Roni's Rogue4x4 Build...finally!
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From: Northern Kentucky
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Picked up a couple of those spot weld cutters. Haven't had a chance to use 'em yet. Fingers crossed they'll cut everything out on that cargo floor of the parts jeep so I'll finally have a floor in mine that isn't... uhhhh.... aerated.
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From: Blunt, South Dakota
Year: 97
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.6 stroker
More work done this weekend. Got the front stiffeners in! Then switched gears to the front axle, as now all I'm waiting on to rebuild, is that.
Fronts burned in and rosettes ground down, drivers and passenger's sides:
On to the front axle...trimmed the coil buckets as needed for the steering upgrades, then boxed them in...
Sway bar links GONE...no big, never used them anyways, LOL
The piece I cut out for the box in on the driver's side...
Burned in and ground down...
...passenger side...
Then burned in the new OTA trackbar bracket...
Overall view...
So...now I can concentrate on the wear items on the axle, so next weekend will be all wrenching, and no fab....which I am OK with, it means progress is being made. Soon I will be wrapping up the front end, and I am okay with that! Once the axle is broken down, it will get some fresh paint, as will the mids and front stiffeners, then undercoating, then put it back together, and move on to the rear. SUH-WEET! LOL
Fronts burned in and rosettes ground down, drivers and passenger's sides:
On to the front axle...trimmed the coil buckets as needed for the steering upgrades, then boxed them in...
Sway bar links GONE...no big, never used them anyways, LOL
The piece I cut out for the box in on the driver's side...
Burned in and ground down...
...passenger side...
Then burned in the new OTA trackbar bracket...
Overall view...
So...now I can concentrate on the wear items on the axle, so next weekend will be all wrenching, and no fab....which I am OK with, it means progress is being made. Soon I will be wrapping up the front end, and I am okay with that! Once the axle is broken down, it will get some fresh paint, as will the mids and front stiffeners, then undercoating, then put it back together, and move on to the rear. SUH-WEET! LOL
excellent work
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From: Northern Kentucky
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Did you uhhhh... start drinkin' here or what?
Not that I can really say anything though 'cause we all know my welds SUCK! Just doesn't look like your welds.
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Long answer is I was laying on my back to get that last bead, at the end of the day. Seeing as the top of the bracket got a good solid bead, I figured good enough, LOL...yeah, not the straightest, but a decent bead. And, unless you're under it lookin' up, you'll never see it anyways!
No, I don't lick fish.
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From: Northern Kentucky
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Short answer is yes, LOL
Long answer is I was laying on my back to get that last bead, at the end of the day. Seeing as the top of the bracket got a good solid bead, I figured good enough, LOL...yeah, not the straightest, but a decent bead. And, unless you're under it lookin' up, you'll never see it anyways!
Long answer is I was laying on my back to get that last bead, at the end of the day. Seeing as the top of the bracket got a good solid bead, I figured good enough, LOL...yeah, not the straightest, but a decent bead. And, unless you're under it lookin' up, you'll never see it anyways!
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From: west chester, pa
Year: 1999
Engine: 4.0
Short answer is yes, LOL Long answer is I was laying on my back to get that last bead, at the end of the day. Seeing as the top of the bracket got a good solid bead, I figured good enough, LOL...yeah, not the straightest, but a decent bead. And, unless you're under it lookin' up, you'll never see it anyways!
No, I don't lick fish.
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From: Northern Kentucky
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
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Besides, don't be a-feared of overhead welding...it separates the men from the boys, LMFAO
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From: Northern Kentucky
Year: 1999
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True story there... only way to do exhaust is overhead. Can't rotate a vehicle upside-down to weld with gravity at your assistance.
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From: west chester, pa
Year: 1999
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I pick up the Dana 44 axles and put them on jack stands by myself and it's easy to rotate them... Just take the third jack off the pinion and let it spin. That's what I do