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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 05:44 AM
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Originally Posted by bhennessee1
Nobody, but I just don't think there is any way they are as safe or durable as new production tires, aren't all the shredded truck tires on the interstate re-treads?
well i dont think anybody will be hauling 4+tons of cargo in a cherokee....unless one of my ex girlfriends is in there.....lol
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Bigwillie

well i dont think anybody will be hauling 4+tons of cargo in a cherokee....unless one of my ex girlfriends is in there.....lol
Oh man that is horrible, but hilarious.
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Fugatt2DrXJ
I have two Cherokees. Both '99s. One two door 5 speed and the other my woods is 4 door auto. My 2 door is lifted 3 inches and only had about an inch of spline engagement and my DS fell out once. My 4 door is on 4-4.5 inches and i just had to get a shorter DS for it after I redid the leafs and put 4° shims in. I got off lucky though and swapped the two and now I have around 3-4 inches of engagement on both with about 1.5 inches of up travel on the out put shaft.

It varies for everyone. And you might be able to get a longer DS and it may work. Ill probably do the Hack n tap next year.

Idk if your kit comes with extended brake lines but you'll need those too. But there's ways to get by cheaply and effectively.
I looked at what RE offers in their kit and it shows they provide rear brake lines only. Should I get some for the front?
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 08:23 AM
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Not necessarily. Lime I said its really easily to relocate the stock hard line. There's plenty of write ups on it here. Just drill two holes straighten the hard line then screw it back in.
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 08:26 AM
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 09:29 AM
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Can i fit 285/75/16 inch tires on these wheels 16x7 with a 4.5 inch lift trimmed? What's the back spacing in them? And how wide are the rims? I would guess there's a little rubbing but I'd adjust the steering stops.



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Wanting to get rid of my 15" wheels for 16" and give the Treadwright Guard Dogs a go.

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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Nperryman
Treadwright wardens or guard dogs? I need a long lasting tire. Trail ride/mud occasionally. Some snow in the winter. I heard that the guard dogs last longer than the wardens. And that they come with deeper tread than advertised. Any input.
I got two sets of Warrens this month. One for the Dodge Dakota work truck and one for my Cherokee.

Wardens = Street, Snow, Rocks, Trail, DD

Guard Dogs = Mud

I have heard that they both will go 40k to 50k but I will know more in a couple of years.

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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Drewjharper1900
Nope, staying at 3". I did the lift, had vibes, and then put the drop on. I even took the drop off the other day hopeing that my leafs settled down enough to get rid of the vibes but no go. I thought that vibes were caused by the slip yolk being too far extended and not having enough length engaged in the tail housing? So i figured that adding shims would basically push the driveshaft towards the tc more.

And heres the x member. The center is removable. Pretty clever really.

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Originally Posted by Drewjharper1900
Yupp. I think im gona give in and get a aa sye and use a stock front ds. Its just the best way to go. No way around it.
Just ordered the SYE package kit from Adam's Driveshaft....comes with Rugged Ridge SYE and Custom DS.
Great deal if you ask me.
Here is his site if you are interested.
http://www.adamsdriveshaft.com/buy_online
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 10:39 AM
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So a stock front driveshaft off of what year cherokees will work as a rear driveshaft with an sye? Also, who makes a good sye kit and how difficult is the install and how long would it take?
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by bhennessee1
Nobody, but I just don't think there is any way they are as safe or durable as new production tires, aren't all the shredded truck tires on the interstate re-treads?
Any semi tire will shred without proper mainenance, and a lot of semi tires are "regroveable", not retread. We run regrovable at work on our pickups and usually have to replace the tires before we even get to regrove them.

Biggest issues causing semi tire blowouts are trailer brakes locking up (vacuum loss), and when two tires in a dually pair are either different pressures or worn different rates (one tire gets smaller than the other, but both have to spin at the same rate, so they heat up and wear out, blowing out at 60 mph and higher-than-car-pressure (50-90psi). Either condition can be prevented.

We have two guys at work that run treadwrights. Neither have had issues. I plan to get some whenever I run out of tires.
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 01:08 PM
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I have access to a lot of 1.5" diameter 1/8" wall tube what are some applications I can use it for? Would it be ok for upper control arms?
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Kuro89
I have access to a lot of 1.5" diameter 1/8" wall tube what are some applications I can use it for? Would it be ok for upper control arms?
And how could I find out what kind of tube it is?
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 05:56 PM
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so i just installed a rc 3 inch lift, and went to test drive it, but when i did i heard this weird noise, kinda a popping- ish noise.. any thoughts?
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by cherokeeindian256
so i just installed a rc 3 inch lift, and went to test drive it, but when i did i heard this weird noise, kinda a popping- ish noise.. any thoughts?
Track bar? Front spring missing retention clip? Where is it coming from?
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 06:48 PM
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he i need some help asap just got a flat today do you think these tires will fit on my stock cherokee 235/75-R15 heres the link thanks

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....WLLT&tab=Sizes
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