Recent content by tjmorton

Thanks for posting the solution to your issue @rustygastank , I've got a new transmission mount on my TJ to do list and have been going back and forth between rubber and poly, your input helps with that decision. Happy wheeling.

So, I took afitzray97's advice and spent more than an hour putting a wrench on every nut and bolt on the suspension and steering front to back Tuesday evening. The only thing I found was the bolts for the adjustment sleeve on the rear track bar were just loose enough that the track bar had a...

I looked up those Kenda's, the Klever R/Ts, and those do look very promising. Especially in a 9.5. They look similar to the Mickey Thompson Baja Boss's that I recently put on my F150 which are also a MT/AT hybrid. So far I'm loving the Baja Boss's. They're great on and off road. Unfortunately...

Thanks for the reply Jerry! I've taken advice that you've posted in a number of different threads while building my TJ and you've never steered me wrong. In fact, I've got some Spicer ball joints and U joints ready to install based on a recommendation you made in an old thread. Quick follow up...

Thanks LJ. I bought the Jeep just over a year ago, it had the same open country mt's on it but they were in bad shape so replacing the tires was one of the first things I did. The new tires have probably 1500 miles or less on them. Apparently these tires, in this size, are backordered in my area...

Thanks for the feedback afitzray97. I hadn't even considered the shift linkage bushings, I'll check that out today. I do have adjustable control arms all the way around. I checked all the arms a few days ago but just by hand, I'll break out the wrenches today and check them again. I was also...

Hello All! I searched threads and found plenty of post regarding 12.5's and 10.5's but nothing quite as specific as what I'm looking for so here goes..... I have the 01 2.5L MT and am currently running 33x12.5x15. Just recently regeared to 4.88. The regear made a huge difference, especially in...

The noise being mount related makes a lot of sense to me. Took the Jeep on a road trip last weekend to do some wheeling and while sitting in some stop and go traffic I noticed that I heard the noise anytime the Jeep rocked forward like when coasting in traffic, then accelerating, then coasting...

So, the clunk/pop came back, or more likely, never went away. Noticed it again day 2 after getting the Jeep back from the regear. Wanted to wait a little bit to update this post in case I was able to chase it down. Alas, no luck so far. I went through the suspension/steering and made sure...

Thanks for the input Jeff, learning as I go so this type of info is gold to me. Are spider gears failing a common issue with the dana 35? Any suggestion on how often I should check them or do you just wait to hear the noise? Also, any suggestions on a specific brand of gears to buy or upgrade...

I went to 4.88 from the stock 4.10. Running 33x12.5x15 Toyo OC M/Ts. The difference in 1st - 3rd is night and day. Also, had the Jeep in 5th for the first time since I bought it a year ago. Still quite a bit of down shifting from 5th to 4th on the highway but once up to highway speed 5th is now...

Finally got the Jeep back yesterday. Drove it around quite a bit today. Popping/clunking noise is gone. Along with the regear the shop also replaced the rear spider gears. Shop said the rear spider gears were in pretty bad shape. I had them double check my steering/suspension/driveshaft work and...

Not yet. Jeep is still at the offroad shop for the regear. Been there going on 4 weeks now, was supposed to be there 1 week. Various parts issues and delays with other jobs in the shop per the guys. It's a little frustrating but it's not my daily driver and I don't want them to rush it out so I...

Once I figure it out I'll let you know. Every other issue i've had with the Jeep since I bought it last summer has been a fairly simple fix or at least had an obvious fix. Hoping this is as well. I think the fact that I'm having it re geared next week will eliminate a number of variables. We...

Thanks Jeff. I'm having it regeared to 4.88 next week at a local off road shop so hopefully that will resolve any potential gear issues. At this point in my Jeep experience gears are still a little alien to me. I'm learning as I go but not confident in what to look for if I pull the diff cover.