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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
All UCA bolts are loosened out but this driver's front looks like a challenge... WTF. Those are old original steel lines and fittings... not much give. Will I have to remove the front brake fitting and line just to remove this bolt?!- huntbuggy
- Post #92
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
answered your PM- huntbuggy
- Post #91
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
Oh yeah, put a 17mm deep impact socket there to show the trick I found for spreading the clevis exactly enough to go over the Bilstein foot. Started with a few sockets and found 17 fit best and dug out a deeper one so if you leave the body of it hanging out below the clevis bolt area you have...- huntbuggy
- Post #86
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
(Sorry I was jacking your thread - in retrospect should've started a build thread...) Promised pic of paint and OME/Bilstein setups done last few days... So when I reassembled the fronts I just reused the old rubber isolators, noticed messing around before that without them the spring...- huntbuggy
- Post #85
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
After closer inspection the boot on one was open/torn on the inside edge, and they both spin pretty freely, the driver's side is the worst - it's a wonder the bolt came off but I guess it was rusted so solidly in the knuckle I'd never have known unless reading about crappy balljoint posts on...- huntbuggy
- Post #84
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
What next? Crap. One of the UCA balljoint studs was spinning when I checked last night putting stuff back together - likely toast or worse disconnectable soon. Better safe than sorry just ordered JBA 4.5s with my winch fund. (Looks like I will have to raid the...- huntbuggy
- Post #79
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
OMG - I love HAMMERED BLACK !!! Paint day. Break time. Many thanks to TJKJ and one of his (many) axle posts that showed a thick slathering of Rustoleum(Tremclad here at HD) Hammered Black. It is extremely forgiving for even the worst hand-painter or when in a rush on parts, easy to find...- huntbuggy
- Post #77
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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Winch on fleabay in Canada
Another Chinese made knockoff. But rewired by Canadian company and warrantied here at home for me at least. Can't be worse than the Rough Country I was looking at, another made in China and very low price... http://www.roughcountry.com/winches/electric-winch_rs9500.html Warn M8000...- huntbuggy
- Post #4
- Forum: KJ General Discussion
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Winch on fleabay in Canada
Thx ridenby - taking a look at the company up here not too far from home. Can always count on Kentucky helping Canadians. My friends in Louisville have been hosting me for Derby week for the last twenty years on and off... which I'm going to miss this year unfortunately. Just isn't the...- huntbuggy
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- Forum: KJ General Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
Progress. Gave up on lower Clevis and did a very surgical job cutting it off last night and removing the driver's spring/shock assembly... without the UCABJ disco'd. This morning, I awoke to a beautiful day, sunny and warming. Strong hot coffee in hand, birds chirping gleefully nearby - I...- huntbuggy
- Post #75
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
¿ See first pic ? Been using air tools the whole time for impacting, drilling etc... are only as good as where they can fit (even with extensions and bendy balljoint 1/2 impact adapters), strength of the compressor and if a nut and bolt have enough unrusted thread to actually break or move...- huntbuggy
- Post #72
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
Progress... Pics as requested. UCA balljoint nuts are off. Used a 4 foot section of rectangular stock, a huge combination wrench stuffed with rags in the end and gave them the fulcrum of death. Now they won't break free from the knuckle but... we'll see what next garage sessions bring...- huntbuggy
- Post #70
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
Professor, what's another word for pirate treasure? "I think it's booty..." See what I mean?- huntbuggy
- Post #69
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
Long way from finished photos I'm afraid - will post some rusty parts photos if you like... Doing this alone and part-time at night... thought it would have been easier. :disgust: Guess it's just my luck or bad karma for not upkeeping, but I guess a bunch of fused parts on a decade old...- huntbuggy
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- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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A Day of Wheel Balancing & Broke Plastic Lugs
"Give this people air!" Love the new avatar pic Ry' N Jen - now this thread has a hole in the middle and a joke that makes no sense!- huntbuggy
- Post #11
- Forum: KJ General Discussion
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OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
Bolts pretty stuck but threads look intact below the nut. I think I'm just not using the right tools, and there's not enough room to impact - the steel brake line is dangerously in the way. My wrenches are too short for leverage and my larger drive sockets are not deep enough to clear that...- huntbuggy
- Post #63
- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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Princess Auto thread
March 22 - April 3 Hi-Lift X-treme Jack 48" - $149.99: http://www.princessauto.com/workshop/garage/lifting-devices/jacks/8128167-x-treme-jack NOTE: This is THE jack. Price is decent for local and CAD, but can be had cheaper if you hunt around online. 4" x 6 ft Tree Saver Strap - $5... -
OME or Bilstein shocks for LibertyTc's KJ?
Huntbuggy's lift - step 2 Got rear shocks and springs in without too many hassles when time permitted on Sunday. Put in bumpstop pucks but waiting on a wheel stud for each side before the rear tires can go back on ... will have to ensure the drums/shoes are a-okay too on reinstall. (Reading...- huntbuggy
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- Forum: Lift Kit Discussion
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Grrr - lug stuck - drilling stud %&@*!
Thx again tjkj. I hope you're around this month for all my stupid questions - looks like I'm up on blocks for awhile. Long overdue - really didn't pay enough attention to this Jeep when it was the wife's - now it deserves a little TLC. Your carbide drill bit trick was worth the investment...- huntbuggy
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- Forum: KJ General Discussion
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Grrr - lug stuck - drilling stud %&@*!
Why me? If I find the kid from my tire place in a dark alley... grrrr. Looks like not only am I going to be replacing 2-3 wheel studs (well one is now a "stub" heheh) and am chasing the rest to be sure - the lugs were overtorqued, stripped, rusted and in the case of two torqued to the point...- huntbuggy
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- Forum: KJ General Discussion
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