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Adjusted the arms again this morning and moved my coil cup (TNT adjustable wheelbase) to make better angles and not hit the track bar bracket. Ordered a new CPS, hoping that fixes the random dying it has once in a while. Also flexed it out (didn't get to the max but close enough) last night to get it enough to measure what length shocks I need. The front's are too short and are currently my limiting factor and i'm bottoming out on them on the trails. Order the same brand, Doetsch Tech 8000s, they've been on my Jeep for 4 years and still feel great. My current ones are 15.4/26" collapsed/extended. New ones coming will be 16.25/29" giving me a shock with 12.6" of travel. Looking forward to it, got them off some bronco aftermarket site for $88 plus shipping for the 2.
I hope you dont run into the same issue I have with 12" travel shocks. Being short arm, the bottom arms run out of room to twist. Its not the bushing running out of room to twist either. The arm itself twists and hits the mount on the axle. I think the Johnny joint has a smaller OD then my arms so you may not run into this issue.
What are arms do you have? Yea that is why I put the johnny joint on the axle side, thinking less interference compared to the body mount. I think the TNT brackets have less unneeded material compared to stock being thick metal so i'll have to see how that goes. The bushings on the fixed side are also tapered like a shock bushing to allow for some degree of flex over the RE or other poly bushings used in most arms.
The superflex bushings always seem to need adjusting. I put new ones in about 8000 miles ago and have had to tighten them twice now. I have a feeling that they are ready to get tightened again. How many times did you replace the plastic inserts over the 7 years you had yours?
The superflex bushings always seem to need adjusting. I put new ones in about 8000 miles ago and have had to tighten them twice now. I have a feeling that they are ready to get tightened again. How many times did you replace the plastic inserts over the 7 years you had yours?
Never touched it lol. Never had an issue and even out they seem good. maybe a hair of movement but new grease could tighten that up i'm sure.
Ever notice your brakes sucked? Yea thought that was just the way it was supposed to be. Swapped in a WJ booster and Rock Krawler braided front brake hoses. When we swapped the brake hoses was surprised to have no fluid come out of the hard lines, guess I was running on rear brakes for a while :whoops: . New booster and lines make it stop on a dime now. First time flaring brakes, had no issues and everything sealed up first try.
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My Comanche can actually lock up all 4 tires surprisingly. It does sound like the booster on it has a vacuum leak though so it'll get a booster upgrade soon.
Just got done replacing the Crankshaft Position Sensor, what a rough 45 minutes of arm bending and stressing about dropping bolts into the bell housing.
Just got done replacing the Crankshaft Position Sensor, what a rough 45 minutes of arm bending and stressing about dropping bolts into the bell housing.
Had a guy who would sell me his XJ this past weekend for like $400 said all it needed was a crankshaft sensor. Not sure if he was bluffing so I never went to look at it but figured for a $20 or so part would be a cheap flip. And if you say 45 minutes of your time even though it wasn't easy might have been worth it. Of course only if the rest of the Jeep checked out and was worth selling back off to make some profit.
Had a guy who would sell me his XJ this past weekend for like $400 said all it needed was a crankshaft sensor. Not sure if he was bluffing so I never went to look at it but figured for a $20 or so part would be a cheap flip. And if you say 45 minutes of your time even though it wasn't easy might have been worth it. Of course only if the rest of the Jeep checked out and was worth selling back off to make some profit.
Yea it's not too hard overall. Happy it went smoothly. Just use a u joint socket with a handful of extensions. I disconnected my driveshaft to move it out of the way too.
Yea it's not too hard overall. Happy it went smoothly. Just use a u joint socket with a handful of extensions. I disconnected my driveshaft to move it out of the way too.
Well it turns out he decided to keep it must have come to his senses that it was a cheap but maybe time related fix. If he happens to come around again I may swoop it up or ask him later how it was going. Thanks for that information.
I've got a booster out of a '96 that I've been wanting to put in for about 2 years now. Once the Tahoe is fixed, I think I'll go ahead and knock it out.
03-27-2018, 12:17 PM
