xj_maniac_newb

x2. I would go for medium if i were you, or light. makes fer da flecks bettr. And if you call them dont expect them to exactly know what they're talking about.. They tried to tell my dad he needed the light duty springs in the front of his taco because it was a 4 banger.. even tho he just got an ARB and winch put on the front. The difference in the v6 and L4 in his model is less than 100 lbs..

McCaffrey

One person in our group has an XJ with 40's, D60/14Bolt axles, full hydro steering, etc. Obviously he trailers it. My question is, what is reasonably largest tires for a street driven XJ with full size axles? Non-hydro steering since that's not street legal. And by driven on the street I mean just getting to the trail and back, not DD. I see some guys with JKs that easily run 40's on their DD.

xj_maniac_newb

As long as its street legal (tagged and insured) then any size tire should really be fine as long as you can maintain proper speed. Theres plenty of people around here that'll drive trucks with 44" boggers an hour to the mud pit.

If you're getting sticks tho.. dont drive them on the road if you want them to last.

94XjSport94

Yeah... I might go light duty for flecks. Damnit!!!

denbjornen

Ok, I followed you guys' suggestions and I put my TC in 4low before trying to loosen my front yoke bolt. Even in 4low, however, the yoke is slipping when I try to loosen the bolt. Now, I can rotate the yoke, semi-freely, with little to no pressure. It seems like some heavy damage has been done to my TC, no? Looking past the oil pump on the rear half of the TC, I can see the chain and gear rotating around the output shaft when I try to turn the front yoke. Not sure what to do now. This SYE kit, like everything with the jeep, has been a painful process. Any suggestions?

denbjornen

I think I found the source of my problem... Ok, I already know that this isn't good... (pictures)



But what about the play in the video?? Is this normal?

my89xj

I'd say its stretched, but idk

CA-XJ

Take off the TC chain and hold it level in the air. If the chain flexes downward quite a bit, it's stretched and should be replaced.

brdavis9

After getting the old passenger side leaf off, and placing it side-by-side with the new "upcountry" leaf (which is pretty much advertised as HD, but is the same ID number as the original Upcountry part ...and which is supposed to be 1 inch over stock height), I see:

...the new one is (at least) 1 inch taller.

Which was no surprise, really.

But what was a surprise to me - being totally ignorant on the whole subject, but definitely learning as I go along here (another thing I also learned was that it is VERY VERY difficult to take a bolt off when some ****** put said bolt on with Loctite or something: yeah, VERY difficult ...gawd, even with my 250 lb neighbor's help holding the bolt using an 18 inch breaker bar, and me using a 25 inch breaker bar, it took everything I had to get the effing thing off ...and even then, we struggled for maybe 30 minutes plus with the damn bloody thing: jeezus) - was that the unloaded old leafs went back to pretty much their stock height?

Is that, really, what I was seeing? - The old ones pretty much go back to their original height, even though they are totally worn out under load (mine were slightly inverted btw)?

Eagle564

I would assume that they still hold enough spring force to move themselves back into their original shape and form. But ofcourse under the load of a 3000lb vehicle they will sag again like before. Theyre just alot weaker now but they still contain alot of strength.

bhennessee1

Those bolts are always a pain. I worked on mine for hours.

McCaffrey

That's where the handle from your hi-lift comes in. I've used it way more as a breaker bar than an actually jack handle.

aaron99xj

I have a 99 xj Sport with a 4.5" rough country lift new ball joints and tie rod ends and 265 70 17 nitto trail grapplers but it still has the stock steering stabilizer and it has some wobble in it when driving down the highway I was wondering if I should upgrade to the rough country 2.2 or a dual stabilizer set up or if you know of a better stabilizer for this rig

El Mamito USMC

let me know guys...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190733673517...84.m1423.l2649

Eagle564

Hm id say its good. I was looking to get a zone lift and i never hear anything bad about them. Thats quite a bit cheaper than it is buying straight from Zone too. Your choice really.