My First JEEP and my first car!
10-13-2010, 10:38 PM
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Year: 1993
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Engine: 4.0 I6 (30 over)
So i decided to try and save some money by building my own conrtol arms and using the Factory bushings. so i cut out the stock bushings from the stock ones and used some sceduele 40 pipe and slid ot over the bushing. so i had somthing to weld to. but i couldent find the right size. so i had get a peice as close as i could find and cut and spread it and reweld in a new peice to make it bigger. and made a peice of 1 1/4 scedudle 4o pipe to connect the two bushings. and i kinda saddled the pipe like the re lcas for more flex. my dad welded them out because he wanted to make sure the welds were up to par. here are a few pictures. sorrt i didnt take more. got caught up in fabing and forgot...
10-13-2010, 10:40 PM
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Might wanna keep an eye on those pins you have holding your swaybars together if theyre the only think keeping them together. I would take a test run beating on em (like turning hard in slow speeds and no traffic) because if one of those *****es snapped it would probably suck
10-14-2010, 10:28 PM
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10-19-2010, 10:50 PM
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Year: 1993
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Unibody reconstruction
so i installed my rear lift shackles and broke the nuts in the frame. so i had to cut the frame open ayway. so i figured i would fix my frame why i was at it. heres some pics. pretty straight forward.
Testing the flex with just the back lifted. couldent find anything else to flex on. not all the way flexed. w swaybars still connected.
Testing the flex with just the back lifted. couldent find anything else to flex on. not all the way flexed. w swaybars still connected.
10-19-2010, 10:55 PM
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Year: 1989 Laredo
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Engine: 4.0 Inline 6 Renix
wow, great to see you and your dad fixin' up your first XJ! What a great experience this must be for you, looks great too! Keep it up!
10-21-2010, 10:36 AM
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10-26-2010, 02:04 AM
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Seriously, cole93maxxxj, your Jeep and all the work/cleaning you've done on it is an inspiration. Great Job! 
It makes me want to get out and really go to town on mine.
It makes me want to get out and really go to town on mine.
10-27-2010, 10:03 PM
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So i installed my new axle out of a 99 cherokee because my last one was on its last leg... and installen my coil spacer and i had major death wobble at 45 mph. turns out my caster was way off. -12 degrees. i made my lcas just a little too long.... so had to lengthen the stock ucas to correct the caster and after a front end alignmendt im good as new! since i brought the front up i put the rear shackle at its highest setting. and it still sags a little in the back. but its all good. now i need a new track bar... my axle is at leist 1 inch to the right...
Axle out
new one in
quick discos shouldnt have any clearence issues...
old axle
lengthend uca's
Axle out
new one in
quick discos shouldnt have any clearence issues...
old axle
lengthend uca's
10-27-2010, 11:17 PM
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10-27-2010, 11:21 PM
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Flexing it in auto shop. before i fixed the death wobble... ill get some more pics of it tomorrow all done.
10-27-2010, 11:31 PM
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Hey Man I havent been on in a while. Looks like you have made some progress on your Jeep since though. I am just about to lift mine using s10 bastards in the rear and cougar v6 springs/strut cap in the front. How hard was the shackles to install besides the broken bolt part? Just wondering.