My lowrider.

**DJJordache** · 06-27-2008, 09:04 AM

those brackets look familiar

and I would have welded the tubes also

**ajmorell** · 06-27-2008, 10:15 AM

Wow, did that TRE just come apart? What did you do to cause that?

**Derek33** · 06-27-2008, 10:18 AM

giving myself an alignment. the jamnut on the tre froze so i couldnt get it out. my guess is the heat i was using on the nut just melted the plastic-ish coating that sits inside the housing around the ball. a good tug at my wrench and it just popped free.

definatly use anti seise(sp) on your jamnuts.

Luckily 1-ton ends are guaranteed for life.

**ajmorell** · 06-27-2008, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by Derek33

giving myself an alignment. the jamnut on the tre froze so i couldnt get it out. my guess is the heat i was using on the nut just melted the plastic-ish coating that sits inside the housing around the ball. a good tug at my wrench and it just popped free.

definatly use anti seise(sp) on your jamnuts.

Luckily 1-ton ends are guaranteed for life.

Shit, I might have to loosen the jambs on mine and hit them with some anti-zeize...I doubt JCR put any on there.

**Derek33** · 06-27-2008, 02:02 PM

my end might have been a lemon.

Ive never had a problem with my drag link jam nuts. my passenger side TRE was a pain but it did break free. This TRE wouldnt break free for the life of me.

even after cleaning the threads of the tie rod, my new TRE has a hard time getting in there. i check the threads over and over and im not crossthreading a single one.

**Derek33** · 06-28-2008, 02:01 PM

Got the 8.8 painted

Everythings ready to get the axle in there. i took everything off the jeep except for the CA's and springs. Im waiting on my buddy who has 6-ton jack stands that are tall enough to hold the jeep up in the air.

**Derek33** · 07-06-2008, 06:47 PM

Got the 8.8 on today.

**grandmaster** · 07-06-2008, 08:32 PM

Was it a pretty easy swap for ya? Do you know what you set your pinion angle at?

**Derek33** · 07-06-2008, 10:15 PM

Swap was really easy. pinion was around 11 or 12 degrees

**grandmaster** · 07-07-2008, 01:59 AM

Ok, thanks, im trying to get a number that i can work with. I'm at 3.5-4 inches of lift right now, but i want to get to about 7-8 max. I am doing my swap hopefully this week or next week, and i want the axle to be able to work when i get my lift done without having to reset the pinion angle, even though it will be slightly adjustable with my control arms.

**Derek33** · 07-17-2008, 03:40 PM

no more angled out wheels thanks to new ball joints.

replaced squeaky ujoint

explorer rear sway bar with f250 end links

**Casey L** · 07-20-2008, 05:46 PM

Looking good man. That green brakeclean sucks. I tried it and I hated it. The red stuff is much better.

**Derek33** · 08-17-2008, 06:59 PM

Nothing special.

My center console would always creak and rattle... so i decided to make a new one.

**Derek33** · 09-18-2008, 10:34 PM

shitty cell phone pics.

Carpeted the center console.

and put on a sweet ass sticker

**Derek33** · 11-09-2008, 01:41 PM

Came home from school for the weekend.

Got some better pics of the previous post and got to assemble my end links too.

All i have left is to grind off the head of the bolt and drill a hole for a lynch pin.

Center console and dash mounted cb

Crawlerready!

**Derek33** · 03-13-2009, 06:52 PM

Bought 12ft of 2x5 3/16 steel today. Tomorrow morning will be the commencement of a front bumper build.

**Derek33** · 03-15-2009, 07:24 PM

Shitty cell pics.

Got the brackets in there, about to get notched.

notched the brackets and got the center section tacked.

Gettin the corner pieces welded on.

Almost there

Got the last pieces on and griding down some welds

pulled the bumper and got started burning on the pieces.

**zj95maxx** · 03-15-2009, 07:50 PM

sweeet, more pics!

**blackzj52** · 03-19-2009, 04:35 PM

what max said. from what i could see it looked pretty good

also, how do you like that rear explorer bar in the back?
whenever i go with an 8.8 i might try that idea out

**jborushko** · 03-19-2009, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by Derek33

ha ha ha that awesome how you re-used the stock arm rest

oh and i dig the hole shift area

**Derek33** · 03-20-2009, 01:10 AM

The explorer bar is great. Provides a very stable without limiting too much flex. I may make disconnects for the rear, even though i hear people say its bad to have no rear bar offroad.

Bumper should be finished tomorrow. Ill take the time to use an actual camera for the finished pics.

**Jeeperoni91** · 03-20-2009, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by Derek33

even though i hear people say its bad to have no rear bar offroad.

i dont have a rear bar on or off road...and its fine

**Derek33** · 03-20-2009, 11:15 PM

Only pic I took today.

**zj95maxx** · 03-20-2009, 11:18 PM

do i spy a skull?

**blackzj52** · 04-02-2009, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by Derek33

The explorer bar is great. Provides a very stable without limiting too much flex. I may make disconnects for the rear, even though i hear people say its bad to have no rear bar offroad.

good stuff.
you said you used 250 end links, but what bracket did you use or weld on to the stock sway bar mounting location?

also, where did you get that cb antenna? iv been looking for one about that height
any links?

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