Your going to need a lot more heat buddy. Do you have a weed torch or a oxy/facet torch. Ether or would work

 

Your post is really inspiring me to dive into my 96 Country. Only problem is I don't seem to have been blessed with the mechanical skills that many of you fellas here possess. I did wonder if you had installed a CAI on your 96 Country and what the results were?

 

The CAI you see on my 87 Jeep in the pictures in this thread started life hooked up to the 4.0 HO motor in my 91 XJ Sport. Then that motor was transplanted into my 96 XJ Country. I used the 91 motor with the 96 intake, exhaust and fuel injection. So basically making it 96 4.0 HO motor. The CAI next went on that motor. Then, I put it on the 87 Renix motor in this Jeep. If you put a CAI on a Jeep 4.0 motor whether it be a Renix or HO, you will notice a definite "seat of the pants" difference in throttle response and you will see a small increase in fuel mileage, as well.

 

Hello, I just read this entire thread and it looks great! If you're interested in going wheeling with me when you're finished with the jeep I think that'd be great. I'm stationed up here in Oak Harbor and only have a friend to go wheeling with and he rides a dirt bike so I'm looking for other jeeps to go! Let me know if you're interested!!

 

Sure thing, Bud. I will go wheeling anytime with anybody. Check out the Elbe campout run thread. If it sounds like something you would like to do, you are definitely invited. I go to Walker Valley a lot when I have an up and running Jeep.

 

Well, I finally had a stroke of Redneck genius the other night. The method I used that finally got the "C" bent back out to it's proper place was so simple I really have no idea why I didn't think of it sooner. My Redneck engineering has definitely reached a new high with this one...lol. So, the only piece of that $200 hydraulic ram kit I bought was the small black adapter you see on top of the floor jack through the hole where the top ball joint sits. That piece was critical in making the floor jack method work though because without it the floor jack would just slip out when the pressure was put on. So I didn't completely buy it for nothing. So the "C" was bent down to where there was 6 3/4 inches between top and bottom. The correct measurement at the "C" on the other end of the axle was 7 5/8. The floor jack got me back to 7 3/8 and that was as far as it would go no matter what I tried. None of my bottle jacks would fit in the "C" where it was before I spread it back part way with my floor jack. I finally decided to give my Toyota jack a try as it is the shortest strong bottle type jack I have and it has gotten me out of many a jam. My good ole reliable Toyota jack got the "C" spread out the rest of the way. I tell you guys to love your Jeeps but if you can find a factory Toyota jack whether in a junk yard or wherever, snag it and keep it in your Jeep with the rest of your recovery gear. They are money!! So now it is on to ball joint installation and Alloy USA axle seals. Then the front axle will be ready for install into the Jeep after the lift kit. I will put the rest of the axle together after it is in the Jeep.

 

Nice buck, i was wondering how that was gonna work! Now you should gusset the c to strengthen it up after being bent!

 

The bottoms of the C's on my axle are already gussetted. I suppose you are right and I should do something with the tops. The one that bent, at least, I too feel will be weaker.

 

Cool sounds great! Ill check that out.

 

Howdy guys, it's Super Bowl Sunday and I plan to watch the Hawks whoop up on the Broncos. Then after all the game and post game stuff is over, it will be time to go install the ball joints and axle seals on my D30. If that all goes well and I finish it up before too late I will get the brakes pulled off of the D44 rear and start taking it apart so I ran replace all of the bearings, shims and seals in the ring and pinion. Part of my plan for the D44 is to put rear disc brakes on it.

 

Well I guess my intentions were a bit over ambitious today. After the seahawks won the Super Bowl i wanted to watch all of the interviews and it got late. Now, I have to get ready for work tomorrow. I did get the entire D30 housing cleaned up and painted but that is all I got done, today. More to come soon....

 

Well, I finally made it back out to the garage and I finished up what I needed to get done on the front axle. Its all ready to be installed when the lift is put on. I started out kind of slow. it took me awhile to get the right side done. I haven't done ball joints for awhile and it was the first time with this ball joint press. It really works great and I'd recommend it to anybody who wants a good ball joint press on a budget. Here are a couple of pics after it was all done and close ups of the left and right side. And I had to finish up by taking a picture of the axle with Ole Red sitting there in the background just waiting for his new lift and axles.

 

I just got another cool idea after looking at the picture of the axle with Ole red in the background. I'm going to paint the front and rear differential covers red to match the body.

 

Hey guys....it's time for another update. I went out into the garage and started tearing my rear D44 axle apart, today. started by pulling the axle shafts out and removing the old drum brakes. Next, I pulled the differential cover off and was treated to a VERY unpleasant surprise. That ooey gooey crud you guys see all over inside the differential area is a combination of old and very burned up 90 weight gear oil and Rimrock, WA. nuclear fallout mud. What happened was I went wheeling with the Jeep Unit at Rimrock Lake, Wa. and spent a lot of time in deep mudholes of this nastiest crudiest stinkiest mud I've ever seen before. Then the vent tube came off my rear axle at some point and so you know what happens when a hot axle sinks into a cold mudhole. My diff. was sucked full of this crap. Then I drove my Jeep 200 miles home. Next I pulled the axle shafts out and well they were covered with the nastiness as well. Next I took a pic of the axle sitting with the axles shafts, brakes and diff. cover removed.

 

The next thing I did was to remove the main bearing caps and pull the carrier out. As you can see from the pic. where I cleaned one Main cap, the difference between gooped and cleaned. I was treated to another unpleasant but sort of expected, surprise. The rear end was howling pretty good by the time I arrived at my house after the 200 mile return trip. As you can see in the picture the right side main bearing race and cap are much more blackened than the shiney ones on the left. Yes, you are right, that right side bearing is burned and locked solid. The race was spinning inside the main cap. It's funny, this is my first "Spun" differential bearing...LOL. Then you can see in the next pic. that i removed the carrier and was treated to the full view of the nastiness inside the differential cavity. I know it looks bad but, good ole Buck will get it all cleaned up. I have a complete Master Rebuild kit with all bearings, races and seals for the Ring and Pinion gears. It will be as good as new before it is slung underneath my new Jeep.