Ok I got the leafs from a s10 to do my bastard pack today,But I guess from what I have read it seems the s10 center pin is 3/8 and the XJs is 5/16,I am just adding the main from the s10 under my xj main,Do I need to drill all my leafs out to 3/8? Or since its just 1 s10 leaf can I get away with the 5/16?

 

I drilled mine and did the samething your doing. Used lots of cutting oil.

Wasn't as hard as some have made it sound.

 

Yeah some make it sound pretty rough,,can i do it with a big hand drill? I dont have a drill press.

 

the key is just a good bit.

you can do it with a cordless drill and a good bit even

 

Some people use the bottom leaf from the xj pack to avoid all the drilling.

 

OH sweet then with my big electric and some cutting oil it should go good,any idea how long it might take to do the whole install?I all ready cut the eyes off the s10 pack.Is it possible in like 4 hours? I need it to get to work.Or I could wait till the week end just kinda excited to get it done.Got me roof basket on the way to XJ96 but I still dig that BIG *** basket you got!!!lol

 

I did my bastard pack in 3 hours. but i have no rust and had everything ready to go. haha.

and what does your roof rack look like??

and yes i love my roof rack, fits an air mattress nicely!! also fits ALL of my camping gear nicely.

 

AWW I had to buy a store bought rack(Black Widow)I wish I could have made my own I need to learn to weld then I could make some really cool stuff

 

I used my cordless drill on mine.

 

sharp drill bits work good

 

are you talking about this rack?

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f219/...f-rack-865448/

 

Yeah its cool way taller than anything I have seen,I bet you can carry tons of stuff up there.The main leaf from the s10 should net me a couple more inches right?You all have made feel lot more confident about drilling these leafs out..THANKS ALOT

 

I used all the leaves and got 4.5 to5in.

 

Just thought I would say thanks for all the advice,I finished my bastard pack today and I added a black widow roof basket.Drilling those leafs wasnt too bad,just had to remember to go slooooooww.They say stock measurements from wheel center to bottom of the flare is 17" I got 20"1/2 so I guess I got 3 1/2"s of lift.But it looks a little raked toward the front.Do you think it will settle some in the rear?Again thanks for the in put I never would have tackled this on my own

 

looks fine. when you put stuff in the back or tow a trailer, it will ride level