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03-12-2010, 09:21 AM
sure hope so. if not, i went broke for nothing!
03-12-2010, 10:55 AM
Do work son!
I need to do the ZJ bottle thing hella bad. I've been rockin no windshield fluid for years. Sucks!
03-12-2010, 12:08 PM
Never bothered me. I usually take it out to make room for other stuff. In my current case tires.
03-13-2010, 02:32 AM
ya i havent had wipers for over a year now and i finally gave in (we happened to be at picknpull at the time) its ghetto fabbed in there but it works for now
03-13-2010, 11:08 AM
Dust buildup in the summer and deicer buildup snow wheelin are a pain in the ass. I've gone as far as thinking about bringing a squirt bottle...but it never got past the thinking stage lol
03-13-2010, 11:55 AM
Originally Posted by Arsonist_Bob
ill be honest with you.. i have something like you are looking at doing... 60 and 14 with 37s and a ton of weight... i also have ran brake lines to cutting brakes so i have some more brake line strung out... but i have been going 60mph down the road and had to hit the brakes hard.. and im very pleased with the stock master cyl.
just my 2cents... i would run it with the stock one make sure you bleed the lines good and i think you should have no worries out of them..
by the way this will be a awesome project good luck.. ill be watching
(to make it less like a jeep)
03-13-2010, 01:25 PM
great thanks, i was still waiting for a reply on that. that saves me a few bucks and some time. ill just have to pick up a new booster because the diaphragm is leaking when i push hard.
ill be pullin the 14 bolt in today for cleaning process. pictures at the end of today or tomorrow
03-13-2010, 07:59 PM
I'm liking the dub. I'm a sucker for black ZJs and WJs. Sounds like you've got an awesome plan.
03-14-2010, 12:26 AM
well i didnt get much done today because i got stuck on some other projects. im going in to the shop alone tomorrow to hopefully get some good work done. pics will follow
03-14-2010, 12:30 AM
Nice man. I passed AA Fab for the first time today headin up to Kirkwood for the day, nice to know where it is!
Oh and BTW Kirkwood is fawkin fantastical. First time i've ever been there
03-14-2010, 11:08 PM
sweet! i knew that sign would work right there. ya cant miss it! and kirkwood is a great place to board. careful though, lots of people crash on 88. stop by any time theres rigs out in front of the shop
03-14-2010, 11:22 PM
todays progress
cleaned up both sets of hubs and painted. bolted the hubs to the excursion discs and it fits quite nicely, however there is a small air gap due to the curves in the casting created by the holes for the lug studs. shouldnt effect the ebrake too much? its small enough that it will keep even most small rocks out..
began cleaning up the 14b. big ugly drums are gone(those things are great boat anchors) cut the shock brackets off. waiting to get the plasma cutter operational to cut the leaf perches and old backing plate bracket. and started to wirewheel the housing
03-15-2010, 08:43 AM
Picture of said air gap?
03-16-2010, 01:36 AM
eh, dont think its worth the hassle. i was told today that it would be ok
03-16-2010, 03:27 PM
10-4
03-18-2010, 11:19 PM
37" KM2s have been shipped. and i have to go pick up rear gears, front carrier and bearing/seal kits for both on monday i believe
03-21-2010, 01:11 AM
Had a bit of time at the end of the day today to get some work in. I tell ya what, the perches and caliper supports are a bitch to cut and grind off.
I have some concerns though. i know the wms on a wj is 63.5 and my 14b is 62.5 and my waggy 44 i assume is only 60.5 unless the 8 lug hubs space it more? i havent been able to completely set up the front end yet so i cant check. my wheels are 17x8 soft eights with 3.75 BS. I imagine ill have to get spacers for the front and possibly the rear too. thoughts?
Second ordeal. what is the spring perch width in the rear? i'm thinking ill have to inboard my springs to clear the rotor/caliper. once again, thoughts?
Last edited by Arsonist_Bob; 03-21-2010 at 01:16 AM.
03-21-2010, 02:11 AM
Damn man that kinda sucks about the widths. I would seriously consider another front housing before commiting to this one if I were you (ford HP recommended, 66" wide IIRC?). I'm 64.5" wide in the front (1981 fullsize cherokee)and 65.5" or whatever 9" are in the back, and I would not want to be any narrower then that.
I'm running 15x8 3.75BS so our wheel measurements are the same. I don't have near the turning radius of stock YET because my high steer arms aren't set up properly and the tire still gets way inside the wheel wells near the frame rails at lock. Once I fix the steering for the added degrees of turn I might actually have to worry about it.
Also, I ran 1.5" wheel spacers on this axle with 4" BS 7" wide rims and all I can say is scrub radius SUCKS. I now consider front wheel spacers a bandaid in all situations, it throws off the scrub radius so bad it's a bitch to turn unless your rolling. The tire literally drags instead of pivots.
*EDIT* Heres a pic of my truck with the 64.5" axle, 15x8 3.75" BS rims and 36" Iroks
03-21-2010, 10:02 AM
Damn that sucks about the widths. I agree with AP on the front axle. It would suck to spend all that time and money on an axle that you wont be happy with in the end.
Damn agitated I never thought about that with the spacers but it makes sense.
03-21-2010, 11:36 AM
Yeah I was running 1.5" wheel spacers with 4" BS wheels so the wheel had a simulated 2.5" backspacing, no fun!
03-21-2010, 11:52 AM
so i guess spacers in the rear will be fine for now..but thats going to leave that rotor sitting there just askin for it. we have an hp44 at the shop...but with those big ugly cast radius arm mounts
03-21-2010, 12:09 PM
My guess is your rear rotors will still be pretty save. You'll have to find out on assembly though.
The cast sucks, damn. Hard to get the bets of all worlds eh? The radius arms are cheap to build if you wanna run the cast haha!
03-21-2010, 12:31 PM
i was also just informed that my axle may actually be a wide track? i guess ill have to bolt it all together to really find out. also the 8 lug outers are supposed to add 1 1/2 to 2 inch gain. however that is pretty much like throwin spacers in anyways as the scrub radius is still based off the pivot point (the C's)
ive got my self secong guessing everything now...damnit
03-21-2010, 12:38 PM
Measure from the top of one balljoint across to the other. I'll tell ya how close it is to mine just for reference!
And don't get me wrong about wheel spacers. They were definately bearable, but NOT ideal and I wouldn't run them again if I had any way to avoid them.
03-21-2010, 12:39 PM
We've all been there. Dont take yourself out of the game mentally. Wait till you preassemble everything and go from there. You may be worrying for nothing.
ed: Or just ask ap see above LOL
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