This is all pretty much going to be old news for most of yall, If nobody cares just axe this thread so it ain't wasting space.
Started with this, pretty much standard issue YJ, 4" SUA lift, 33's, 30/35, aussie in front, I6, 5 speed. I've had the Jeep almost 6 years, DD'd it through high school and mostly just wheeled it and fix what broke since then. Everything was showing its age, the gears in the front where almost toast so when I grenaded the rear end I decided enough was enough.
Hit up the pull a part for XJ springs and driveshafts from a 90's F250.
Got a set of stock YJ front springs from a friend and got them all roughly in place to see what I was working with
For axles I had remnants of a 77 F250 behind the shop, 30 spline FF 60 and a LP Dana 44 "HD", best part was the price $0.00
Bought a BTF stretch bumper off a guy real cheap and got it welded on
Got the axles roughly in place and got it back on its own weight again
My shackle angle on both ends sucked so I was going to have to cut and move some brackets around so I moved the Jeep into the shop so I could be on a good smooth level floor to work.
I ended up cutting the springs hangers off the frame, moving the rear back and the front forward a couple inches and I moved them up a inch or so while I was at it to lose a little height. Got another couple inches of stretch and a much better shackle angle.
Discovered some binding issues at full droop which opened up another can of worms for me to sort through.
The pinion was pointing 2* DOWN so I made some 8* shims to get it up some
Now my caster was miles away from being right so I proceeded to cut the C's off to turn them. I tried to make a nice little cut all the way around and found out I was kidding myself If I thought it would be that simple.
Got my big grinder out and went to work and finally got enough weld gone so they would turn loose.
Got them back on, set my caster, then burned them in.
While I had everything tore down I milled, drilled, and tapped the passenger side knuckles for highsteer
Latest thing I've done is started shorting the driveshaft for the rear and caught myself on fire in the process. Carhartt jackets burn way too good by the way.
Started with this, pretty much standard issue YJ, 4" SUA lift, 33's, 30/35, aussie in front, I6, 5 speed. I've had the Jeep almost 6 years, DD'd it through high school and mostly just wheeled it and fix what broke since then. Everything was showing its age, the gears in the front where almost toast so when I grenaded the rear end I decided enough was enough.
Hit up the pull a part for XJ springs and driveshafts from a 90's F250.
Got a set of stock YJ front springs from a friend and got them all roughly in place to see what I was working with
For axles I had remnants of a 77 F250 behind the shop, 30 spline FF 60 and a LP Dana 44 "HD", best part was the price $0.00
Bought a BTF stretch bumper off a guy real cheap and got it welded on
Got the axles roughly in place and got it back on its own weight again
My shackle angle on both ends sucked so I was going to have to cut and move some brackets around so I moved the Jeep into the shop so I could be on a good smooth level floor to work.
I ended up cutting the springs hangers off the frame, moving the rear back and the front forward a couple inches and I moved them up a inch or so while I was at it to lose a little height. Got another couple inches of stretch and a much better shackle angle.
Discovered some binding issues at full droop which opened up another can of worms for me to sort through.
The pinion was pointing 2* DOWN so I made some 8* shims to get it up some
Now my caster was miles away from being right so I proceeded to cut the C's off to turn them. I tried to make a nice little cut all the way around and found out I was kidding myself If I thought it would be that simple.
Got my big grinder out and went to work and finally got enough weld gone so they would turn loose.
Got them back on, set my caster, then burned them in.
While I had everything tore down I milled, drilled, and tapped the passenger side knuckles for highsteer
Latest thing I've done is started shorting the driveshaft for the rear and caught myself on fire in the process. Carhartt jackets burn way too good by the way.