Dusk's WJ Build - Page 2

alwaysHI · 10-13-2011, 03:11 PM

wow, that looks really good man!

Dusk53 · 10-15-2011, 08:28 AM

thanks, i'm gonna put in the lca's and fix the track bar today or tmrw and take more pictures

**holder14** · 10-15-2011, 09:06 AM

Looks really good! I cant tell for sure but I think our jeeps are the same color, damn phone makes it hard to tell

Alsok im not sure if you have adjustable rear lowers but if you do you should push the rear axle back some more if u can

Dusk53 · 10-17-2011, 10:39 AM

Adjustable lca's are probably next along with an a arm spacer.

Merc1973 · 10-21-2011, 07:10 PM

Looking good! Same color as mine.

Dusk53 · 10-27-2011, 12:32 PM

got the lca's on, as well as finally adjusted the drag link. Rear a arm bushings are shot, so I'll have to think of something for that. But pics soon to come!

Dusk53 · 11-02-2011, 01:50 PM

Didn't want to flex too much without an a arm spacer and shot bushings. But here it is:

dmextreme77 · 11-03-2011, 06:55 PM

I bet you are rubbing like crazy!!

I have 4" and 32"s on 17" rims. I had to cut a ton. I trimmed my front and cut the wells. Full flex and full turn I was rubbing real bad. And my rear rubs too. But that's gonna wait.

Otherwise, nice looking rig! Keep up the good work!

Dusk53 · 12-18-2011, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmextreme77

I bet you are rubbing like crazy!!

I have 4" and 32"s on 17" rims. I had to cut a ton. I trimmed my front and cut the wells. Full flex and full turn I was rubbing real bad. And my rear rubs too. But that's gonna wait.

Otherwise, nice looking rig! Keep up the good work!

I am rubbing, although i haven't been off pavent as because of my front ds situation. I need wheel spacers or rims with offset to avoid lca's/rear shocks. Front bumper trimming will come.

Thanks man! I've been putting a lot of work into it, I hope to get a camera soon and actually get some good pictures.

I extended the lca's, cleaned the IAC (fixed that terrible idle) and cleaned the throttle body.

Before:

After:

Dusk53 · 12-18-2011, 07:13 PM

Put on my front driveshaft today... I replaced the yokes and added a u joint ds off an 02+ grand cherokee. For some reason I get a vibration/noise whenever I give it gas mainly. Making me thing the ds isn't tightly on there.

I was careful to avoid crushing the crush sleeve and tightened the yoke to the same place plus 1/6 of a turn (with red loctite). I didn't replace the nut or crush sleeve, could this be an issue? I'm sure the noise doesn't occur with the ds off.

patrick983 · 12-18-2011, 08:17 PM

probably the angle on the driveshaft, at the axle end. probably going to need to rotate the front axle up so the yoke points toward the t-case, which will require adj upper arms. if its real minor, u could try shortening the lowers for tge same effect.

Dusk53 · 12-18-2011, 08:59 PM

I'll post pictures of the angles tomorrow... Sound is definitely from the axle end, and it's not because it's loose (I just got some new bolts and put them on). I'm just praying i'm not hearing my gears whining from pinion preload being crushed. I'm going to do a front differential fluid change tomorrow to verify integrity of the gears and such.

Edit: If everything looks okay inside the differential tomorrow i'm going to shorten the lca's all the way down.

Dusk53 · 12-18-2011, 09:28 PM

I'm pretty sure I don't have the axle yoke down tight enough... I think thats what the noise is.

Edit: I'm an idiot, this was the culprit

Dusk53 · 12-28-2011, 02:06 AM

Bit of an update, ordered a few parts / got some stuff done!

Ordered:
-A arm bushings
-Rear ball joint
-Rock Krawler a arm spacer

Changed transfer case fluid (still didn't check for that leak above the shafts as described on the first page), changed front differential fluid, changed the air filter, and been wrenching on my buddy's xj a lot.

Here are recent pictures of my wj (didn't even bother resizing, still using a damn phone):

Lol @ no bumpstops. I feel like I need to avoid flexing this hard.

And here's the XJ:

So far we have put a BB, 20% tint, homebrew disco's, and cut the front bumper (he's running a 31x10.50) I'll see if I can get a link to his build thread / get him to chime in on this thread.

Dusk53 · 12-28-2011, 02:12 AM

Oh, and another quick update with some terrible quality photos (I really need to get a camera)

Of course I blew my drive shaft up the first day I had it on! (Got stuck terribly, front u joint was ripped off straps, and the cv joint or whatever in the double cardan blew up too) Managed to get some tree rash too.

Excuse the photos;

Oh yeah! Patrick983, idk if you'll read this but where are you at in charleston? I'm actually on john's island, surprised the jeep made the 300 mile trip down here!