wish I would have seen this earlier. I got bored today and since I needed to measure for bump stops I decided to take a trip out to apex

so flexed it out,


I desperately need longer front shocks, but the rears are pretty much spot on. that right rear is about half inch off the ground and the left is fully stuffed into the fender. I want to add 2 hocky pucks to the bump plates so about 2 inches of bump stop to get that tire out of the fender a lil. even without bumpstops my shocks could still be longer, I have about 3 inches of lift with 4-6" lift shocks I dont remember the measurements but with the added bumpstop i could safely fit 1" longer compressed shock so thats like 1- 1.5 more droop. Since Im gonna be swaping in a 8.8 soon I can just build that difference into the lower shock mounts, raise them up an inch and get them out of the way a bit. I dont think thats half bad for the $60 bucks Iv invested between the shackles and shocks everyting else is stock and the brake line was free.

full stuff


full droop


as far as the front, well im running 2in lift shocks on 4 inches of lift. I need to add 3 or so inches of bump stop so I can stop slamming my track bar into my diff cover when i compress both off the wheels. then i can measure for shocks and start trimming and rebuilding the wheel wells to fit those tires.

then came the fun, I found this lil pit. the pic doesnt do the depth justice. I instantly knew I had to drive through it haha




and here is a good reason not to have doors, I would have scraped it if i did have one haha


and some more
almost scraped the bumper going up this one, I wanted to so I would have a reason to order a new one




and

 

Wish I could go play! Rear diff is about to grenade anytime now. The pinion bearing is grinding louder and louder every day. So if anyone knows of a C8.25 for sale, please let me know. Gonna hit up the JY this weekend to see if they have any available.

 

why not rebuild it? or for the price of a 8.25 just get an 8.8

 

True. It's 2k to rebuild the front and rear. Complete with 4.56 and lockers.

And with Christmas coming up, 3 kids get 90% of the gifts lol. The other 10% is my wifes.

If it goes, it goes. I've driven 16k miles already since I heard it making noise haha.

 

You better jump on this!

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/pts/3344586359.html

I remembered seeing this on CL today....

 

damn, you better get that thing. what a good price for 29 spline. If I wasnt set on the 4.10s and disk brakes I would get the thing

 

Damn he lives far from me! But he will deliver for that price lol. No brakes but it is complete, so he says.

 

bull head isnt that far, and you already have brakes on your current axle. I say its a sweet deal even if you do have to pick it up

 

You have everything you need on your axle already just swap over any extra parts and your good. Also means you'll have a couple of extra axle shafts. You could probably do this swap in a couple hours no sweat.

I wonder if it would fit in the back of the XJ....pay for gas and we can go pick it up....

 

I was wondering if it will fit in the back also. He's sending me pics this morning so if it looks decent, not torn part, I'm gonna get it.

I need new rear brakes anyways so this makes it easier

 

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f34/de...anyone-151903/

Anyone else down for this trip? I'm leaving on Friday, coming back Sunday sometime.

 

Pictures of the axle. $75 delivered today. Missing drums and a u joint cap. 3.55 stock gears. Thoughts?

JY wants $137 plus a core for the axle.

 

Anyone interested in buying some xbox 360 games?

 

Nice find!
I know a guy who has a set of good cond drum brake set complete with parking brake!!!

 

On second thoughts.....better off doing a disc brake conversion.