Yup! the stock alternator. Hmmm Thats the first I have heard of that. I'll have to look in to that. Thanks nick!

 

Well I had developed a serious vibe coming from the front after the Elbe Hills run and my 200 mile trip home afterwards. I got under the Jeep and gave the front driveshaft a good wiggle thinking I had a bad U-joint. No such luck. The end of the DS was moving side to side but, so was the front pinion shaft. I bought a new pinion seal in hopes I could just replace the seal and tighten the pinion nut up and lose all the play.

Well, I tightened the pinion nut as far as it would go and got rid of the majority of the side to side play. I knew it wouldn't last long after swapping the gears as I did a backyard job. Three years is pretty good for not even setting bearing preload or backlash...other than eyeballing it and using my calibrated elbow. I also noticed while fooling with the front pinion, that my drivers side steering knuckle U-joint is hashed. So....looks like I will be swapping the knuckle U-joints out of both sides before I go wheeling again. The good news is that my front DS U-joint is fine.

 

Finished changing front axle and drive shaft and installed a new amp. Now to dig the 20s out of storage and put some bump in it. Btw any good way to tell if your double cardian is going bad before there's chunks missing out of it and the ball comes out in pieces?

Edit seems like alot of axle problems. 2 in a row!

 

Fixxed the driver side door handle s oI can open the jeep from the inside.

 

Just got started on the winch bumper for the new csi 8000lb low profile winch. Kinda strayed from my original design but now I have no loss of ground clearance!! Holy crap my arms are sore from drilling 16 half inch holes in .250 plate for frame mounts!!

 

I just found out my Cherokee is a strait 6 cylinder 4.0 liter not a 4 cylinder...But who cares i wheel it.(((JUST JOKING)))

 

WOW

 

So, I replaced the front pinion seal and tightened up the pinion nut as far as it would go. That took care of most of the side to side play my pinion had. I swapped out my short side axle shaft with my trail spare and put the front DS back on. I also cleaned up, sanded and repainted my rock sliders. They had a lot of rock rash from the Elbe Hills run. So all of that and replacing and properly grounding the CB antenna and coax and I am all ready for the next wheeling run.

 

Sorry dave i had to say it

 

Thats ok I seen something coming....

 

These are some pics of what I'm plannin on doin really soon. I already made a template of cardboard for the rear guards. Not sure though whether I should use 3/16th or 1/8th sheet metal for the guards?

 

Well I kinda finished the budget winch bumper, still have to run the bottom plate but im putting a small air tank in it first..

 

That's an easy fix. Who needs doors anyways?

 

drove it to starbucks, picked up, a set of tail lights for it that im gonna cut the back ends out and put LED's in them in place of the bulbs, a long with a brush guard, for the front bumper and hella lights, and picked up another set of Ultra rims that im gonna throw some 31x10.5's on.

 

Put on a new alternator today.