What did you do to your jeep today?

Removed spare tire & carrier and stuck them in the back until I get my 5th full size tire/wheel. It came with 4 17" wheels and a 16" spare

Took her out for a little surprise ! I got her a new radiator, water pump and belt. Already have new thermostat and housing , 2 gallon of HOAT coolant , hoses and tensioner sitting here .
Tomorrow she gets some new parts hung on her.

Checked my drive shafts- things seem ok. The mystery of the vibrating Libby continues

Filled the back with 4 new tires for my stepdaughter's 'new' car. Gotta love TireRack...

I prefer Discount Tire Direct.
Although I've had really good luck getting the local shops to price match (when you take into account labor and road hazard.)

sota said:

I took 'em to my local NAPA shop and they did all the bushings for $25 each arm.

I cheated. Sue me. :happy175:

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That's probably what I'll end up doing. Gave it another try today, with no luck. And I damaged one of the bushings in the process, so I'll have to get a new one first.

One of the LBJs I ordered from rockauto arrived with packaging that was torn apart (entire top side of the box was missing, and was being held together by tape), all the hardware was missing and the boot was torn.
Things never just go according to plan :emotions34:

Yassss! Look what came in the mail today.
Thank you Jesus. Praise the lord for lift kit parts. Hail Mary.



Now let's all pray for easy installation.


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sota said:

I prefer Discount Tire Direct.
Although I've had really good luck getting the local shops to price match (when you take into account labor and road hazard.)

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Road hazard was included free and there are lots of certified or whatever installers around here. An no one here could get close to the price.

rockdart said:

Checked my drive shafts- things seem ok. The mystery of the vibrating Libby continues

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I also have a bit of a vibration... Apparently, the "toe out" alignment can be very slightly off. Will still ride straight, but vibrations and some minor "sway" can result. I don't recall if you mentioned what state your alignment is in. Also this is regurgitated info so don't quote me on it lol.

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Took her for a country drive

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BRM88 said:

I also have a bit of a vibration... Apparently, the "toe out" alignment can be very slightly off. Will still ride straight, but vibrations and some minor "sway" can result. I don't recall if you mentioned what state your alignment is in. Also this is regurgitated info so don't quote me on it lol.

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Just over 500 miles on the alignment. Was less tonight on wet roads - less friction perhaps.

rockdart said:

Just over 500 miles on the alignment. Was less tonight on wet roads - less friction perhaps.

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Ah, tread wearing evenly?
best of luck anyway! If I get mine sorted, I'll let you know.

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rockdart said:

Just over 500 miles on the alignment. Was less tonight on wet roads - less friction perhaps.

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Has the vibration been getting worse? I just rebuilt the front driveshaft on the transfercase side and that helped a little but only pointed me towards the front cv's. So I am going to see if changing those out fixes my vibration that is slowly getting worse. And now when next to buildings at slow speed with the windows open I have started to hear a bit of a squeal from the front end. Just got my intermediate shaft in, just have to go pick it up now.

Installed new front bumper and my winch

washed plow and under carriage. plow is put away for the season finally.
now I need to take the jeep in for an alignment.

I'm sitting at F:23.25" R: 23" rocking 265/70/17(32x10.5). I have not done the pinch weld mod yet as I'm currently at work and my gf just picked it from getting the tires mounted. Once I get home I'm going to do the washer bottle mod and flatten the pinchweld. If anyone has some pics or a link to the How-To for the pinchweld I'd appreciate it.

Just cut the fender liner on each side, flip it up and hammer the weld over as hard and as flat as possible then put the flap back down, melt it with a heat gun and smooth it until you can't tell it was ever done
Once some dirt flies up onto it it'll look like it was brand new

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Just cut the fender liner on each side, flip it up and hammer the weld over as hard and as flat as possible then put the flap back down, melt it with a heat gun and smooth it until you can't tell it was ever done
Once some dirt flies up onto it it'll look like it was never done

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Ok I thought it was that simple but when you think something is easy is when you should double check you're doing it right lol

started clearing this trail and put some new sway bar links on and tightened up the UCAs

sota said:

plow is put away for the season finally.

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Now you did it. You shouldn't have said that out loud. :happy175: