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09-10-2009, 08:13 AM
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| 06 Super National Champ   Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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Been busy with the move and all, been sick the past week or so and finally took pictures of the TJ after it got fixed. I spun a bearing at the right rear corner which did it's best to destroy the axle shaft and axle housing on that corner. Since there are wheel spacers at each corner and I had to replace at least one axle shaft and axle tube I decided to ditch the wheel spacers, go to new, longer axle tubes, and have new shafts made by Moser. Took it to Jimmy at Essentially Off-Road in Murfreesboro, TN. Jimmy gave me a price of $500 to remove the old axle tubes and install new ones!  So I had him go ahead and set up a triangulated 4-link so I could ditch the non-triangulated four link with track bar that was on the thing (5.5" Rubicon Express long arm kit) $250 to do the 4-link!  He also had to set up the new ring and pinion (chipped teeth on the old pinion) and charged me $225 for that. So he broke down the axle to nothing but the pumpkin, installed new tube, new flanges, made the truss for the 4-link (that ties into the pad on top of the Tera 60 housing), made the links, installed coil perches, shock mounts, etc...for less than $1000! Not bad considering built 60s that are a drop-in for a Jeep will run about $7,500 each. The stock sway bar has been re-used but the Jeep rides fine without it. I'll probably go to a Currie Anti-Rock on the rear (love the one on the front) so the stocker won't get hung up like I know it will. So anyway, here's a few pics. If you guys need work done and you're on the East Coast definitely look up EOR.     Nothing to do with Jimmy, but the new Moser shafts.  Last edited by JasonInAugusta; 09-10-2009 at 08:15 AM. |
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09-10-2009, 08:29 AM
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| Donkey Punch Champion!   Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis
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I thought you painted it ALL yellow to be cool? Looks good, I am guessing you have all your "issues" taken care of now? From the horror story I was told I am happy to see it all in one piece. Now get to the mall damn it, mandatory flex shot. |
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09-10-2009, 08:39 AM
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| 06 Super National Champ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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I wheeled it "broken" and the folks I was with couldn't believe it was going where it was.  One of the guys that knows me was amazed I had it out when it wasn't 100%. When I told the guys it was broke they thought it was fawked. "That's not like Jason. Normally if his stuff isn't tip-top it stays in the trailer or at home. He won't bring it out unless it's 100%" ...and no. I'm not ready for the full yellow treatment. |
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09-10-2009, 09:58 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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Looks good. One thing that would concern me in the rear truss/hoop for the rear upper links. You "really" want it tied into the center section of the diff. I have seen a couple, and had one customer rig I was finishing up and getting ready to test the next day. The rear truss that I did not do--failed under a hard throttle and I ended up pulling a late nighter, rebuilt the truss and tied it into the center section. It left shortly for so-cal and has been hanging at the hammers even since... Just something to keep an eye on (check paint on welded areas on axle tubes for fatigue).... |
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09-10-2009, 10:02 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Damn...that's a helluva good deal! Especially on that gear install....
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09-10-2009, 10:03 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: back where I belong
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Nice high pinnion!
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09-10-2009, 11:31 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Great Britain
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I'm sure it'll go over those curbs at the mall real easy now.  |
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09-10-2009, 11:56 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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I prefer plated trusses myself. But Crashfab brings up a valid point. Sounds like you got a decent deal though. Was the new exhaust included in the cost of the 4 link???  |
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09-10-2009, 12:18 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Next thing to upgrade.....gas tank skid! Those stock skids are like tin foil. I destroyed quite a few of them before I built one... You should look into the new skid made by Savvy Offroad. Lightweight skid made from aluminum. |
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09-10-2009, 12:43 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: cape crud... will you be my friend
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welcome back, glad your feeling better, ay cool pics ! and as the saying goes... " it used to be a jeep thing, but all that shit broke " |
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09-10-2009, 03:10 PM
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It is tied to the center section of the diff.  If you haven't seen a Tera60 in person you won't understand how it's tied into the housing. There's a pad on top of the housing for four bolts and a plate. You can make an upper 4-link plate and just bolt the plate to the housing and attach your links. The problem with that is that it's possible to rip shit apart if you rely on just the bolts. The way this is set up is solid. The truss is welded to the tubes, to the plate, and the plate is bolted to the pad on the diff housing. I stopped short of welding the plate to the pad - figured that it wasn't needed with the truss in place. Quote:
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09-10-2009, 03:30 PM
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09-10-2009, 03:35 PM
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Not sure the wife would approve. (she has a better ass than most, anyway )
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09-10-2009, 03:39 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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09-10-2009, 03:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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Wasn't trying to put your stuff down--just making an observation from a rabricators view | |
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09-10-2009, 04:06 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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For what I do and what I'll get into these Teras are plenty. They're not the latest and greatest - and there are newer generations of 60s out there, but these will go anywhere I'd need them to. | |
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09-10-2009, 04:10 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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Shoulda figured. Knowing how JIA is in general with regards to building things and the fact that he carries his kids in that thing. Sounds solid Jason. |
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09-10-2009, 04:14 PM
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09-10-2009, 04:29 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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It's like I told Jimmy when we were debating whether or not to weld that plate to the housing. "If I get into a situation where I might rip the axle off I've got bigger things to worry about" | |
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09-10-2009, 04:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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I have a danatrak truss on the rear of mine, but its just there to hold the truss I made, but rest is all tied together and then also welded to the axle tubes. Been beating on it for like 5 years now. Nutin like a linked rig compared to silly leafs | |
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