hoobness
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RE: Another poopy cj
I just finished the lift install in my rusty 87 YJ. Well, almost Still need to figure out a solution to a few things... Like the stuck rear steel line > flex brake hose. Brake line nut is rounded, probably going to have to repace the whole steel brake line. And the crossmember that suddenly shifted half an inch, when I undid it??? Oh yea one of those bolts that hold on the C.member is shot(spinning) gonna have to cut that one... and run with 5 supports instead of 6. Cant forget I need to drill out the new track bar bracket hole up front to a half an inch. That has proven to be a challenge -went and bought a new drill for this one. And lastly the drop pitman arm. However I cant find a socket big enough to fit - without moving up to a 3/4" drive - but then Ill have a huge socket and 3/4' drive breaker bar that i might use one more time if Im lucky... What a pain in th *$$.
BUT, after getting the rear wheels on and seeing it "just about complete" Man, it looks sweet.
About the lift kit I purchased... YJ 4" Rubicon Express lift.
The front went smoothly, only setbacks were from the jeep (cant get stuff off...etc)
The rear however, took me 20 hours. Yes alot of the time spent was from having to disassemble a jeep driven in New England for 18 years. Even my impact wrench had a hard time. But, just when I was relieved I had started on the reassembly, I found that I had to do some fabricating of the new pieces that were supposed to fit. The centerpins were too fat, had to get out the dremel an take a mm off all the way around each of them, one of the springs seemed to have a slight twist in it, took forever to find that, after fighting it for a while. I ended up figuring a way to force it in to the frame mount Im assuming it will bend its way back eventually after supporting 1/4 of the jeep. And one of the spring eye metal sleeves that the bolt slides through was too long by a visible 1/8". Had to cut the end off.
Anyway, i know Im not paying for a smooth install, Im paying for the quality of the kit off the road.
Ill post pics when its drivable.
I just finished the lift install in my rusty 87 YJ. Well, almost Still need to figure out a solution to a few things... Like the stuck rear steel line > flex brake hose. Brake line nut is rounded, probably going to have to repace the whole steel brake line. And the crossmember that suddenly shifted half an inch, when I undid it??? Oh yea one of those bolts that hold on the C.member is shot(spinning) gonna have to cut that one... and run with 5 supports instead of 6. Cant forget I need to drill out the new track bar bracket hole up front to a half an inch. That has proven to be a challenge -went and bought a new drill for this one. And lastly the drop pitman arm. However I cant find a socket big enough to fit - without moving up to a 3/4" drive - but then Ill have a huge socket and 3/4' drive breaker bar that i might use one more time if Im lucky... What a pain in th *$$.
BUT, after getting the rear wheels on and seeing it "just about complete" Man, it looks sweet.
About the lift kit I purchased... YJ 4" Rubicon Express lift.
The front went smoothly, only setbacks were from the jeep (cant get stuff off...etc)
The rear however, took me 20 hours. Yes alot of the time spent was from having to disassemble a jeep driven in New England for 18 years. Even my impact wrench had a hard time. But, just when I was relieved I had started on the reassembly, I found that I had to do some fabricating of the new pieces that were supposed to fit. The centerpins were too fat, had to get out the dremel an take a mm off all the way around each of them, one of the springs seemed to have a slight twist in it, took forever to find that, after fighting it for a while. I ended up figuring a way to force it in to the frame mount Im assuming it will bend its way back eventually after supporting 1/4 of the jeep. And one of the spring eye metal sleeves that the bolt slides through was too long by a visible 1/8". Had to cut the end off.
Anyway, i know Im not paying for a smooth install, Im paying for the quality of the kit off the road.
Ill post pics when its drivable.
