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04-09-2012, 04:54 AM
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04-09-2012, 05:24 AM
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Morning guys. Productive weekend for me... both front axle u joints and a HD SYE and 1/2 ton double cordon drive shaft with new u joints all around. Thing rides like a dream again. And was finally able to use all of my drop shackles, now I'm closer to 5.5 in the rear. Drive shaft is perfectly centered at 7 so that's what my goal is, we'll see how fast I get there.
04-09-2012, 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by mickey_00xj
Morning guys. Productive weekend for me... both front axle u joints and a HD SYE and 1/2 ton double cordon drive shaft with new u joints all around. Thing rides like a dream again. And was finally able to use all of my drop shackles, now I'm closer to 5.5 in the rear. Drive shaft is perfectly centered at 7 so that's what my goal is, we'll see how fast I get there.
04-09-2012, 06:40 AM
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I drove it anywhere and everywhere yesterday. I was seriously making excuses to go somewhere, I was, and still am, like a kid with his first lifted vehicle again. The lack of vibes or grinding noise or needle bearings popping is amazing, so happy with it all.
04-09-2012, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by mickey_00xj
I drove it anywhere and everywhere yesterday. I was seriously making excuses to go somewhere, I was, and still am, like a kid with his first lifted vehicle again. The lack of vibes or grinding noise or needle bearings popping is amazing, so happy with it all.
04-09-2012, 07:42 AM
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Is that random or did I just miss where it was relevant? I didn't get stuck that many times, for the record, and the last one is because I said I didn't have a good line, but people were telling me to go anyway. And once again, my wheelbase is 119" to your 101" and my MJ is 30" longer. Besides that, I was on a stock, worn-out '88 suspension used for plowing, and my all-season tires are bald.
then dont make it sound like your mj did stuff it didnt (dukie got stuck pulling me out. and i got stuck going around you) and agreed, it is hard to choose your line in mud when you have no tread on your tires.
04-09-2012, 08:02 AM
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04-09-2012, 08:18 AM
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There's no impact from it being angled - the joints are good up to like 30* or something like that. If it really bothers you i can try making a new version with a 90* style rod end to eliminate the offset between the bottom and top.
04-09-2012, 08:19 AM
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04-09-2012, 08:23 AM
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I got lucky and snagged the t case with the HD output and full SYE kit and 1/2 ton double cardin drive shaft for 180. The input splines were 21 on the new case vs 23 on my case so I just took the guts out of it and threw them in mine. Pain doing it in the jeep but well worth it in the end, new found love for this thing again.