And the tear down begins.......

Starting with the front axle rebuild...

 

hell yea!! sweet comp cut and i love the rear chop

 

wow very nice

 

Well all the cutting and cage work was already done when I got it, but I am fixin' to really do some cutting to fit the new 42 Iroks underneath.

 

no swaybar with 4 airshocks?

 

Am working on that... That is one of things I am going to try and add during this upgrade

 

Looks pretty damn nice man. With a little ingenuity you can cut about 3 more inches out of all your fenders, and give yourself a shitton more uptravel. I cut my rear wheel well in half and shifted it back about 3.5" so I could cut the fenders out more. It stuffs the tires up NICE, but I'm only on 36's. You could go further back with the rear half of the well than I did if you did something with the gas filler lines

 

That pinion is tiny, looks like its out of a D30. You worried about it at all with 42's?

 

D300 to 545rfe

did you have to modify the input shaft on your D300, or obtain an aftermarket, to adapt it to your 545rfe tranny, or did you swap trannys as well?

 

-Turn Breaks

What breaks when you turn? :flipoff2:

 

Everything!!! LOL

 

Shit is ugly

WTF is that shit looks like a jacked up polar bear:flipoff2:
Hey isnt there a badass offroad shop across the street from yall. HEHE

 

WTF is that shit looks like a jacked up polar bear:flipoff2:
Hey isnt there a badass offroad shop across the street from yall. HEHE

NO COMMENT SMART ASS!! :flipoff2:

 

awesome looking wj!

 

Getting ready to build a truss on the front axle, will post some pics soon!!!

 

this is a nice set up. looking foward to the front axle truss

 

moar pleez

 

Ok time for a little update...

-Full hydraulic steering kit has arrived
-42" Iroks have also arrived

Going to purchase a new piece of equipment today, will post a picture later of it.

 

Oh shit now I'm super jealous damnit! Those are some damn sweet parts you have stacked up for this thing, can't wait to see how it turns out! I've been trying to decide if I want to bump up the tire size to something in the 39 range sometime soon, but with 42"s you'll definately be one of the biggest WJ's i've seen

 

39's you know wanna

Brett

 

Well had to pick up a new welder as the old Miller wasn't enough for the 1/4" steel plates on the truss... So picke3d up the Hobart IronMan 230

And finally you will see a couple pictures of the mock up of the front axle...

 

Haha Brett I'm sure I'll end up there soon enough.

The one thing I'm a little worried about is how well the rear 9" in my jeep will hold up with something near a 40-42" tire under 5300lbs lol! Once this thing is build you have to tell me how the iroks do on the street, as my jeep is still a driver when it's not crippled! My irok radials are fantastic but I know the bias are another story haha

 

This is my second set of Bias Iroks and they work great on the trail, but they do wear out fast being that they are bias. I am going with full hydro now, so don't know how much of the street the rig will actually see. Hoping to be able to drive it back and forth to my shop on occassion, but will have to see how it handles.

 

Nice build!
Don't mean to highjack but, Greg the bias Iroks are fine on the street. My 39s aren't balanced or anything and they've seen 2 trips to MOAB (2500 miles or so round trip). Even had them up to 80mph for a few seconds on the way back to Ron's that Sunday after the 'Con. But they do wear hella fast. They are cheap though.
Just do a 60 rear and be done with it.

 

Nice work on the truss. Is that a chevy dana 60? Is there any particular reason you staid with a 15" wheel?

Nice build!
Don't mean to highjack but...... Just do a 60 rear and be done with it.

Most 60 rears suck without putting a bunch of money into them. Do a 70 or 14 bolt.

 

I dont even have words for this. Great work. My jeep is getting jealous of me looking at yours. Subscribing.

 

Nice build.

Looks like a Trail gear full hydro kit. 8" ram?

Airshock mounts on the High Steer arms: any concern there of shearing them off? Looks like stock knuckles

 

Yes it is a Trail Gear Full Hydro Kit with the 8" Ram, and yes the air shocks were originally on the high steer arms, but have since been changed as you can see in the new pictures. Also yes the knuckles are stock and hoping to upgrade to aftermarket soon.

 

Nice Dub! I never could find the buildup of this rig on the net when I had my WJ but searched for it everywhere after I found one pic in a bumper thread somewhere. The tubework is amazing!

 

How heavy is this thing?

 

I believe it is right around 5,000lbs. Looking for ways to lighten it up, but it is just a trail rig to get the family out in. Buggy hopefully coming next year.

 

*** STATUS UPDATE ***

Front axle is now back under the jeep, and steering is installed.
Next up finish plumbing the steering, then cutting and plating the body for the 42's...

Thought I would have been done by now, but had some paying work in the shop that took priority.

Goal is to be completed in time for the Chili Challenge. Also have some other things I may upgrade over the next couple winter months...

 

did you double up on the steering ram mounts? or are there usually that many clamps?

either way looking good

 

No that is how the trail gear ram kit comes.