Biggoofy's 96 ZJ build! ** HP44 and 9" swap **

[CrawlerReady]

Thanks man now I just need to do the other side lol

Who you FINNA try?!

[biggoofy]

LOL you, me, and greg all need to finish now.

[biggoofy]

Still need to cap it and make the 2x2 kickers but here is how it looks with the doors back on.

[ajmorell]

That extra couple of inches makes more of a difference than you could imagine, it's incredible.

I can't be the only one who interpreted that the wrong way.....

[AgitatedPancake]

I can't be the only one who interpreted that the wrong way.....

L M F A O wow...just wow. *sigh*

That looks great though man!

[biggoofy]

Thanks man.

[cowboy63b]

It's a big steaming pile of jeep goodness, looks great man.

[Jeeptech01]

Came out really nice man! Im gonna have to hop on the bandwagon and do mine asap.

And you have a pm

[biggoofy]

My sexy woman turnin wrenches


SNOW!!!!

[biggoofy]

IRO OTK Steering

[cowboy63b]

bad choice of jackstands, but good thing the woman likes to work on your pile too.

[biggoofy]

installed the IRO OTK today and man is this stuff beefy and its rides and steers nice and tight again!





Please note these were taken prior to final tightening and adding of the second nut on each bolt during the locktite process.

[bshows73]

Is the kit installed correctly? It is odd to me that they would make a kit with the Tie rod heims out of Phase.

[biggoofy]

From what i read yes but I could be wrong so anyone on here feel free to chime in.

It drives fine as is but i would like to fix it if its in there wrong

[FortCollinsZJ]

Your bolts are upside down.

[cache96]

Bolts are on right... atleast that is how the instructions say to install them.

[FortCollinsZJ]

Mil spec> IRO.

[CrawlerReady]

^ This.


Also, wouldn't the drag link be better to bolt to the top of the knuckle and the tie-rod flipped around and bolted to the bottom? Then the heims wouldn't be out of phase.....

[FortCollinsZJ]

This guy did it that way.

http://www.mallcrawlin.com/forum/sho...7&postcount=49

[IndyZJ]

^ This.


Also, wouldn't the drag link be better to bolt to the top of the knuckle and the tie-rod flipped around and bolted to the bottom? Then the heims wouldn't be out of phase.....

Then you would have to raise the axle-side track bar mount, defeating the "bolt-on" setup. edit: Or run a dropped track bar mount at the frame/ flatter pitman arm/ put the drag link on top of the pitman arm (all potentially creating other issues). But yeah, it would be better, just like fewer/no bends would be better.

The bends make everything look funky. The bent tie rod is rotated forward and down, which is pulling the heims out of phase. Loosen the jam nuts, rotate the tie rod up and back, and tighten them back down. That will put everything where it "should" be after the misalignment in the heims is taken up.

[bshows73]

Your bolts are upside down.

Neil good Job this sounds like a Chad comment LOL.

[cache96]

The bends make everything look funky. The bent tie rod is rotated forward and down, which is pulling the heims out of phase. Loosen the jam nuts, rotate the tie rod up and back, and tighten them back down. That will put everything where it "should" be after the misalignment in the heims is taken up.

This^^^^


The bend on the tie rod must be facing forward, that is why the heims do not sit right.

Here is a pic.

[biggoofy]

Ok sounds like ill give rotating it a shot after I get off work thanks for all the info guys.

[FortCollinsZJ]

Neil good Job this sounds like a Chad comment LOL.

Thanks. I appreciate the comparison.

[biggoofy]

Well I have a wheeling trip this weekend so I finally decided to wire up my cb.