Had the same thing happen to me while tooling down I-5 near Roseburg. Had it into a tire shop just before hitting the road. They only tightened the lugs with the impact. I told the technician to to a final torque of 95 ft. lbs. with a torque wrench and he thought he knew better than me. Driver's side rear wheel separated at 65 and went airborne. It jumped the median, crossed the north bound lanes, went over the bank and into the river. I never saw it again. Luckily it never hit any other cars or any houses. The tire shop ended up having to replace the lug nuts, lug studs, brake drum, wheel and tire. I have factory rims so they weren't able to match my 20 year old factory rims. I'm still hot about that to this day. On an XJ with oversize tires I recommend regular torqueing of the lugs and also check the studs for stretched threads whenever the wheels come off. Just replace studs and lugs as you need to.

 

I did quite a bit of flogging on my Jeep up at Walker Valley this weekend, too. Woo Hoo!!!!!!!

 

Finished up my uca mount, cut off my sway bar mounts so they will quit eating my TRE boots and welded the stubs to the coil spring buckets.

 

Yeah worked on the studs today and started replacing the brakes. Rim was toasted so had to dig out a match and get it mounted. Had to order brake kit since I'm missing so pieces. Will finish tomorrow along with cleaning and replacing bulbs in the KC's. hope the brakes in smooth then gotta figure out how to fix the fender. will post pics later.

 

i could hear your rig wailing in the wind. sounds like you were having a good time

 

heading out to replace the brakes. think i mite paint my hubs black instead of the current blue while i'm at it. heres the pics of what happened

 

I had this put on yesterday. It was made by a guy that runs a small business called Red Goat Fab. Look it up on facebook if you want to see some of the other bumpers and artwork he does. This was his first attempt at a cherokee bumper and I think it turned out really well. He already has plans to alter the bumper a bit, but it will look every similar to this one. His shop is located in Lowden, Wa which is maybe 15 miles from Walla Walla.

It is secured with 4 bolts on each side and seems very sturdy. 3/16 steel, nice big clevis mounts. It has been drilled for a winch to bolt onto it.

Once it was bolted on I had to drive back to Goldendale for work, but I plan of cutting the fenders and flares to match up with the bumper.

 

Well after today I'm going to switch to rear disco's. !#$#ing drum brakes!! First time ever doing them and pretty much took me all day. (I have bad ADHD, so i clean everthing and paint everything when i do anything new like that.) anyway finished it all up. drive out tomorrow and do a brake test. so here before,after and finished assembly

 

pics after wheel came off

 

The Jeep got a much needed bath and I got another 20 pounds of Walker Valley clay on my driveway...LOL!!!

 

Drove it doorless in the rain to Subway to get from subs and then spun em out on the wet pavement

 

i looked at it an then sat in it for a bit. then got a call for a good job offer lol. not a bad day for me or the rig lol. good job means nicely built xj

 

You did use high temp paint for the drums right? Otherwise there is a very high chance that the paint will burn off, possibly catching your rig on fire...

 

That would be a no no, i would defiantly suggest using high temp engine block enamel, sticks good and wont light your rig on fire

 

Finally had a day off to drop my tranny today.