Thanks for the help fag.
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Thanks for the help fag.
Ordering new H.D. u-bolt style pinion yoke from Randy's Ring and Pinion tomorrow.
I still need to find the time to pull the shortside shaft for measurements. :rolleyes:
No, you can't get the nut's on the back side without hitting on the old yoke.
From what I've learned 80-93 shafts will work, as well as the 3/4 ton d44. Talked to the guy today and hopefully he'll bring it anyway.
I successfully made an ass of myself while demonstrating my lack of painting skills today. Got the cage, btf kit, etc.. half assed painted red. It'll need some touch up. Tomorrow I'll tape off everything for the flat black and maybe start painting the body but most likely it'll be wednesday.
Thanks for the ratty shirt Frick, I got some looks at the gas station earlier tonight, NO FEAR. Also I really appreciate your tire services the other day, blowout's suck.
now coop needs to post the monkeyfawkingafootball pics i took of robbie and clayton trying to paint..
wait til you see my hood
Touched up the cage a bit. I'll end up taking the seats out and doing it all the way after Katemcy, but I need something on there for now to keep rust away. I also covered the cage and etc... with a little help from Frick and laid some paint on the body. I only have the grill, hood, and front fenders left to do tomorrow. Frick advised that I lay another coat down which I'll do as well.
Ordering new pinion yoke and maybe some chromo shafts for the front this week. Surprisingly my RobbieFab welding held up and kept the u-joint in but I'm not going to push my luck. Oh, and I had to eat my own words....that welded inner shaft DID break not even 100yds. into Waterfalls. Mark's supposed to be sending me a new one.
Also, I had to eat my own words on the hp p.s. line. I'll be getting it press fit this week. I'm an IDIOT...there I said it.
Hopefully I'll be able to get the chromo shafts for the rear from Ryan and get the fronts ordered too. Not much of a cheapjeep anymore...
I really learned alot from this trip and what I need, I will also be getting a highlift, steal my dad's Warn m12000, onboard air, and a spare. I think that covers what I need?
After that I'll be picking out a c.b. setup I was "given" at Christmas and some sort of head unit/speakers. Make the dash a nice place.
I ended up having plenty of room for my cooler, tool box, spare driveshaft, hubs, fluids, etc... in the back for the trip, I was surprised I actually fit it all in there.
sounds good
pictures *****
**** resizing, I can't get it to work...
Enjoy
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...atemcy1005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...atemcy1006.jpg
looks like a wallyworld crawler :gigem:
And do a springunder.Quote:
Originally Posted by CheapJeep
FAH Q Kopecki!Quote:
Originally Posted by eight
Starting to get things together for TCC. I still need to get that shortside inner shaft measurement for the guy. I'd like to go chromo all the way around but we'll see how much skrilla it's going to take. I'll probably take it home and do some work on it before the spring break trip to Port A. While I have it there I'll "borrow" the m12000 and set it up, lower the rear end, take out the shims and move the perches, get a u-bolt pinion yoke for the front, high pressure p.s. line, powertank air, and a highlift. I need to decide on a C.B. setup but not too sure where to start. :confused:
you just can't go wrong with a cobra 25 and a 24" firestick. that will be all you need for the trails, but you can jump up and put a little mo' "skrilla" in to it and get a 29WXNV (thats a 29 with noah weather and a blingin green backlite for night wheelin). And if you just want to go super redneck, get a texas star linear (one about 800 watts or more) so you can #### up everyones cellphone and crappy stereo systems. :cheers:
I am going with a 29wxnv, cause my 29ltd crapped out on me. I could get it fixed but it would cost more than I payed for it.
Well I brought the jeep back with me today so I can do some wrenchin' on it over spring break when I'm not down with the group in Port A. I'll start work tomorrow and see what I can get done by Saturday. I'm pretty sure I'm just going to get chromoly shafts for the front and be done with it. Anybody know who has the best deals and ships out fast for chromoly shafts?
I'm probably going to get the h.p. line made and fab a bracket for the winch tomorrow. Maybe go shopping at 4wheel parts....we'll see.
Yukons are the lowest price and are probably 98% as good as warns. You may have a hard time getting them fast because yours is not really a common axle. If you're going with the shafts you might as well get the good joints too. I don't see any point in upgrading shafts and using stock joints when I was able to break plenty of stock u-joints with stock shafts.
Ryan, let me know when I can get those chromo rears from you.
Who are some chromo shaft dealers for yukon and alloy on the web? because I know you can give them the measurements and they'll cut the shaft's for you. I would get upgraded u-joints if I got chromoly's anyway, I can't remember how much ctm's run though.
As far as the steering goes, the original line wasn't really intended for high pressure use, plus using hose clamps wasn't the brightest idea I've ever had. It worked fine in 2wd but as soon as I put it in 4wd (or should I say 3 because the shaft broke right after...) the line formed "tumors" and blew off. I'm going to take all the fittings and have a line press fit or whatever. I talked to Fred and Kopecki awhile back about getting the stock bracket and all but they don't really carry anything before 76 and there's a difference that keeps them from being interchangeable.
But if someone finds me a bracket that'll fit my early model block I'll do it. I've already been junkyard diving looking for one around here and found nothing. I do have a saginaw pump that I think was left over at Bill's that I guess I should pick up...I hope that ****'s still there. You think I got joo'd on that one...saginaw for a rolls royce??? hmm? :confused:
Well even if the bracket off a later model straigh six doesnt fit perfectly there is a little thing called welding we can do to make it fit. You know the same thing they did with the RR pump but this time with a practical purpose. For the shafts, I think Warn has decent priced ones. Honestly, I'd get a stock one that isnt fubar'd and run it and then if it breaks, you know you need chromo's. No sense in wasting the money if you dont need to.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JEEP-...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jeep-...QQcmdZViewItem
And if you really want to be cool and install on board air too,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jeep-...QQcmdZViewItem
Edit: nevermind the york brackets are for a V8. See since my jeep has a V8 I keep assuming everybody else's does too.
Sweet. I got the two tires that were leaking out at Katemcy fixed and spent the rest of the day buying a new saddle and successfuly cutting my left index finger almost completely off.
I did however finally make new brackets for my cattle guard on my truck and fixed everything on it. Now I don't have to worry about hitting **** anymore, the new brackets are beef. Damnit I can't ****ing type with this thing wrapped up...
Drill Press=1
Finger=0
Going to 4wheelparts tomorrow to get a couple things.
The shaft Mark owes me will be here monday. I want to save money and get a couple other things before I go off and buy chromo shafts just yet.
BTW- I pulled off the bandage over my finger and got to see just exactly what happened. Basically the bracket I made and the vice sliced through the tip of my finger and took part of the nail with it. Now I have this skin/partial nail barely hanging on my finger... :gigem:
Unfortunately I wasn't wearing my Mechanix gloves I bought awhile back...lesson learned.
I went to 4wp. today and bought a highlift and some new lights for my truck. I was so close to buying a Powertank but I just couldn't shell out the 450 for the whole package. We'll see though...
I'm running stock u-joints right now with the excpetion of "uber duber" tom wood's extreme duty ones on the rear driveshaft. I'm going to do like Robert said and just wait and see how it does at TCC before I go off and spend money on chromo's and ctm's.
Talk to Brandon about cutting fingers "almost completely off"
it would have been worse if you are wearing gloves. Drill press and gloves don't go togethere very well.
Yah I dont see how 1/16" of soft leather is going to slow a drill bit down. I can deffinately see it making it worse by tangling the glove and the shreds of your finger though. I only wear gloves when its cold, but then again I'm not as dumb as you.
At least I'm not illiterate.Quote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
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Originally Posted by JeepPhisherman
very bad advice
Today I finally got a real h.p. powersteering line made. This time no hose clamps *****es...
I also lowered the Jeep 3" and evened it out so it doesn't sit lower in the front anymore. I tore apart the hub/rotor/knuckle and pulled the broken shaft out. I can't believe someone would actually weld a shaft together, not too mention I still haven't gotten the replacement so in order for me to make Katemcy I need to find one fast.
how did you lower it? different shackles?
Bags.... :flipoff2: Just moved the holes in the shackles.
I forgot to mention I spent a little time junkyarding a couple places today. No luck on the shaft, but I did find an old 4runner and a couple waggy's. None of the places had any front axles sitting around like Gordon's does so that kind of sucks but oh well.
Edit- Feller, I did find a couple shops that specialize in the hydraulic stuff.
Well I ordered a new inner and stub shaft plus u-joint. I actually called polyperformance and was about to order superior shafts for the front....until he told me the price. Even I'm too much of a joo to spend $400 on 2 CTM's and a total of $810 for 2 stubs, and the inner's...fawk that :eek: . So I just called Houston Drivetrain and they're ordering what I needed. It'll be waiting on me in Conroe when I get home later this week. :gigem:
I've had a few ideas that I've kind of been keeping to myself for awhile now as to where I want to go with my project next. Here's the list that I've come up with and pics of similar rigs
-Switch to reversed Yota springs up front
-Boatside
-Flatskid
-Stretch the frame in the rear
-Stretch the body (still thinking about this one)
-twin stick the 20 and add tera low gears
-etc...
Pics-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...5/almost1a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...iew_050900.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...nk05/pyro1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/blink05/adsf.jpg
Something along the lines of these. There's another pic of a 72 that I'm still looking for but I might've lost it.
We'll see how it does this time at Katemcy, but I've been planning on doing some tube work and boatside kind of like Scott's Patrol. As far as stretching it more, I need to find out how it feels now that it's lower. Last time, there were a couple of spots in which it felt a little too tall. Tubing would consist of sliders, stinger which would tie into tube fenders, etc...
As far as the drivetrain goes, I might have a little something in the works, but I'm not positive yet. We'll see....
It keeps all the fat girls out. :gigem:
Finaly a legitimate excuse!Quote:
Originally Posted by CheapJeep
Shaft came in. Going back to conroe tomorrow to go put everything back together if anyone wants to help.
ha! I didn't suggest using yota springs...I just gave you their dimensions!Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
are we really at 26 pages already? Chadwell?
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Today I started messing with the Jeep again now that I have room to work on it. Mainly just changed the fluids and picked up a york compressor. I'm buying some 8* shims for the front in the next day or so to fix the pinon angle and other issues. I also need to find a shim for in between the flat top and steering arm, any suggestions as to where I can find one?
Another thing is that I'm about to start gathering parts to make my trac bars for the rear to help fix the axle wrap problem.
I also got a saginaw p/s pump, headers, and spare water and fuel pump's from the Pollock...speaking of which I still need to find him to give him his keystone.
Basically I'm just trying to get everything working correctly and driving well, so I can start on my dash and other projects I have lined up.