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Thanks!

Hahah, yeah it was pretty funny, gotta admit :) The WJ is on 35s, and th ZJ is on 33s

Thanks! Yeah, I reached for something over the grinder, and when I brought my arm back, my glove caught the wheel and I rubbedy arm on the grinding wheel 🤦‍♂️. Wasn't too bad, more of a friction burn. As for IFS,yeah I agree solid is better for off road for sure

Thanks, appreciate it!

😁 yeah, not sure why jeep didn't put the retainer clips on the wjs...

@idkwidgarage it's on my list of parts to buy! 🤣

Yeah I keep thinking maybe I should add some clips, but I did limit straps instead and so far that has kept it in.. We will see :)

@idkwidgarage I saw you're video adding the limit straps. Your build is super similar to mine. RC long arms, 6.5 inch springs and bilsteins. I plan on adding clips and making a taller coil retainer for the top of the bucket. How much does the straps limit your flex? I don't want to stop articulation but I don't want to dump a spring again!

@danwall5010 so I sized my limit straps based on the max height of the spring when it's uncompressed, and then i got limit straps that were about 1" shorter than the spring + distance to strap mount points (since they stretch). I haven't really noticed it limiting my flex, but I'm sure it does slightly. Before I had the limit straps, I had actually lifted that same tire off the ground and the spring didn't come out - I think it only happens when one side gets stuffed completely which forces the other side lower than what gravity would normally do, and the spring falls out. So in that situation the limit straps keeps it from getting pushed down too far I think

Thanks! The front track bar is Rubicon Express

Ride is unaffected, but it definitely transfers more noise and vibration into the jeep. But that's to be expected any time you put stiffer motor or trans mounts in I suppose

Lol, only one set! The others are on jeeps... Most of the time :)

Thanks! Yeah the grinder incident wasn't that bad, I was reaching for something, and when I brought my arm back, my glove caught the end of the wheel and I "brushed" my arm against the spinning wheel. Didn't really stop right away, but then I noticed it started bleeding so I figured I should bandage it up 🤣

Been in the desert most of it's life, no snow or salt :)

@@idkwidgarage Impressive! Looking forward to part 2.

Cool, yeah I was debating if I should cut out the rockers and do square tube, or adapt the wrangler ones. Then these showed up on FB marketplace for super cheap so I went that route. On the xj I will be doing the rectangular tube/rocker replacement, but that's a little ways off still. I will say that if you do go this route with the wrangler ones, use stronger square tube to connect to the frame than what I did (more to come in that in future vids 🙂)

@idkwidgarage I'm interested to see what yours look like finished. Not sure that I'd use the same thing from a wrangler but was thinking of some round tube custom bent stuff. I'm still waiting for the uca vid cause I have to tell ya what I discovered lol

@Rob-Erto cool, yeah that's coming in a few vids, gotta finish the sliders, do the winch and bumper, and then I think I do the ucas. Prob some wheeling in there somewhere too 😄

Yeah it is unibody still. But the unibody seems much beefier than the earlier ones they put on an xj or zj

@idkwidgarage that's exactly why I asked! The rails look thicker and taller than the WJ too.

Yeah, I have some, not sure if I did when I made this video or if I just forgot to use em 😄

Yeah it works much better than the stock vari-loc diff. Wit the the stock one, there were some rock ledges/walls that I needed to climb with one wheel first, and the stock one wouldn't do it. With this one, it just climbs right up. It's still not as good as a "real" locker, and there are still situations where you can be left with one wheel spinning, but I am pretty happy with it for a LSD.

@@idkwidgarage that’s great to hear it’s working for ya. Just curious, did you find that you had to fiddle with the brake a little bit to get it to transfer the power? How did you find the best way to make it work for your situations?

@teaguegarofalo6609 most of the time I don't need to do anything, it just seems to work for me. Most of the offroading I do is low speed rock crawling, sometimes it takes a little wheel spin before the other wheel engages, but much less than the stock vari-loc. I have had a situation where I was crossed up, in a gravel / dirt "ditch", and had both a front and rear wheel off the ground. In that situation, I did have to work the brake and gas in order to get it to grab, and it was a little bit at a time, but eventually I inched out of that situation.

Awesome, I appreciate the advice and info!🤘

@teaguegarofalo6609 np!

Yeah jigsaw with a fine tooth metal blade would probably work well, good idea. I don't currently have a jigsaw though so I made due with what I had, which seemed to work out ok - def seems like it would be easier to cut round corners with a jigsaw though.

Lol 😆

Yeah, I could do that... I am enjoying the challenge of seeing if I am able to make this one work again though (for now 😁)

Thanks! The front bumper is from D.TillFabworks

Not by itself, but after replacing a bunch of other stuff, it seemed to help! I agree that the first place to start is track bar, pitman arm, ball joints, and everything else up there to eliminate any play!

Thanks!

Yeah it's a rough country truss for a jk. I had to adapt it a bit to fit the WJ axle since they are different widths. I did a video a while back when I put that on: ruclips.net/video/YfjecWRFL9U/видео.html

Thanks! So I have the Spartan helical limited slip in the front (not the typical Spartan lunchbox that most are familiar with), and I'm happy with it. It's not a "true", locker, but it's much better than the stock varilok. Good job on the 242, I have one (non hd?) from another wj that I will be putting in eventually. And yes, the 1 ton axles are going into the WJ. But first I gotta get the xj sorta built so I have something to wheel while I work on the WJ 😁

Nice! Love all the mods and plans!

Sorry you didn't like it! Was looking for something "happy/upbeat" 🤷‍♂️

Nice!

Yeah the 4.0 was a great motor, they run forever. Yeah, he's def got some good stories 😁

Thanks!

Thanks!

Hmm, never heard that, I've always used the "universal" antifreeze with anything I've owned, no issues yet 🤷‍♂️. I didn't think they had anything other than the green/yellow back in '97...?

Oh nice, yeah I may have to look into that next time I have something thick to cut!

Yeah it sure seemed close! You gotta figure, I was holding the camera about chest height, so my head was higher than the camera lens...

Yeah that rock was a close one. Good tip on the e-brake, thanks!

It was mostly on the skid plates underneath, we've hit the sliders a couple times though, so far so good!

Wk!!

Nice! Good info to know!

Yeah you might be right, it did get 31s right around this time! I know that before the next one, I mention that but we may have actually done that before this one, good eye!

@@idkwidgarage I was like wait those tires are not bald and skinny any more🤣🤣🤣 keep up the videos✌

So would you still buy the rc long arm kit?

@MrSrtman18 yes and no. I don't regret it because it was a good starter for the price at the time. But definitely plan on replacing the flex joints. Other than that, it's not a bad kit. If I had more money starting off to spend though, I might consider the IRO kit. I would say the RC is a good value for the money, but the IRO kit is probably a better design, but pricey.

That's awesome! Yeah they are great vehicles, easy and affordable to get started, and can be built to whatever level you want!

Yeah that's a really nice trail!

Lol, I had to think about that for a moment 😄 it's funny because in addition to the manual, there's a button that has to be pressed for the neutral safety switch to start it too, so even more so

@@idkwidgarage that's awesome lol

Thanks!

It was a little over $600 for the pair, including the rims. Def cheaper if you can pull em yourself, but they go fast! This truck was "set" the day before - I tried to grab some when a truck came in previously, but they were gone already, and it had only been there 3 days

Thanks! Yeah the WK is way more capable than people think!

@@idkwidgarage i pulled out a hard bogged pajero from the sand the other days like it was nothing.

@VRILLGR nice! Yeah that crd has a bunch of torque I hear

Lol, we do our best, but sometimes things just don't work out how you plan em! :)

Lol, no. Wj will get these evenyually

This ZJ has the Dana 44a in the rear. This one originally had a Dana 35 rear, but it broke an axle shaft after putting a lunchbox locker in it. So the D35 was removed, and a D44a with LSD from a junkyard ZJ was used to replace it.