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07-08-2010, 10:52 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Long Island
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|  My XJ Build
Whats goin on guys Newb to the forum here my buddy mike 1BadJeepBruiser recently got me hooked on RC Crawlers. I will soon be building a scale version of my XJ so I figured I'd share it with you guys. Started off With an 89 XJ Grandma Driven with 97k on it, Picked it up for $1000 definatly a score!  Picked up another truck cheap that had a brand new 3.5" skyjacker kit in it, Swapped the kit over to my rig and sold off the other truck for the same price i paid! FREE lift kit!  Fabbed up a homebrew roof rack out of some EMT   Rolled around on some stockers for a bit wheeled it that way for awhile locally  Finally got some 33's and some 06 TJ ravine wheels Cut up the perfect fenderss    After Breaking about 5 DANA 35 yokes It was definatly time to step up the rear end.... Decided I as going with a ford 8.8 out of an explorer 31 spline Disc brake 4:10 gears and a limited slip which ment I also had to regear the front 30..  I got the rear all setup in the truck in about 2 hrs took if for a spin and the thing was screaming!.... Got the truck home and found that the bearings were wasteddd!... Thankfully the JY i got the rear from hooked me up with fresh timkens fo free!  I rebearinged the rear and was back in business.. I drove around for awhile with mis matched gears not using 4wd until the day before my truck was supposed to be on the trailer to hit Rausch creek... I had aquired a set of used YJ 4:10s for the front 30 and took a long shot at slapping the entire carrier and pinion over with out shimming anything... Needless to say 10k miles later those gears are still holding up  I also got a set of used procomp Xterrains before the trip which were a big step from bald bfgs!  |
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07-08-2010, 11:02 AM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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8.8 for the win dude. Where are the welded rear pics?
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07-08-2010, 11:06 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: cape crud... will you be my friend
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cool jeep but you ditched the two door for four ? ouch ( i just love teh 2 door cherocar. ) |
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07-08-2010, 11:10 AM
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Truck worked very well first trip out ran some blues and easy blacks and she walked through it all!... Next trip to Rausch Ran mostly blacks and managed to grenade the clutches in the rear So out can the Miller and we welded the spiders up nice  ..  Got it all back together and what a difference I no longer need 4wd for local trails  Finally manned up and bought the one ton steering kit from complete offroad and reemed the steering knuckles for one ton tie rod ends and some nice 1 1/2 .250 wall DOM tie rod and drag link PURE BEEF!    Thats basically where my rig stands and its still getting better! Just ran rausch again End of june and it did very well. I beat the SNOT out of it broke a front shaft and tore the rear cover open.. thats definatly the next mod!     Let me know what you guys think Good bad or whatever! |
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07-08-2010, 11:11 AM
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07-08-2010, 11:36 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: cape crud... will you be my friend
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ok cool, i am working on an 87 with 90k on it myself. the floors are good, but it's got a tiny bit of cancer here and there... nothing short of what's expected for new england. i'm not a fan of the bumper, looks like he used the bumper off a TJ.  |
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07-08-2010, 11:52 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Yeah, those 8.8 covers suck.....time for one from BTF! BTW, it's time for a front locker in that XJ! | |
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07-08-2010, 06:44 PM
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| Coral Crawler   Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Myrtle Beach
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Hey man, welcome to the forum, sweet rig . Couldn't of found a better guy to get you hooked on the hobby and on this forum. Sweet Raush Creek pics too, Mike's also that he posted, would loooove to get up there sometime, little far from SC though  .
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07-08-2010, 07:11 PM
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07-08-2010, 08:04 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Centertown,TN
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[QUOTE=WAD357;2534844] Thats basically where my rig stands and its still getting better! Just ran rausch again End of june and it did very well. I beat the SNOT out of it broke a front shaft and tore the rear cover open.. thats definatly the next mod! This looks like a trail "Helavator" at Golden Mountain OHV Park in Sparta,TN  Your rig looks awesome! |
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07-08-2010, 08:06 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rock Bouncin' with the Patented Technique
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Man there not from around here. I doubt they've been to Golden mountain. Thats like saying, that piece of mud looked like the turd I flushed this morning. They have no idea what your talking about.
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