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    CJ 5 Build

    Im bored so i figured i'd post up a build thread. The whole reason for this build was to 1) to get better gearing and 2) get rid of the rusted out passenger rear frame.

    Specs:
    12" rear stretch
    np231 box for rocks doubler
    double triangulated 4-link
    Stock tj coils
    Full length flat belly skid

    Getting started:


    Out with the old.


    Making room for the doubler.




    New Frame:



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    Four link



    Suspension done


    I still have alot to do like shocks, motor mounts, tranny mount, skid, brake lines, fuel lines, ect... Right now its sitting on 4 inch lift springs to level it out. When I get the chance to link the front I will lower the whole thing but right now the rear sits about 3 inches too low with the stock springs.

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    I like it.
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    Looking good!!
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    sick! I loves me some square links!
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    damnit... if everyone is leaving i want my original 15 back... i dont wanna be left with these tools

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    Quote Originally Posted by uglyota View Post
    sick! I loves me some square links!
    Thanks. Yeah this build is on a tight budget.

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    Only thing you might think of is gusseting the link tabs on top of the axle. Otherwise I really like the axle truss/link mount.
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    are those misalignment spacers on your links? Will the links see enough misalignment to need them? Thought those were mostly for steering applications? Also seems like a lot of stress on those little bolts, especially with that much leverage on them...any chance of beefing up the mounts and capturing the heims a little more closely?
    Or you could wait until you break a couple of bolts, then replace the lower joints with bushings and redo the upper mounts
    Did you do all the math on this setup? Got numbers?
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    Yes they are misalighnment spacers and they are for suspension too (take a look at balistic joints they are made onto the joint). I didnt think of the bolts as too small they are 5/8? Which google says have a shear strength of about 30,000lbs... The heims are ruff stuff 7/8 joints, I went the them becuase of the price and they seemed to hold up just fine on the tj dustin webster ran in koh (two koh races and a couple years of wheeling on the same set of 7/8 and 3/4 joints with out issues had me sold). My cj is fairly light weight sittin on 1/2 ton axles and 33" tires and will be that way for a while so I would be surpised to have issues with shearing the bolts.

    I will be adding some bracing to the lower axle and frame mounts but I didn't expect any problems out of the axle side upper mounts. What makes you believe they will fail? they are just a traditional way i've seen uppers mounted on other peoples builds?

    I did not run the numbers on this setup. I may get around to it one day just to see.

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    it's on 33s!? Even cooler!
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    Quote Originally Posted by uglyota View Post
    it's on 33s!? Even cooler!
    But it won't achieve true koolness until it has a JY clutch in it, now will it?

    The only thing that worries me about heims is them getting noisy after a while. I have enough creaks and rattles as it is now.
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    Through rain, sleet, or snow...
    My whore better have my money...
    Not half, not some, but all my cash...
    'Cause if she don't,
    I'm gonna put my foot in her ass.

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    Looks good.

    They look bigger than 33"s, whats the wheel base at?
    SHUT UP AND WHEEL

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    Wheelbase is 96 right now. The plan is to stretch the front about 6 inches and end up around 102 with 35-37's and stock coils.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tommy53002 View Post
    Wheelbase is 96 right now. The plan is to stretch the front about 6 inches and end up around 102 with 35-37's and stock coils.
    I used to have a CJ5, here is how I got 100" wheelbase and coil springs

    sold the CJ and bought a Discovery.

    why even start with a cj5 if its that far off from what you want?
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