Gravy's 1-Ton Do-All TJ

[Gravy]

Welded up the steering tabs. finished wiring the tail lights, set the pinion angle on the rear axle started moving the winch plate back about 4"

I'm pretty freaking excited!

Cory came by and we drove it over to Teraflex to hit the ramp and check clearances, and Carl came out and looked it over.

I need to get limit strapping and bump stopping and high lining the front fenders is definitely in this rig's future.

after untold hours, I'm almost there

same roof height as a JK on 32's :headbanger:

 

[Bart]

Very cool. Looking good.

 

[Gravy]

Tennis balls 20 for $8 at Kmart work as great adjustable bumpstops when you stuff them in the coils

I blew a bead (beadlocks will fix that) and bottomed out my front driveshaft and broke it at the yoke (I think it was too long)... didn't even bust the ujoint... weird huh?

I need to tweak the brackets for the hydro assist ram, figure out the shifters and mount the reverse lights.

 

[Gravy]

I just installed my new front driveshaft. I had Tatton's install an HD slip and forged yoke and he shortened it about 1.5"

Looks Beefy. I'll probably be back when I blow up the rear yoke...lol

I went with 1310 instead of 1350 because 1350 will only go 20* before binding unless the yoke is clearanced. So I'm running a 1310 to 1350 conversion joint and a forged and clearanced 1350 yoke at the pinion.

 

[Gravy]

Got my beadlock rings welded up and painted last night

outer rings are primered and ready to be shot
I'll either go body color or Electric Lime like my wife's old Saturn Ion 2

 

[mesha]

for as much as you are spending on this thing you could just hire a personal driver to drive you around in his rig.

 

[jeeper]

My 2yr old sons commentary on the above pictures...

"Hims going up the ramp....

Hims made it, Daddy!

Uh oh.. Stuck in the mud? OH MAN!"

 

[Gravy]

My 2yr old sons commentary on the above pictures...

"Hims going up the ramp....

Hims made it, Daddy!

Uh oh.. Stuck in the mud? OH MAN!"

Haha, your kid is awesome!

 

[Gravy]

Old wheels off.

 

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wheels mounted and painted

Then I tried Eagle's Nest for the first time.

and....



boooom


Got those warrantied with brand new ones,

Sold them and decided to go with Teraflex drive flanges

 

[RustEoldtrux]

And it's even street legal (in Wyoming)!!

 

[Gravy]

After watching George's roll on the Maze I decided to add some more to the cage.

C-pillar frame tie ins.

Start of the grill hoop (1.5" 0.120" wall DOM). Oh and new grill since I rolled at Crawlfest.

 

[Gravy]

Grill hoop done

Tie ins done

 

[Gravy]

Added a hitch.

Just as a reminder. These are all pics from the past.

 

[Gravy]

somehow I managed to crack a d300 housing in St. George so while I had it out to replace it I built a trick twin stick shifter. (This didn't stay for long).

I tore off both coil buckets and the trackbar mount. Apparently they were only tacked on. And the welds on the trackbar were ground down to almost nothing
..but the looked nice... LOL. I added a bunch of metal when I welded it back together tonight
I should finish tomorrow. Also I started welding the tube the the housing. And shaved about 1/2" off the 60, so pretty productive night.

beefed up the trackbar bracket

beefed up the upper control arm mount

replaced the toasted bushings in the front control arms.

 

[Gravy]

Delta was cool, I got my picture in Crawl Magazine!

 

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New stuff: bent the heck out of a rim in Delta and broke a shock so I'm getting that stuff sorted. I also blew 3 inner beads in Delta so I came up with a solution... hopefully it works. Ill let the pics speak for themselves.

Painted

Primered

Cory and I couldn't get the inner bead seated but I added rtv around the inner safety bead to make it more air tight and I'm taking it into a shop tomorrow to see if they can seat it.

 

[Gravy]

Got the bead seated. Wheeled it a bunch. broke the trackbar in half... twice...

brothers

 

[Gravy]

I grooved my TSL's! I've been wanting to for a long time. But didn't have a groover, so I came up with a cool solution that's faster than a grooving iron and cheaper. Ill share later... but here are the pics!

Before and after on one tire.

 

[Gravy]

I pulled the doubler out and pulled it apart last night.
The RTV between my front tcase and block off plate cracked
and as a result I ran the front case dry in Moab so I didn't have the use of low low.
Since I ran two trails with an empty case: I burned up the shift fork and shift fork pads on the planetary portion of the doubler.
Gotta find a new NP231 shift fork and pads and I'll be able to throw it back in and put it back together.

I kinda like that smell of new gear oil... It's an acquired smell mmmm :shades:

so here's the old range fork vs new.

You can see how ruined the old shift fork is... pads missing and aluminum all chewed up. :devil:
a little different, but it works.