chipmaker

You gonna sell the relocation brackets?

thatXJguy

I might, but I also might still use them.

I have to see what I can finagle when I get the BDS leaf springs. If I can find a 1 inch lift shackle at a good price, I will use the brackets and the shorter shackle to stay at 6.5 inches where I belong.

thatXJguy

No lift you say, sweet!

But I don't want to cut that stuff and drill.

Basslicks

lol... can't have it both ways, bud.

FreddyD'Apice

just do the no lift? It is ok to cut some stuff up, wheres the fun at.

thatXJguy

So my blower motor has been cutting out intermittently while driving, and while driving through rush hour traffic this week with 95º weather, I had enough.

I looked into it and I found lots of people with similar problems online. Mixed results for fixing it. Some people looked into the resistor, some people had switch melting, and some people had to replace the whole blower motor.

But I'm cheap. And I would rather look at the small things before I buy new stuff.

I found that by wiggling the electrical connection on the blower motor, it would turn on and off. So I looked into the connector and found that the electric prong ports were kind of widened. I took some nylon pry tools (not metal to prevent shorting anything out) and bent the connector's internals a bit to make a better contact on the blower motor's electric prongs.

It hasn't cut out since, and it's not loose anymore when I wiggle it.

I'm happy not only to have AC again, but also, if it's free it's for me.

thatXJguy

It's really time to do front axle u joints.

I'll probably do some Dana/Spicers. I'm thinking also about some Synergy ball joints while I'm in there.

cleenrob

ima about to do mine with some 760s/spicer ball joints when i do my wj swap here soon

thatXJguy

Check out the Synergy ball joints. They're HD and full metal construction without the plastic used in the factory ones.

cleenrob

maybe next time around, ive already got the spicers itchin to go on in a couple weeks

thatXJguy

Finally got enough for long arms. I really kinda want the BDS ones. Just trying to justify $1000.

cleenrob

get b.lees 3 link

dukie564

BDS bushings suck dick, and they don't warranty them. I'd reconsider that choice if I were you

thatXJguy

Which ones, the flex ones or the rubber OEM style ones?

BDS has a gen-2 flex joint that look like Curries, but they're an in-house design..

Anything is an improvement over Rough Country Xflex.

dukie564

Rubber i think, no experience with the flex ones

My buddy had the top of the line long arm kit on his TJ a while back. 9 months later it was undriveable because of the bushings and they wouldn't do anything for him. So he sold the lift and installed Clayton.

If you're gonna spend that amount of cash on an off-the-self LA kit, can't do better than Clayton IMO.