Recent content by FishFam JKU

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    Tough Trail Day and Fender Recommendations?

    Rough day indeed. I was going to throw out I love my Poison Spyder fenders. Wasn’t aware they discontinued them. Evo makes near identical sets. I’ve seen enough of the Patagonias failing in the rocks to steer clear. Mud, sand & snow they sound like they are good. But rocks always seem to bring...
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    Rough Country Ball Joints

    It’s true the upper joint has play in most cases. I don’t believe the upper joint is designed to hold an axial load but instead just keep the rotation. Here is a good cut away representation from Synergy. I run Teraflex and have a similar design.
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    Back Up Camera

    A how to guide and feedback thread: https://wranglerjkforum.net/threads/how-to-install-a-smart-mirror-in-your-jk-wrangler.30739/ To keep the install clean I would suggest buying the power kit to wire it directly to fuse box. And on a 4door JK routing the rear camera is tight. I literally had...
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    Back Up Camera

    Just for consideration, a dashcam with a reverse camera. My Wolfbox is great. I have zero visibility out the back window otherwise. The camera has good quality and wide view. Hookup is easy.
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    What did you do to your JK today?

    Some new shocks. Hope to smooth things out on/off road. Rears aren’t in their final spot but didn’t like the fender mounts supplied. Tucked them up and under for now.
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    Bass Lake Snow Day

    Looks like some fun. Short on snow still I see.
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    Bad rear control arms?

    @Ryandou I had to pull the control arms before I could tell how bad it was. Under acceleration the axle would roll forward and rub the control arm sleeve. So much so it deformed the metal control arm sleeve. A harbor freight ball joint press and some time they come loose.
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    Bad rear control arms?

    When I replaced the control arm bushings in the rear they were so bad I had metal on metal toward the back of the lower bracket. It gave me a bit of drift when braking. Chased it for months.
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    Big bore steering and track bar interference

    Pick of my Synergy bar and brace (no drop bracket) to show it. I don’t run a BigBore so it’s not a 1:1 comparison. They don’t have a drop but rather a bend for the differential. And I feel you on the drop bracket, those don’t tend to end well, especially with the added forces from the PSC...
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    Big bore steering and track bar interference

    I’ll snag a pick of my Synergy bar to show it. I don’t run a BigBore so it’s not a 1:1 comparison. And I feel you on the drop bracket, those don’t tend to end well, especially with the added forces from the PSC. Just asked my bro who runs a PSC on his 15JK. He runs a Metalcloak trackbar and has...
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    Big bore steering and track bar interference

    If that’s at full bump I would say you’re in good shape. Well as long as you’re not out rallying the JK. I personally have not seen a drop bar for a JK track bar. Seen it on other rigs so if you are rubbing might be a custom bit of bent DOM and Heim joints.
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    Parie City SVOP

    Hah. Last time I was at Prairie City was in my Rodeo :) Man its been15-20yrs. I know all the OHVs have been getting some facelifts. Maybe time to get my daughter (13) some 4Lo seat time for fun, Hollister or Prairie City. Nice pics @Danarch.
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    Control arm spacer solution

    Wow. Looks like the bushing walked itself out of the sleeve. I’ve seen small amounts of that but never to that extreme. Two solutions. Replace the bushings or whole arms with new bushings. I went the route of replacing the bushings to save a bit of $. Was it worth it, ehh, maybe. Went with...
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    Sleeping with air mattress in a JKU?

    I’ve done a couple trips in the back of the Jeep with an air mattress. First try was with a typical camping pad, 2” thick. It sucked. Your concern with a flat surface is legit. I made the move to a thicker (8”) inflatable mattress for the next try. I bought the cheep dual zone and it worked...
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    Need a new battery for my JK Wrangler

    Standard. I also run these terminals from Quadratec for the accessories.