no the housing is not bent. and no ACRO did not set my gears. i would never let them touch anything on my jeep let alone me pay them to touch it.

so this is where my newbness shows. now remember, i am only nineteen and basically learning everything i know by trial and error. the reason the bearings blew was because i torqued them down to the 50 ft lbs of torque specified, but did not back them off a 1/4 of a turn like i was supposed too. i didnt know i was supposed to do this until i researched further. so two rear full float hubs and about 4 bearings later i discovered my issue lol

 

sounds like some fighting words!

awesome you figured it out! congrats

 

i know people who built the rigs for acro and know what the people there are like and from what i have heard and experienced with them i wouldnt let them near anything of mine. JMHO

 

strange. have not heard a bad thing about them. I wheeled with the owner many times and he will give his shirt off his back to help you out. thats just my experience with them. JMHO. but this thread is not about them anyways

glad your axle isnt bent and hope to see you one the trails in the future!

 

Oh and myredxj i know many Machinists so i understand your training and attention to detail, there is even a program at the college i went to; But I am Just wondering, out of curiosity, if you wen through an apprenticeship, trade school or college?[/QUOTE] He didn`t answer the ? yet

 

well to get this back on track i have an update

i got the rear end all squared away once more and took her for a test run. i drove from my house up towards evans creek and went up the Suprise Lake trail. the jeep worked awesome! i discovered i do have a leaky trany line (which i new i needed to replace anyways) and my rear shock mount came a little loose but thats the only issues i had

 

NWFest in the morning then

 

havent posted on here lately so i thought i would. well the jeep has been running good still. everything seems to be working like it should. FINALY! lol power steering is leaking fluid from somewhere though. but no biggie. tomorow i will be taking it on its first trail run since i broke on the last one. will be going to evans with my dad and some other buddies. i will post some pictures and let you guys know how it went when i get back

 

That's an impressive build!! Wish I had the time and money to do this.

 

so went wheelin at evans creek today. was an awesome day for wheelin and the jeep ran awesome! did pretty much every trail with ease. the front end had no problem getting through everything but i think i still might cut it down a few inches. i only got a couple pictures but i will post some more when i get them from my buddy

 

Awesome!!
Great photos.

 

I`m glad it`s running good! Hope to see you at the Poker Run at Evans.

 

Forgive me if this was already touched on, I skimmed through and didnt see any thing about it though. Just to clarify, these are stock wagoneer springs correct?

 

tim, wont be going to the poker run. got plans already

yes they are stock front wagoneer springs

 

how much are you thinking of the cutting the front down? was it just a little to wide?