Jaster343

Going good so far

Edit:

Of course since I posted that my 1 1/8 socket vanished so off to true value

Jaster343

Took a little longer than expected but it's done. New rough country SYE, new u joints and the front drive shaft out of my 97 XJ. She's driving smooth now.

gunmetal_nightrider

Niiice. Good work man. Make me think I should do that instead of an actual cv shaft.

Jaster343

The list so far: 3" Zone lift with full leaf pack and nitro shocks 1.5" Daystar shackles 1.75" Daystar Coil Spacer 18" Rubicon Express SS rear brake line Custom Rear Bump Stop extensions Rough Country adjustable LCA's Rubicon Express RE1600 adjustable track bar Rough Country SYE 97 XJ CV (Front) Driveshaft in rear
BBK 62mm Throttle Body

Jaster343

So I was very happy this morning on my 50 mile ride into work. Not only did the SYE wipe out all the crazy vibrations, but after installing my new throttle body the truck is running mint. I replaced the TPS and cleaned the IAC, then flashed the computer. The truck now shifts smoother, has more power and is already doing better on gas. I had to remove the front driveshaft because it was the source of a bunch of the vibration. Hopefully this weekend I'll get a chance to tweak the LCAs and improve the pinion angle without totally screwing up my camber.

Jaster343

Threw in a 6* shim after the SYE to correct the pinion angle. No more Cherokee/massage chair. Now I just have to address the pinion angle on the front axle so I can put my driveshaft back in.

2dr88

Subbed, looking forward to seeing this build progress.

Jaster343

thanks, hopefully the tax return covers the next phase

Jaster343

New throttle body with new TPS and IAC. After flashing the comp I went from 210 miles per tank to 310. WORD!

Jaster343

A little routine maintenance turns into a bunch of wire wheelin, welding and painting. I pulled my diff cover to change the oil and decided I wanted to upgrade the fill hole. I welded a 14mm nut into the existing hole and will plug it with a 14mm bolt with a rubber o-ring and some thread sealant. Mine was a little leaky so hopefully this is a better situation. Also cleaned up the axle and painted it with por15. I had leftover paint from the previous jeep so I decided to clean up the front driveshaft, since it was out anyway, and paint it hemi orange. Gonna paint the diff cover gunmetal blue, should look mint.

Jaster343

Just ordered my Mickey Thompson Deegan 38's, I can't wait! I went with 31x10.5xr15's on my procomp steelies with 3.5 back spacing. Hopefully rubbing won't be an issue.

indeepwithajeep

Great work! How was doing the SYE with the TC on the Jeep?

Jaster343

it wasn't bad at all. You need a good pair of snap ring pliers and a 10mm star socket, 1 1/8 socket and a breaker bar for the yolks. Other than that it went well, took about 5 hrs with distractions.

Jaster343

Diff cover was a success! I heated up my bbq, turned it off and threw the diff cover in. It cured real nice in a short amount of time. Even got my new stereo wired in today, very productive.

gunmetal_nightrider

Excellent choice of blue my good sir!