Recent content by Willys14jk

Took her for her first drive. It feels different for sure but very planted and solid going down the road. Barely got the jeep out the door because of the soft top bow but what can you do. Front driveshaft shows up monday as well as the powertank and pneumatic switches to run the lockers. I’m...

The JK can survive on 38-39’s decently and I’ve seen 40’s but the weak link for me is the set 10 bearings that are in the rear axle. There is a company that makes a full float kit for the rear which shores up the last weak link but I didn’t know about that until I’d already started the swap...

Finally got a chance to get the axles swapped out and some new wheels and tires for the new bolt pattern. She’s sitting in her own weight with a set of fresh 40” mickey thompson baja boss DOT’s on dirty life mesa beadlocks. Just need to bleed the brakes, swap out the front driveshaft, and route...

I run redline MTL and its worked great so far. Only been 1 winter but its been solid.

Nvm I just looked it up. I’m going with a line lock for a parking brake setup since I’ve had so many issues with my factory parking brake.

got the unit bearings installed as well as the warn locking hubs. Other than brakes and steering linkages they're good to go! Its wild to see how they originally showed up and what they look like now side by side.

What are loaded backing plates?

Little update on the axles, I’ve got both front and rear gears and lockers installed, tone rings installed on the hubs and rear rebuilt. The front currently has knuckles held on with the ball joint deletes waiting on hardware for the unit bearings then the shafts, unit bearings, and locking hubs...

The truss I did slowly and bounced around doing different areas to keep from getting 1 spot too hot. The center section got pretty hot because you need to heat the cast to get a solid weld between cast and mild steel. Welding the truss on a 44 with it installed and weight on it i’d be concerned...

It’s certainly not ideal and I was right there with you for a time although I had 3.73’s and a manual so it was more manageable but gears are a big investment and you really want to know what size tires you plan to run before regearing if at all possible.

I don’t agree. Gearing is important but isnt 100% a requirement immediately. The driveshaft if you go above 2.5” I agree is accurate but the majority of people doing their first lift will be to fit 35” tires and only requires 2.5” lift. I ran my stock driveshafts from day 1 til I was on 37’s and...

Lift/tires/winch usually in that order when starting out unless you’re wheeling alone(which shouldn’t be the case) then winch first. After you’ve got that established save up for gears/lockers and ideally driveshafts then you can kinda wheel it as is and upgrade as shit breaks or as you need/want.

Got the truss kit welded up and she looks Beefy! Once the front kit was welded on I started stripping off the brackets from the 14 bolt. The rear went much faster than the front getting it cleaned up. Motobilt makes a sweet 13 bolt shave cover that fixes the massive land anchor that is the...

The front is from an 05 super duty and the rear an 02 silverado 2500 gasser

So I am usually terrible with documenting things but I’m going to try to be better about it with this project. Right now my pictures of the progress are kind of all over the place and I figured I’d start this thread to keep it organized and possibly help someone else who may want to attempt to...