92 yj rebuild

[redneck23ms]

i bought this yj in april of 2012. it had 2.5" suspension lift, 1" body lift, sye, hardtop and hard doors and pretty new 33"km2's. over the course of 2012 i added a front locker and a posi-lock and some prp suspension seats and wheeled it up until oct when i was rear ended on the interstate and totaled the jeep. well i only had liaility and the guy that hit me had no insurance so i set forth to rebuild it out of my own pocket.
before the wreck.

after the wreck



picked up this for a donor

[redneck23ms]

got the body swapped and painted

one of the rear leafs was bent from the wreck so i picked up a pair of waggy main leafs and used them to stretch the rear out 2.5" and had to do a bit of trimming


then i picked up this roll cage used and painted it and swapped it in.



cut down my sound bar that was broken from the wreck to work with the new cage

[redneck23ms]

that gets me to the point where i am now. a month or so back i picked up 2 pair of dana44s and 9". sold one pair and have been collecting parts to build the other set. so far i have picked up 5.13,5.14 gears for the axles, install kits for both, a set of ctm u-joints for the front axle and a detroit for the rear. still searching for a front locker. also picked up all of the parts to swap the axles in including spring perches, u-bolts and plates, hiem joint steering setup, pinion guard for the 9", chromo shafts for the front, waiting on a solid diff cover to be shipped for the front, a set of wheels to match the new bolt pattern, a warn gas tank skid that i will have to notch to clear the rear diff due to the stretch and some bushings to tie the cage to the frame. and probably some other stuff that i have forgotten.







took several cutoff wheels and wire wheels to get the axles cleaned up




that pretty much puts me where i am today. i'm painting the axles and associated parts today and hope to get the gears installed next weekend and maybe even get the axles swapped in.

[dscowell]

That cage is a flippin beast! You have done some good work!

[redneck23ms]

got both axles cleaned up and painted and pretty much all of the other parts painted except the rear axle shafts. also painted the wheels on one side. going to do the other side tomorrow. the axle housings, rear third member and wheels are rustoleum hammered black which is really more of a grey color. rear brake backing plates and drums are painted with high heat black paint. and can see the front caliper brackets and knuckles are neon green. the steering will also be the neon green once it is installed.

[Popsgarage]

redneck23ms previously posted:

[redneck23ms]

we got the gears/lockers installed yesterday. took quite a bit longer than i expected so didn't get anything else done. may go tomorrow and finish assembling the axles. if not it will be next weekend before i get any more work done on it.

[redneck23ms]

got the axles assembled friday. hoping to get them installed this coming saturday.

[xaza]

Getting closer, I know you are excited

[Mr6dwg]

All I can say, is nice work! I wish I had your knowledge. Getting that all back together and putting it on the road must be a nice feeling of great accomplishment.

[redneck23ms]

didn't get to install the axles this weekend. but i did get my winch installed that i got for a birthday prize. went back to barnes4wd for the winch plate. install was pretty easy other than my inability to drill holes in the proper place and i had to notch the winch plate for my tow hooks . and then today i replaced a broken leaf spring center pin bolt. pretty sure its been broken for a couple weeks. just never got around to fooling with it since i was planning to have the axles out this weekend i was going to fix it then. anyways that is all. going wheeling tomorrow.

[Jim]

Progress!

Enjoy wheeling tomorrow...

[Popsgarage]

Have fun.

[redneck23ms]

the new axles are in. the front ended up being offset to the passenger side a little as i didn't want to cut into the housing any or cut out the perch and weld it to the cast center section but it will be fine. still have to do some painting and figure out what i'm doing with the parking brakes. will need to put in some shock hoops and new shocks in the front and new shocks in the rear as well some time in the future. pics aren't the greatest but here goes.

[Popsgarage]

redneck23ms previously posted:

[redneck23ms]

yeah i have seen those 100 times but didn't even think about it at the time. for now its going to stay offset. may do that later and fix it

[Popsgarage]

Did it with my spring over 30 under the wife's "94 S-10 Blazer and it was super simple. And the three pin locations he places in the perch means you can fine tune the location of the axle. Forward 1", factory, or back 1".

[redneck23ms]

yeah the perches i used are from barnes 4wd and they have 3 holes as well

[Popsgarage]

Lookin' good, by the way. You've brought it a long way from when it was laying sideways on the highway.

[JAB]

love the jeep, I have a 92 as well, do you happen to have any extra parts left such as a replacement axel for my d 35 or any kind of lockers for the front d30?