97 ZJ Garage to Trail Project

[dieseldoc]

Nice to here you got it running.
Amazing the difference from the awd to the 2wd.
When you do the sye do the 2wd-lo mod.

For your skidplates come see me.
Can build what you need.

Rear diff do you have the D44 ?
If so there is a good upgrade for the diff and gears.
It adds 44% to the strength of the D44.
JANA K4 it's a bit of work to set up, would have been half the time If they would have included the right spacer and shimms.
Any how this will stuff the JK gig pinion gears into the older D44.
Rather slick set really.
I will post pictures of mine....

The steering looks good, granted the Trac bar and drag link are not quite the same angles close,but not quite the same.
This could be some issue with bump steer.
But it a good set up.
Big and strong.

Look forward to see it at the anversery run.

[Danimal]

Drove the jeep around all weekend, and could not be happier!

Here are some final pics until next time that I am ambitious enough to start tearing things apart.

[Danimal]

dieseldoc previously posted:

[Danimal]

I think that I might get the Addco 688 rear sway bar, and some swaybar disconnects for the rear at some point this summer. I definitely have tail wag, and the front has the upgraded 1" sway bar with sway bar disconnects. The front feels great, the rear feels squishy and will roll pretty easily with the skinny little sway bar that is on there.

[dieseldoc]

Think higher weight springs for the rear.
Mine was a tippy dancing goofy ride tell I put the heavy duty springs in.
The jeep is tighter now for sure.
As well once the link arms want in it got very tight.
No front saw bar at all on my TJ.

Nice you got to run it.
You still have a ways to go.

My weekend was rough.....my rear diff install was a mess as the manufacture made a big,mistake.

[Danimal]

dieseldoc previously posted:

[dieseldoc]

Sounds like you are still in the brake in.
500 miles is the normal brake in.

Mine was the manufacture was to provide a solid spacer measuring .450" I got .410"
Shimms should have been .120ish I got .080 the starting point is .100" of shimms to set preload.
So on a 3 day weekend Saturday around 4 in the afternoon I got to make my,own shimms! Sweet.
Let me tell ya I would rather watch titanic with a bunch of hormoninbalanced teenagers than do that agian!