the truss and test fit the brakes, etc then more waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyyank Posted June 7 Author Share Posted June 7 More little things. Barely tacked the front truss together to work on fitment. Needs some small tweaks but its just about done cutting and fitting. I was working on the other inner C but broke my BFH. Last prep part after the C and truss will be the pinion bearning. Need to make it slighty bigger for the jana54 bearings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyyank Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 Got the other inner C out today. Worked on the rear some more and cleaned it up and tacked the backtruss on to look at some fitment things. Pulled out the dana 50 ring. Will start working g on getting that fitted here soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 On 6/6/2025 at 2:58 PM, Smokeyyank said: bigger is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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