fritzthekatt

bookmarked

Looks like a very sweet axle build. Looking forward to reading through it.

flexin91xj

Should be finishing the axle this week! WOO-HOO!!!
Received my Tom Woods custom rear drive shaft and Iron Rock Off Road lower and upper adjustable control arms. Also my Clayton track-bar drop bracket came in as well.
Will have pics up shortly.

flexin91xj

The axle is pretty much done! Still gotta setup the steering, but that shouldn't take long.

flexin91xj

More pics.

flexin91xj

Home Sweet Home!
Just got the axle home. Had to take the beast out all by myself! That sucker's heavy!
It's finally above 15 degrees here in Denver, so I'm gonna try to get the axle installed this weekend if the weather stays nice.

PingPong

I want sone details on that chaos with the atlas in it in the back ground...


I too have to work by myself the majority of the time. Moving dollies and an engine lift are your friends.

Had to unload a front 60 and 14ff by myself more then once...also a rig with no axles a couple of times.

Atmos

dang that is one sweet axle. also is that the beginning stages of a steering 14 bolt I spy??

flexin91xj

THANKS!!!
Yeah they do a lot of cool stuff with the 14 bolt.(as seen on extreme 4x4 this past weekend) Google search "crane rockstar 60" it's a sick axle.
The owner of crane hi clearance and crawlertech 4x4 has been in the game for a long time and his work and innovation is way ahead of the curve.

I dont know much about the buggy in the background other than it's one of the fabricators of the shop(John) and its got an LS motor, auto tranny, and the atlas t-case. I also believe it's a one-seater

flexin91xj

Finally got the axle under my Jeep on jack stands. This would go a lot faster if I could bribe one of my friends to come help LOL!
Does anyone know the best way to go about installing this thing? Should I do the lower or upper control arms first? Or does it not matter? I know the track-bar goes in last and I need to put the coils in before I install the control arms. I've installed another dana 30 before this one and it took me forever to get everything back together by myself. I'm hoping the new adjustable control arms will make it easier.

Barrelmaker

Uppers first, coils, use a floor jack to rotate pinion to align lower bolts?

dukie564

x2 and a rachet strap

BlacknBlue

Awesome build! Much more ambitious than me. I would buy a crate axle from Dana and call it a day.

Lowrange2

and you'd still have weak junk.

flexin91xj

Got all the control arms and coils in today. Got 'em hooked up in about 20 minutes thanks to a friend of mine who has done a ton of XJ front axle swaps. Did the uppers first. Then the lowers and then wedged in the coils very easily. Don't think it would have gone so fast if I was using stock or non adjustable control arms. They're "Iron Rock Off Road" brand adjustable control arms. They use stock rubber bushings and they were dirt cheap and the quality is very good. Will be going long arms very soon and didn't want to spend a lot of money for something I would barely use. I found a control arm length chart on here and set them about 17 inches from eye to eye for 6 inches of lift. Here's the link https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f5/con...ths-lift-6634/
Will be hooking up the brake lines next.

dukie564

Damn that's sexy. I approve.