1988 BII Build

[88_Eddie]

If you don't like the bumper then send it to me when finished lol.

My tires did the same thing. Turns out my bearing was taking a puke.

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i'll keep that in mind lol

i hope the unit bearing isnt going out, i dont want to have to buy one of those. but i have no idea what condition they're in since i bought it used. it looked like the person had wheeled the TJ that it came from.

So you have been using what, king pins?

no, i replaced the balljoints on that side for some stupid reason and i dont think i got them tight enough. hopefully that will be the problem and not something major

 

[dangerranger83]

I ran mine with used bearings on it for about three months and my axle had a wheeling life before i got it. Three months later one of the bearings grenaded and lost my brakes at the sametime due to the rotor not aligning with the caliper.

Don't go cheap on new ones either, had one grenade on me after 5000 miles and no wheeling was done either, go timken on the bearing. I'm actually still running one of my original ones that came with the axle and its a timken.

Easy way to check, jack up the axle till the tire is off the ground, grab the top of the tire and pull and push it, that's how i found out my last bearing was blown out and it wasn't my master cylinder failing like i thought it was.

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[Kyle M.]

I like the bumper, looks nice.

 

[88_Eddie]

I ran mine with used bearings on it for about three months and my axle had a wheeling life before i got it. Three months later one of the bearings grenaded and lost my brakes at the sametime due to the rotor not aligning with the caliper.

Don't go cheap on new ones either, had one grenade on me after 5000 miles and no wheeling was done either, go timken on the bearing. I'm actually still running one of my original ones that came with the axle and its a timken.

Easy way to check, jack up the axle till the tire is off the ground, grab the top of the tire and pull and push it, that's how i found out my last bearing was blown out and it wasn't my master cylinder failing like i thought it was.

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thanks, i'll try that

 

[88_Eddie]

did some bolt installing and went over the ones that were already in to make sure they were tight. still need to tighten some more, but i'm less worried about it falling apart now lol.

took off the pass front tire, found this:

looks like the BJ isnt seated all the way in, i need to get a cheater bar and see if i can tighten the castle nut any further. couldnt do it with my 1/2" ratchet. there's also the chance that auto-bone gave me the wrong BJ. the unit bearing seems fine but who knows.

i put the spare tire on the swing out arm while i have the front tire off, just to see what it looked like and if i had enough room. a stock wheel wont mount to it b/c of the backspacing.

i think b2's look much better with spare tires on them

 

[88_Eddie]

and this is my 6000th post

 

[4.0B2]

and this is my 6000th post

slacker....

 

[88_Eddie]

i know, i need to do some solid post whoring so i can get above 10k

 

[n_bannerman]

the new bumper looks great! did you chop the frame horns up at all? im trying to design my front bumper now.

 

[88_Eddie]

thanks, i cut them a little at the top, kinda hard to explain. i'll put a pic up once i finish it. i was having a hard time getting the bumper on and off, so i trimmed it up. just need to go back and plate it.

 

[88_Eddie]

did a little bit this weekend, not as much as i'd like to have though.

finally got my aussie in my open carrier. got the LSD out of the axle, just need to get the ring on the open carrier now. it almost went on, but not all the way. so i put the carrier in the freezer.

i also went through and checked all the bolts. everything is good and tight now. i'll do another once over on them before i start driving it around.

 

[88_Eddie]

trimmed the front fenders to match the bumper last night. looks weird now, but once i paint it it'll look better.

got the ring on the carrier as well, but i broke one of those damn cast factory shims whilst trying to get the thing back in. fawk my life. hopefully ECGS has some and i can go grab them on my lunch break. otherwise i'm gonna have to order them online. uggghh

 

[RangerBoy94]

Bout time you got this thing rollin





























































































































































Slacker looks good

 

[88_Eddie]

tell me about it, should be mostly done by jan 1....that's the plan at least lol

 

[RangerBoy94]

Well its lookin good get some 33's for that pig.