rexmburns

Bout 99% I saw you last Saturday on 295 heading west somewhere around 9-10am could that have been you? I was heading east on my way home to VA.

N20jeep

could be possible. i was driving to ocala Saturday morning, and made a pitstop off on normandy to pickup a buddy.

rexmburns

I only saw it from the other side of the highway but it looked damn good from my view! Nice rig for sure!

N20jeep

thanks, appreciate it.

N20jeep

so the opportunity came up and i sold my 37's to a buddy.





and picked up a set of the tires I've been wanting for this build the whole time.

i tossed it up no the ramp to see how bad the rubbing would be since it is a pretty large 40. just need to trim a couple small parts and i should be good to flex it completely out. but in the pictures i had to stop since i didn't want to tear off a lug with sheetmetal.

the tires definitely fill the wheel well better and should help out with getting the boat anchor over the rocks easier. an added bonus is ill lower the highway speed RPMs a little which will help.

93_xjcherokee

Looks good. Nice work

93_xjcherokee

I am jealous of your cage. I want one so bad. Is your hood crooked?

rexmburns

I've got the MTR's on my Blazer in 37s and I love them. Noisy as hell but hey I'm not going for quiet with a tire like that. I'll be bumping up to 40s by spring and hopefully stick with the same tire.

N20jeep

hoods straight, grill is crooked. all the mounting points are broken on it from the previous owner

VTJeep

Very nice. The 40's look pretty BA!

Boostwerks.com

mmmm

4cyturbowrx

Your rig is amazing so jealous ...... Are they home made sliders ???

N20jeep

realized I've slacked on updating this thread
ok, so had what i would call a "not good" day of wheeling saturday.

started off in the early AM on a 2.5 hour drive to an offroad park in ocala. about 45 minutes in i start feeling the jeep jerking around and a loud roaring noise. turns out its the bearings on the driver side front. pulled over into a gas station and tore it down. i found the bearing in pieces and obvious signs of water. so i guess some water had gotten in the last wheeling trip and i didn't catch it. ended up tearing it down and replacing the inner/outer bearings and races along with some fresh grease. all in all the detour cost me about 2 hours because of the running around to get the parts and the actual work. oh well, fixed it and was on my way again.


so i finally get to the park, air down and start wheeling. i arrive at the first obstacle of the day and as i start to climb it i notice the driver side hub is not locking in. i tossed everything together in a hurry so i figured i just put the cap on wrong. haven't really messed with these yukon hubs much. so, instead of backing down and fixing it (dumb) i still try the obstacle. well i get to the top ledge and the jeep won't just bump over like it usually does. mainly because the driverside tire is the side that has the most area to grab for traction at the top. and the passenger side isn't doing much to pull over. so i decide to hit it a little harder and just bounce the thing over. as i hit it the jeep bounces up pretty hard and i stay in it to try to get it over. as it comes back down under throttle i hear a loud snap and my forward motion stops......yay.

i knew what it was exactly when i heard the noise. and i can't exactly say i didn't know i was going to happen eventually, i just didn't think it would happen on the first obstacle of the day on the 40's. lol


anyways, broke the dana300 rear output shaft. also managed to break the 1310 CV. ****, day over


so, spent the rest of the day as a passenger and squeezed onto a buddies trailer to get a ride home.



got it back to the shop, and today i found a really good deal on the AA HD rear output. so, in my attempt to polish a turd i will be upgrading it. i will be keeping the 1310 yoke though, so hopefully the driveshaft becomes the fuse. and i also decided that i will start saving to get an atlas4 at some point in the distant future.

anyways, here it sits while i start pulling out the cases and fix it. hopefully by the weekend it will be driving again.

N20jeep

ok, got the cases out to repair and to also inspect and make sure everything else was holding up inside.


also, the HD output showed up. there really is no comparison in the strength difference just based on visual appearance.


luckily, all the bearings and gears were still in great condition in both cases, so just installed the new rear output and tossed it all back together with some new seals.

also, gave it a paint job. for those not familiar with my last build i had issues breaking AX15s in different ways. so the last one i rebuilt and tossed in i decided to paint it the most obnoxious color i had in the paint cabinet. as kind of a "punishment" to the transmission. well that color happened to be a metallic gold. the trans ended up holding together and now even lives on in my new XJ...


so, to follow trend...the cases got the same treatment. obnoxious gold it is! don't judge me...




anyways, the jeep is back to drivable and I've been putting some miles on it. i have a big event to go to next weekend so I'm doing some random finish work I've been neglecting.

N20jeep

went to an event in Ocala called Jeeptoberfest. pretty much a big show with a bunch of vendors and 3 obstacle courses (mild, intermediate, extreme)

the first day i just hung out at our shops booth and didn't do any wheeling, with the expectation that i would be wheeling after the show in some local rock quarrys. well the show ended and i decided to let my wife drive the jeep through the intermediate course (small hills, concrete obstacles, and a small rock garden)
i kept it in double low in second gear and she was doing pretty well until i got out and let her drive solo down a concrete hill, i told her to just keep it in gear and let the gearing do most of the work and not be on the brakes to hard. unfortunatly being that she was in double low the jeep (which in second gear has a top speed of 6 mph at 5000rpm) the jeep pretty much immediately mechanically over-rev'd and exploded the clutch sending her down the hill faster than planned. luckily it wasn't a very long hill and there wasn't anything to hit. so she made it down safely. but, i now had an immobile jeep.

so we ran to the parts store picked up a clutch and changed it out in the parking lot that night and drove it back to the hotel around midnight (pretty good time for whats involved in removing a transmission in my jeep)


anyways, i came back the next day to the event and ran the extreme course. ended up being a pretty intense course with most of the people who tried it either breaking or having to be craned out of it. I somehow managed to make it through unassisted . which as far as i know, i was the only full body (non buggy/non wrangler) rig to make it through. which i considered a good accomplishment for the build.

a coworker was filming so hopefully ill have that video up soon.