cbs_24

They are high. Thanks for the idea, I'm going to try it and see how it looks.

5-Speed

That bumper is absolutely perfect. The stinger is exactly how I want mine. Congrats man. Looks like a whole new Jeep now.

cbs_24

Thanks man. I think I considered every bumper out there for the XJ before I finally chose the Ares Evolution.

cbs_24

No comparison between the two. BEEEEEEEEF.

cbs_24

Progress pics, SYE install. Dust shied then snap rings are kicking my ***...









**** YOU snap ring

5-Speed

# 1 rule of sye install. Get the correct snap ring pliers!
# 2 rule of sye install. Cut the dust shield off. Dont bother trying to pull it off.
# 3 rule of sye install. Pull the t-case out!

Edit. # 1 should have been, you will hate snap rings very fast.

cbs_24

I have three different snap ring pliers and I'm still not sure if I have the right ones. None of the ones I have made it easier. Without my wife helping me with a flat head screw driver I would still be out there struggling with it.

Once I realized I needed to boss the dust shield everything was fine.

Probably should have just yanked out the TC, but I'm lazy. Case is all separated ready to get back at it tomorrow after work.

Will definitely be a Harley day tomorrow.

TFitzPat87

Well aint that a shame!?!?

I didn't yank my TC. Wasn't too bad, but I had HD snap and lock ring pliers. Still was a pain, but not too terrible.

cbs_24

Anyone have any tips for removing the F DS yoke adapter? No impact driver, only a big breaker bar, but the yoke keeps spinning on me as I'm trying to break the torque.

TFitzPat87

Put a big pipe wrench on it so it can't spin around on you.

Edit: just protect whatever the handle of the pipe wrench is up against to disperse that force.

5-Speed

X2 on this. I used some channel lock pliers since I didnt have a pipe wrench. You might need 2 people to break it loose though. An impact gun makes it a lot easier if you can grab one from a neighbor or friend.

cbs_24

Thanks guys. Gonna send my wife out for one tomorrow so I can hopefully finish up after work.

cbs_24

Recovery gear...Hi lift swag...Hi lift, offroad base, roof rack mount, wheel lift, hi lift rubber separator.


Almost have the transfer case completely done, but I ran out of light...Thanks for the help yesterday everyone, the pipe wrench worked like a charm for removing the yoke.

The RTV is curing on the case. I think I'm going to have to loosen and rotate the front DS yoke on the TC to get the front driveshaft to line up. I'm probably going to have to do that with the rear too. Does anyone know a trick for that?

TFitzPat87

I'm pretty sure you can spin the front yoke on the TC as needed in 2 wheel drive. If the rear doesn't line up and you're on open diffs, just jack up a tire and spin it until the yoke on the diff lines up. You can do this with the front too. But once you drop fluid back in the TC just shift it back to 2w and the front yoke should spin free.

cbs_24

Thanks! That did it. Everything is back together. I'm gonna have to tinker a little more with it though. I didn't install the new speedo gear properly, so I have no speedometer. I just watched a video and realized there are different positions for the different size speedos, which I wasn't aware of, so will be fixing that tomorrow. I also have a tiny leak below the plug in the outer top casing. I'm gonna pull it and re-RTV it and I should be g-2-g.

During this process I realized how bad the u-joints in my F DS are. It sounds like sandpaper rubbing together when I rotated the u-joints. Will either be rebuilding soon or buying a matching F DS from Adams driveshaft. I still have slight vibes around 45-50 mph, which I'm blaming on that until I rule it out.

Will have some new pics of the SYE, DS and some new goodies tomorrow.