What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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After all my work on the suspension I took it for a little test drive. This is the spot I had to carry momentum to get through on the 90° shackles and front sway bar connected. It is a series of mounds that make a good articulation test. I went through it with ease today and it was sloppy leading into it. This is the second run through the section, first time I was through before I knew it. Second time I stopped to take the pictures. I need to trim the back corners of my relocation brackets a bit to clear the lower shackle bolts and really let the back wheels tuck in. Yes my tires are hard, I pumped them up to 40 psi just to try make it a worse case example. I think next time I will set up a couple of cameras to record the action
I'd agree with trimming away excess material to allow for unrestricted movement from the suspension, but Idk if you wanna stuff the rear any more. Those leaves look pretty flat in the one pic and if you start to exceed flat you really detriment their life. Consider extending the BS's when you trim.
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Lookin good man. #Trailrated Crazy what a little more flex will do for ya!
I'd agree with trimming away excess material to allow for unrestricted movement from the suspension, but Idk if you wanna stuff the rear any more. Those leaves look pretty flat in the one pic and if you start to exceed flat you really detriment their life. Consider extending the BS's when you trim.
I'd agree with trimming away excess material to allow for unrestricted movement from the suspension, but Idk if you wanna stuff the rear any more. Those leaves look pretty flat in the one pic and if you start to exceed flat you really detriment their life. Consider extending the BS's when you trim.
My XJ will never be a hardcore offroad rig and will spend 80% of its time driving on maintained roads and most of the offroad diving will be on trails like the one I took the pictures on. That trail is not too difficult, this is just a little ATV offshoot that I was dared to drive by some kid on a quad earlier in the year and may be 100 feet long. The rest of the trail is just rutted and rough double track that leads to a good fishing spot. It is an out and back trail that is about 2.5 miles in total and easy enough that most of the time I am in 2 wheel drive.
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Did a little wrenching this morning. Replaced the old worn ORIGINAL shocks on my 96. 3 of the 4 were totally shot out and the third had a little push left, lol. New ones installed and boy what a BIG difference! Unfortunately the original owner( guy i got it from) wasted the leaf springs pretty badly. They are bent upwards. Those will be replaced when i go to lift it.
Aaahhh... Nothing lile a little pre wrench day wrench day!
Aaahhh... Nothing lile a little pre wrench day wrench day!
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What did you do to your cherokee today?
Got the driver side bolt for the front skid off. That's right... It was so hard to get to.
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Oil change, Rotella synthetic blend T5 10w30 . Gotta address the leaky valve cover. Only had about 4.5qts out of 6 without the filter to recycle.
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installed some fender flares i made. Just gotta patch all the holes i put in em from screws and paint em black tomorrow.
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Before I replaced my valve cover gasket, I'd have to add 1-2 quarts of oil between oil changes, and had plenty of burning oil smell after taking a ride. Got bad enough that I didn't just have the smell, but also had smoke. After replacing the gasket, smoke and smell is gone, and it was only down maybe 1/2 a quart when I changed the oil. Still got the leaking OFA adapter, but that's just going to leak.
If you want a sturdy flare option, call a landscaping company ask if they have any recycled aluminum yard edging, you may have to pay a buck or two to get some but I was lucky the place I went just gave me some. The most I spent was 6$ for some stainless nut and bolts for mounting. I think I have pics up in my profile you can see if not here are a couple to give you an idea.
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they're made out of PVC trim. Cost me like $30. i have scrap wood and tools that i used to save on cost. im gonna paint em black tomorrow. just couldnt tonight since it was raining and i was gonna spraypaint in the garage.
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