'89 BII, startin with leafs

[alpinestar]

Pictures! its done finally.. whew!

Axles forward about 4 inches....

there it is! now to fix the steering problems haha! but it does drive down the road somewhat nicely. tomorrow, since ive ran out of daylight today, i will finish putting shocks on and cleaning some things up. sorry about the dark pics but like i said i ran out of daylight before i got done.

 

[slammer67]

its the stock wrangler steering. i have my axle rotated to 84 degrees negative?

how do you rotate an axle 84 deg? it seems that would point the pinion like straight up, or maybe straight down.

Hey - I was gonna ask for pics, but as soon as I went to reply, your pics showed up.

that looks pretty good, it seems you have plenty clearence for the steering.

Those don't look like stock wrangler springs, they seem to have more arch. It did seem to settle quite a bit though. I would guess that you might need to add a leaf to them to get a little stiffer, but it looks good for those tires.

how does it ride?

axle 4" foreward, wow, your gonna have a great aproach angle when you get some bigger tires on there, like 35's. you may need to trim the front of the fenders a little. How did that work with the steering angles. I'd like to see a pic pointed from the steering box down to the axle.

good work

 

[midget]

you have any pics of the front shackles sittin under its own weight?

 

[alpinestar]

i guess its no worth telling you 84 degrees negative but what i mean is it was on the negative side but you would have to know where i measured that from... anyways.. their 2" rancho wrangler springs, and they flex like CRAZY! i had it parked on a stump last night that was chest high on me and im 5' 10". i'lll post a pic when i get them. in a minute, my buddy is emailing them to me. and ya i plan to do a little fender chopping for bigger tires, i need to make my fender wells bigger tho so i can stuff them like i do these 31"s that i have on now. its definitly alot more impressive than i expected. as far as driving goes, besides that im still making upper shock mounts for the front, it steers really really well, returns to center like a stock truck but has alittle play in the steering which isnt too bad, it was expected. and its softer than stock. its definitly a trail rig and i like the way its setup right now. im thinkin of makin the rear do the same so i need longer shackles and different springs for the rear soon.

before i start on the back i need longer brake lines, bigger tires, extended drivelines, and a new set of pro comp shocks.

midget, i'll get a pic tomorrow if i can remember for ya. and i'll also try to get a pic of what you asked Slammer67. thanks for looking guys. i'll post flex pics in a minute.

 

[alpinestar]

Alright, here it is!!!

Thats me standing next to it, like i said im about 5'10"... and its not quite flexed out there it does have alittle more room on the brake lines but not much.

im tryin to get my buddy to build an RTI ramp but that rock works too. i did it in 2wd too haha...

 

[JeepRecoveryTeam]

Are you going to use those 2x4s on the trail to?

 

[alpinestar]

lol hey man i had to use them to get up on there, i had to get a run at it HAHAHAHAHA... but no those stay on that rock there to help us get up it. if i had 4 wheel drive i wouldnt need it. i guess i should weld up my rear too..

 

[slammer67]

nice flex

Those shackles seem pretty long, but good for flex, that might be part of your steeing/wandering issues. not so bad that they are at the rear of the front springs but if they were shackled up front, you'd have all kinds of wander on the road.

definitely need brake lines, I just went down to napa and found a longer line that worked with the dana 44 - I believe it was for a chevy truck. but you're gonna need way longer ones cause mine wont flex that much.

Your also gonna need some seriously long shocks at least 14" id say and a tall mount/hoop for the top mount since your ride height isn't that high.

 

[alpinestar]

haha yea im workin on the front shock issue. but for about $400 i can get a set of piggy back rancho rs 9000 fully adjustable shocks haha... that will be a while from now tho. but yea i was told there are some full size rigs that have longer brake lines that i could use until i wanna buy an actual steel braded extended brake line kit.

i need to put an extra washer or two on the bolts in the shackle cuz it has a hair bit too much smooth bore on it and it makes it difficult to tighten those things up enough. i mainly need to weld a brace in the center and that should eliminate the steering wander ALOT....

thanks for lookin

 

[LittleBigFoot]

For 75 bucks you can get a set of 28' long braided steel hoses that use the same chevy/doge/ford hard line fitting and 3/8" banjo bolt.

Foothills offroad. Look em up on evil bay.

Nice job, but watch out when you take it up to road speeds. Extended shackles can give a death wobble.

I'm fabbing up a set of shackles for the trail and a smaller set of shackles to use on the street. Pain in the ass but that's what happens when you SAS your DD.

Look into 98+ ranger rear shocks. They're 26.5" long and have room for 12 or 14" of travel and they're 26 bucks a piece at Advanced Auto. Or something like that. It's a good temp shock till ya can shell out for the nice ones.

 

[Bray D]

that's what happens when you SAS your DD.

Not if you use coil springs

 

[alpinestar]

Nice job, but watch out when you take it up to road speeds. Extended shackles can give a death wobble.

I'm fabbing up a set of shackles for the trail and a smaller set of shackles to use on the street. Pain in the ass but that's what happens when you SAS your DD.

actually ive already gone down the highway at 65 mph and it not bad at all.. and thats with no front shocks still. so i guess mine turned out well... and as for shocks i have a set of 12" travel rs5000 that i will fit to the front until i can afford some badass rs9000 or something else like that. in fact, any recommendations as to where to get some for a good price or what kind i should get?

 

[alpinestar]

oh and as for brake lines there is a guy in Portland, Or which is local to me hes called the "Jeep Guy" and he sells extended brake line kits for $65 so i might try to get those soon.

also ive got another set of shackles that match the rear on the way right now. next week i'll go pick up a new driveline for the rear and put my longer shocks on the rear and put these new shackles on, should improve it flex alot.

 

[MikeyFord3]

so what are you doing about the drive shaft? does your stock one fit or no?

 

[alpinestar]

no, its about 4 inches too short(go figure, i moved my axle about 4 inches forward) but i know someone that can lengthen drive shafts for a good price. one of these days i'll get it done...