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Fucked one up on the driver's side, had it crooked (bent my mandrel too). So I drilled it out and set a new one. Checked passenger side and all are straight.
Measure Once, Cut Twice: A Story of Excitement and Impatience
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Yes, it will be going under the knife this Winter for extensive surgery.
I’m doing mine in the next few weeks, I’ll share anything I learn new that I missed from Josh’s thread.
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appreciate it. Im going to be raising the center body mounts and rear crossmember.
Crossmember is 8/1
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Started a little more rough body work in prep for the corner armor install.
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Helping my nephew with his XJ again. We got the front part of his 4.5" lift done. Starting the rear now.
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Thanks. He's more like my kid lol. We have a great bond. Plus, he's a learner. He tackled replacing the head gasket on it during the winter outside from his house a couple years ago. He's a good kid.
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Lift kit completed. Now he needs tires.
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I was relocating his brake lines and noticed the hard lines were rusty as shit. One actually snapped in half. Made him up some new line.
He also has vibes now so we have to drop xfcase (Zone kit came with it). Flipping XJ studs suck. Had to weld a nut on to remove. Have a broken bolt too that doesn't have enough to weld to. Trying a bolt extractor right now.
He also has vibes now so we have to drop xfcase (Zone kit came with it). Flipping XJ studs suck. Had to weld a nut on to remove. Have a broken bolt too that doesn't have enough to weld to. Trying a bolt extractor right now.
those over wound lines shouldn't even be on our stuff up here they are nothing but corrosion magnets.
if you ground down the end radius of another bolt could you get it on the end of the broken 1 and have room for a few tacs
if you ground down the end radius of another bolt could you get it on the end of the broken 1 and have room for a few tacs
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I agree. I used Ni-Cop line, so we'll see how long that lasts here. It's his daily.
I'll se if I can try that. We put it up on the lift for better access today. I'm hesitant to use a bolt extractor because I don't want to have to deal with the aftermath of it breaking off in there.
no holes or open ends on the channel? can't blow it out and slip a nut or nut-plate up in there?
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I thought about that but the holes along the sub frame aren't near the broken bolt. I guess that will be my nuclear option by drilling an access hole.
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Servicing the Ole creaking JJs again. I'm beginning to think they're getting spoiled and doing it on purpose. This is what high clay content soil does to grease in very short order.
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While under there, I discover this...
Passenger's side:
Driver's side:
How do you fix that shit?
Looks like it might not be a simple GR body mount raise this Winter. 
Passenger's side:
Driver's side:
How do you fix that shit?
Looks like it might not be a simple GR body mount raise this Winter. 
Loosen it all and shove it back over?While under there, I discover this...
Passenger's side:View attachment 267683View attachment 267684
Driver's side:View attachment 267685
How do you fix that shit?