What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

[Downs]

Went wheeling on a trail near home, since it was raining lightly. Weird to get a storm in July in socal, but loving it.
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I miss wheeling and camping in socal.

 

[MazeVX]

Finished and installed my diy floorplate, drawers and fridge slide will have to wait until next week.

 

[Ocean_Ranger]

The T4R got a pair of Eibach load levelers. I no longer have a lean. I am impressed as I can adjust them if i add weight in the rear.

 

[AT4OB]

Explore a new part of the Green Mountains national forest and found a nice spot to camp

 

[D4R4x4]

Got my roof rack installed. Turned out great. LFD Off-road. It is a well made, solid rack.

 

[Onenonlychance]

Almost done!!

 

[Onenonlychance]

Built by us!!

 

[MazeVX]

Finished the system for the trunk with drawers and fridge slide today.
The right drawer got some hooks to strap down boxes after the picture was taken.

 

[peeeeetey]

Been a lot going on. lots of wiring and no finished product yet. Was trying to get things done before Expo east but plans changed, Family stuff but gives me some breathing room.

 

[roots66]

Discovered the CB antenna does not fit under a Sonic drive-in parking cover.

 

[Boucher]

I took Old Faithful on a day trip of mixed trails and about 250 miles of total travel

 

[Ocean_Ranger]

I swapped TPMS from one set of rims to another. A BeadBuster XB-455 made this super easy. After breaking and re-seating the beads on 8 tires I am feeling much more confident for tire repairs on the trail.

 

[roots66]

Brought a new bedroom set home. Oh, the fun I have.

 

[JimBill]

A little test day for the WJ at Hollister Hills park. Lost a spring on a trail twice, so still a bit of tuning to do. Not too shabby for a short arm suspension.

 

[Sparksalot]

Not my rig per se, but my teardrop.

Like most vehicle projects, it’s never just a simple matter to swap something.

I only wanted some tougher tires. But no, the smallest 14” all terrain tire is 27”. The ones I had that keep getting rock cuts, were just under 25”. Eh, no biggie, I actually had clearance under the fender.

but not the lip.

I could have done some spacers to slide it out a bit. A friend @2WheelRob mentioned blocks at the spring perches to lift. Yeahbut, the axle was on top. It’s also crowned so no flipping it like I originally intended. But I started looking anyway.
Viola, Dexter makes an accessory to do the under-over conversion. It’s bolt in, but recommended to tack weld it after installation.

Before. That’s only the spring perch with the notch.

And after.

Before and after, with the frame level in both. The new tires give an inch of lift. The axle flip gives 4“.

 

[2WheelRob]

Not my rig per se, but my teardrop.

Like most vehicle projects, it’s never just a simple matter to swap something.

I only wanted some tougher tires. But no, the smallest 14” all terrain tire is 27”. The ones I had that keep getting rock cuts, were just under 25”. Eh, no biggie, I actually had clearance under the fender.

but not the lip.

I could have done some spacers to slide it out a bit. A friend @2WheelRob mentioned blocks at the spring perches to lift. Yeahbut, the axle was on top. It’s also crowned so no flipping it like I originally intended. But I started looking anyway.
Viola, Dexter makes an accessory to do the under-over conversion. It’s bolt in, but recommended to tack weld it after installation.

Before. That’s only the spring perch with the notch.

And after.

Before and after, with the frame level in both. The new tires give an inch of lift. The axle flip gives 4“.

Looks awesome Rex!!

 

[Downs]

Did the ball joints and U-joints on the YJ's front axle. Was a 2 part project due to finding the u-joints absolutely trashed when I went to do the ball joints and I only had one spare 760X ujoint on the shelf. When I completed the job yesterday I found out I must have not been paying attention to when I clicked "buy now" and wound up with a "RABROPAR U-JONIT MADE IN CHINA". Note: I didn't misspell U-JOINT they did on their package haha.

My AMAZON review of said joint

I bought one of these by accident, because I wasn't paying attention when I hit buy it now and thought I was buying a SPICER brand 760X Life sealed joint. Due to time constraints, sending it back wasn't an option. I put this in the passenger side of a Dana 30 axle in a YJ. I'm going to run it till failure

The journal cross is though drilled. This isn't a huge deal, but the OEM style Spicer Life sealed joints use a solid cross. There are no thrust washers like in an OEM Spicer joint. I'm dubious the seals are as good as a SPICER joint, but have no way to prove that.

Besides that, if you buy these joints, you're going to need to take them apart and put some more grease in them. Only 2 of the caps had any grease in them at all and the journal cross had 2 dabs of grease. The grease looked to be about the same consistency as Vaseline. I repacked the caps and cross with LUCAS Marine grease that I use on most everything else. Hopefully this will prevent a premature failure.

It should be noted that the position this joint is in will not see a lot of use. The YJ has a vacuum disconnect so while that joint will spin it won't be seeing much of any load during normal use.

 

[Downs]

A little test day for the WJ at Hollister Hills park. Lost a spring on a trail twice, so still a bit of tuning to do. Not too shabby for a short arm suspension.

Limit strap. Or an XJ style bump stop that goes through the center of the spring.

 

[JimBill]

Limit strap. Or an XJ style bump stop that goes through the center of the spring.

Front has bar pin eliminators, which may be all the difference by adding 3/4 inch to length of shock. I was getting cute and added them, but don't really need them with these long shocks. Will remove and retest. If still an issue then yes, spring retention scheme required and parts are readily available for a XJ inspired set up. Not thrilled about limit straps for this vehicle, just more stuff dangling around. That would be my last option, and likely show up if I ever go long arm on the front- if I do I might as well go higher in lift, and this dial in process all starts over lol.

 

[roots66]

Reorganized the gear. Got a couple of the Plano tactical ammo boxes and used one for everything general repair, the other for everything tire repair & air up/down related. Used the Dewalt canvas bag for recovery stuff.