No. It's my old man's car. He gets it.

However, it was my mom that made the comment. You don't mess with mom, LOL


It's going on 6 months that I've been driving it. It's time to get it back to him. My welcome has been worn out, haha

Hahaha! Mom is always the boss!

Not saying you should do this but I used to mention to my parents names of the crappiest local convalescence homes.

You've got ***** daily-driving an XJ on 35s. I'm on 32s and that's bad enough most days. Or maybe it's just deep pockets lol.


LOL!!!!! That ain't right!

Why do you say that? I DD mine on 31's currently. 300 highway miles each week at 75mph. It's not 32's or 35's but I plan on going to 33's in the future and will continue to DD the hell out of it.

I DD mine with 35's Not too shabby

Well, it definitely isn't deep pockets, LOL
Sometimes ya just gotta rock out with your c*ck out, LMAO

Geared properly, it ain't bad at all.

So just to show I'm not exaggerating about work, and the daily (well, mostly) catastrophic failures that occur, This rolled in late yesterday.











Driver put it in a ditch. Broke the leaf spring, the hangar/shackle, and a crossmember underneath.

I told you...BUTCHERS


Other than that, not much to report today, yet. This was yesterday. Just flipped the axle and finished painting. Then came inside and racked out early. Hot and tired. Gonna take this evening off as well, and go get parts.

That axles sexy

Thanks...can't wait to get all the hardware back on, with the disc brakes...THEN it'll be sexy AF

LOL

How do those guys manage that ****? I know they're trying to bang things out, but DAMN!

Probably have the same motto as a former delivery manager of mine, "Drive it like ya stole it"... and that's exactly how he drove a truck. Granted, he could drive the hell out of a truck - but the problem was, he drove the hell out of trucks! He seriously drove them like big *** racecars.

Lol I had a driver who drove a jockey truck like a hotrod...
The original engine blew and boss threw in a monster cummins in it and you could do burnouts with the rear locking diff with ease...
In the rain was worse, he'd would yoke the rear and spin tires he'd do it all day...it was pretty fun to watch lol...
I have another one who constantly needs repairs every week, we have a back up truck just for him...well he's non stop for 12+ hours a day...so they can't complain

I imagine Roni'll be done work soon... should be getting hot over there, just about Beer O'Clock

No, that's grounds to complain. He should learn how to ****ing drive.

So, we folks in SoCal are going through a heatwave right now. So I got up at 4:30, and was out in the garage by 5:30. Here's what I got done before I couldn't take it anymore. Let me add that our house AC took a **** yesterday, had a tech come out who "fixed" the problem...well, for a bit. Bad capacitor/relay, replaced, but now the compressor wont kick on regardless. He's coming back today, but for now, the house is HOT, but better than being outside in the sun, right?

So, busted out the parts from the kit I got from Big David. Kudos to him and a BIG shout out out to him...this kit is complete, to be sure...if you've been on the fence about this mod, don't hesitate to get the kit from him! Not only is it more than complete, it got here FAST...had it 2 days after I paid for it. Everything you need is there short of pads, shoes, and rotors, which you SHOULD replace anyways, and depending on your year and setup, parking brake cables...I ordered the passenger side cable from a Liberty, should be here in a few days, and is not necessary to finish the axle, it can be done after it's stuffed. Anyways, I digress, on to the pics:

Pulled out the calipers and got them cleaned and prepped...did the same with the backing plates.





The pad guides on the backing plates had some grooves worn in them...same happens on the fronts, but, no worries...break out the welder, fill it in. Grind down. Polish out with a flap wheel.





















Then broke out the burr tool and ground the axle tube centers out, and fit checked them...all is good...





...took pics of the setup for re-assembly (didn't need it, but better safe than sorry, right?), then removed the hardware for painting...







Here's what I used...high heat primer and paint...also laid out the components on the hood as they came off, to assist in re-assembly...and after looking at this picture, I have decided after all this is done, I'm gonna re-paint the hood...looks like hell.



Primed and painted...









Parking brake hardware back on...



...and installed! Put some red loctite on the studs/nuts, and impacted them bastards on, LOL









Got some penetrant on the wheel studs for removal...



Then took a pit stop...gonna try to get out there later, once the sun starts to go down, try to get the wheel studs out and new ones in...may roll into tomorrow...we'll see. I'd really like to have the brake stuff done, and the axle stuffed by end of day tomorrow, but I have learned to not set lofty goals with this, LOL...never seems to work out. One can dream, though, right? HAHA

LMFAO...as I was typing!

...and yes, the morning started out with coffee, but after being in the house, I'm several beers in, HAHA