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I've decided on that 3-link kit. Just a matter of buying it now, which is hard to justify with wedding and honeymoon plans being made.

http://www.polyperformance.com/shop/Poly-Performance-Jeep-TJ-Weld-On-3-Link-Front-Kit-p-2074.html

http://www.northwestfab.com/dana60steeringarm.html

Couple more of the passenger side.

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It's been a little over a year since I posted anything here so I decided I should moved the Jeep around a little bit. Replaced the bent rear shackles and and some misc hardware so the rear axle is...

Sick fab. There's a fat bead in the first picture that isn't structural, we just wanted to make sure it stuck since I think that was the first attempt at welding plate to the cast diff. The silver...

No real progress, just working on how to mount the coil and such on the passenger side of the D60. Still not sure, but here's the start. The piece on top of the diff is going to be cut to go up and...

And here's Dana giving a disapproving look to the way I had the Jeep balanced on a 4x4 to get the coils in there for pictures... Turns out the Jeep is going to be kind of tall. I'll figure out some...

These look pretty good, but I don't know how they'll work on the pass. side of this axle.

Here's what I messed with tonight. Looks like the coils can pretty much mount in the factory position so...

Side views and the pitman arm/track bar position as they sit.

http://www.texasoffroad.net/albums/lonestar/album542/DSC00187.jpg http://www.texasoffroad.net/albums/lonestar/album542/DSC00186.jpg
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Pictures of the front 60 sitting under it. Almost in position, I had things measured out then I bumped it and it almost came off a jack stand. :(

It looks like I'm back to thinking the old...

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I'm planning to run high steer, but the wheels will rub the stock steering mount on the knuckles if I don't change something. I was also looking at the rear tonight and became a little more concerned...

Looked at that and thought about it but I'd get some aftermarket knuckles before I did that after seeing a few broken stock ones. I'd prefer not to introduce any additional reason for these to fail...

Good deal, I'll check those guys out.

It was more of an observation than anything else, but I'll take a look at your wheels for reference. Even if I got it rolling on four tires it's not like it's a high priority project for now......

I'm kind of thinking about pulling the body mount bolts off so the frame can come out and I'll have easier access to cutting the rest of the old suspension mounts off. I'm really anxious to get the...

Also, I went to Harbor Freight to grab that pair of jack stands since those are the tallest/cheapest I could find. These were on sale in their circular for $72.99, but the girl at the counter rang...

Pulled the front axle out tonight and set the Chevy D60 in as well as Dana and I could manage.

Paging Ryan St. John... :D

For reference:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=551947&

Like this, sort of.

http://myweb.cableone.net/rnjacobson/done3.jpg

Do you mean coils as in the same coils I have now, or coilovers?

Robert and Fred came over tonight to watch me pull the axle shafts. They also helped move the D60s to a better location to sit and think about axle placement. I printed a picture of the Blue Torch...

You need the special seals to convert it to a one piece shaft, but I've got the shaft you need. Just let me know when you want to pick it up.

Yes and yes. One has kustom welded caps but if its for the YJ I guess it wouldn't matter much. I can pull those and the unit bearings if you need them.