New Jeep owner

[Ghost]

many people take them off and use the brackets as bar pin eliminators on the rear shocks.

Which is the wrong thing to do. Remove it all and throw it in the scrap bin. The use of the axle side mounts as an Upper BPE is not a good idea bc it rotates the shock and puts it in bind. The rear shocks are mounted at an angle and as the axle drops they rotate on the pin. The best BPE I have ever seen is a small piece of angle with two holes drilled in it. Some even put a small piece of flat on the back side to gold them together. IIRC I used 1" x .25 or 1.5" x .25 angle to make mine. You cut 4 pieces about 1" wide and drill 2 holes in each. Done. Love the bolt! LOL!

 

[LBarr2002]

All but steering is done...

 

[WolfGT]

That is looking sweet. It's going to be a great Jeep.

 

[Ghost]

Nice!

 

[yellow rubicon]

wow Larry it looks awesome!

 

[Steve97tj]

Next thing you know the sami will be sold and the fullwidths will be in the XJ! looks good

 

[LBarr2002]

Next thing you know the sami will be sold and the fullwidths will be in the XJ! looks good

No, the plan is still engine swap and 4-link for the Sami. Just don't know how long it will take. This way i'll have something to wheel in the meantime.

 

[WolfGT]

Whenever the day for the swap comes around, let me know, I'll be there if you want some help.

 

[LBarr2002]

I towed it to Gulches today because the steering I have isn't working out and I had to put the stock stuff back on for now. After GGT I rode around a little and was pretty impressed. I'll give Joey a run in the RTI comp for the beater class now too

 

[97TJGUZZY]

what happend with the steering?

 

[LBarr2002]

The threads are screwed up on the end that didn't have a tre in it. To get the tie rod short enough the ends have to be all the way in and that one won't thread. I'm going to call rusty's today and see it I can get just the tie rod and drag link since I have all new ends.

 

[LBarr2002]

I've been driving the Jeep a little bit. Got on the interstate with it for the first time yesterday. It cruises along pretty good. I thought I had an oil pressure problem, but I temporarily hooked up an aftermarket gauge and it was within specs.

Don't laugh

 

[LBarr2002]

I went ahead and changed the oil 15w40. It made a pretty big difference in the warm idle oil pressure.

The headliner fell on me, so I started pulling it the rest of the way down. I guess I'll go with bare metal roof for a while.

 

[LBarr2002]

Built my tire carrier tonight and drilled a 13/16th hole in the roof for an antenna mount.

 

[jfhowel]

I'll give Joey a run in the RTI comp for the beater class now too

looks like I'm going to have to work on my suspension after i get done rebuilding my motor :hnd:

 

[Ghost]

JMHO but the hole in the roof is never a good idea for a driver.

 

[LBarr2002]

JMHO but the hole in the roof is never a good idea for a driver.

Why would it matter? They use the same mounts on every vehicle in the fleet of where Tripp used to work and county vehicles.

 

[Ghost]

Why would it matter? They use the same mounts on every vehicle in the fleet of where Tripp used to work and county vehicles.

They never seem to seal right in my experience. But then again if this is a trail rig it does not matter really. Eventually it will get all cut up! LOL!

 

[LBarr2002]

This mount has o-rings against the roof and comes with sealer. But the truck doesn't have a headliner so really doesn't matter anyway. It sat outside last night with no leaks though.

 

[WolfGT]

I wouldn't have done it. But that's me. Maybe it's because I'm from Ohio and we had enough trouble keeping nature (and road salt) from creating holes for us and whenever the paint was penetrated, you were screwed. My opinion has always been that once you break that envelope by drilling or cutting, it will never be the same. But with that said, I'm sure it will be fine.