Roxanne: 1985 Cj-7

[J Cooper]

wow somebody actually tied a cage into the frame without hard mounting it to the body

[85cj7]

these are what i ended up getting, new center pins, and the clamp style spring retainers the bolt style ones were just too expensive, 4 center pins and 8 clamps ran me $23.

[uglyota]

you haven't been paying attention to discussion concerning center pins, have you?

[85cj7]

yah i know about cooks and david Os discussion about using grade 8s and grinding the heads round, but i don't think i'l have a problem, hell i could be wrong and it wouldn't be the first time but for some reason i would prefer to start this way.

[Sharpe]

I told him...

[RCcola55]

x2

[85cj7]

another

[85cj7]

arb is a bad ass company, let me explain.
i was trying to trace down the cause of my faulty arb that occured in clayton, i found that the rear was had a leak at the compression fitting where it attaches to the pumpkin, so i unhooked it and added some teflon tape hoping for an easy fix. When i went to tighten it up the compresson collar cracked along with the entire bulkhead fitting sheering from the housing. f*ck. i went to bryan hose and gasket yesterday to find replacements with no luck. called arb today, they are sending me both the new and old model bulkead fitting kits, next day shipping, free under a warranty that i don't have, and i told them this. huh.

[85cj7]

i don't know what the f was up with the front arb in clayton, because the other day flem and i jacked the front up, locked the hubs and locker and everything worked how it should, the only thing i have done sinse clayton is change the diff fluid. The only things we could think of was that the fluid was low and the o-rings got dry which caused them to leak or it was just really freakin cold and maybe that had something to do with it. I'll test the front out again when i get the back fixed.

[85cj7]

the stock transmission torque arm on the cj has been bending for quite some time now, but it finally has gotten to the point where the dana 300 is resting on the crossmember so i built a new one.
The stock bent one.

[85cj7]

the stock arm was 5/32" thick the new replacement 15/64" thick.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Was that a piece of square tubing?

[85cj7]

uhhh, yes. why?

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Just curious. How did you cut it, with the hot wrench? If so, do you think that the heat will have affected the strength of it any?

[colman]

if you decide that you want to try stock again i have 2 of them that i'm not going to use