What have you done to your Jeep today?

Finally warm enough to paint today, so my neighbor helped me straighten my bumper, I bent the fender back in place and rattle canned the bumper, fender and hood.

Washed it, and then did this

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Washed it, and then did this

Hope you are going to paint those goofy looking diff covers.

so how you gonna drive two jeeps?

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so how you gonna drive two jeeps?

I think his Mom gets one.

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I think his Mom gets one.

she drives mine every now and then. She has her stocker she loves and won't let me sell. between my brother, myself and her they all get some road time.

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so how you gonna drive two jeeps?

cause his brother andy bought eds jeep

last week i discovered that i had somehow managed to twist up the splines on one of my chromoly axle shafts, so today i installed its warrantied replacement. also replaced both front axle u-joints. changed front diff fluid. discovered a chipped pinion-gear tooth. goddamnit.

installed new TREs on both the tie-rod and drag-link.

Resealed the steering box I got from clendaniel(Thanks Ian). Then installed that and the currie steering from knoxrents. The jeep feels much better now no more numb feeling steering and 90% of the wandering has stopped. I'm going to add a little caster after work and hopefully that fixes the rest of the wandering.

Here are the pics of the Trail Cage http://s914.photobucket.com/al…s-3420/YJ%20Trail%20Cage/

Thought about working on mine .
Drank some beer instead when I got home .

Picked up some H2s and started to get the layout for ride height and wheelbase.

Picked my Stak up from the freight company Fri evening...split the case to inspect, looks like an entirely new center shaft and gears along with new bearings on the front output. Glad they fixed it under warranty, still a little peeved about having to cover freight both directions. :upset:

Reinstalled tcase on Sun, swapped steering back around to the front so that I can add the WJ pitman as soon as it and my new reamer arrive, then played arts-and-crafts and made posterboard templates for the remaining plates to finish boxing in the new truss on my front 60. As soon as the steering stuff gets here I can finalize the frame-side trackbar mount, build the trackbar, and then pull the front axle to do all the final welding and do the overdue maintenance on it (been needing to replace both inner seals, replace 1 stud on both sides, replace lower KP bearings, reshim steering arms, and repack wheel bearings). Still not 100% happy with the final location of the steering ram but it seems to be the best compromise. Running the t/r behind the axle was doable but would require cu$tom highsteer arms and I'd need to severely limit uptravel to prevent it from getting into the oilpan on compression. Oh well, K.I.S.S. Getting closer...

--Ian

How's the April 10th deadline going Ian?

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Picked my Stak up from the freight company Fri evening...split the case to inspect, looks like an entirely new center shaft and gears along with new bearings on the front output. Glad they fixed it under warranty, still a little peeved about having to cover freight both directions. :upset:

Reinstalled tcase on Sun, swapped steering back around to the front so that I can add the WJ pitman as soon as it and my new reamer arrive, then played arts-and-crafts and made posterboard templates for the remaining plates to finish boxing in the new truss on my front 60. As soon as the steering stuff gets here I can finalize the frame-side trackbar mount, build the trackbar, and then pull the front axle to do all the final welding and do the overdue maintenance on it (been needing to replace both inner seals, replace 1 stud on both sides, replace lower KP bearings, reshim steering arms, and repack wheel bearings). Still not 100% happy with the final location of the steering ram but it seems to be the best compromise. Running the t/r behind the axle was doable but would require cu$tom highsteer arms and I'd need to severely limit uptravel to prevent it from getting into the oilpan on compression. Oh well, K.I.S.S. Getting closer...

--Ian

shoulda said something, i got a 1-ton TRE reamer....

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shoulda said something, i got a 1-ton TRE reamer....

Needed an excuse to finally buy one...I've always borrowed one and it causes a delay.

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How's the April 10th deadline going Ian?

As long as the steering works out as I hope it should be a non-issue. Everything else is either straightforward and already planned out or is just 'maintenance' I'd like to try everything out beforehand but may not get the opportunity...ain't skeered though.

--Ian

Last week I picked up a complete windsheild for the YJ $100!!! Today it was time to make it green. Stripped the frame sanded it,masked off the windsheild and painted it green.Now its in the makeshift paintbooth(my shed with a propane heater cranked up to high)to bake. Tomorow I'll fold back the congo cage/rack and swap the windsheild assembly.Then time to get the beast inspected.