Good steering components are essential with big tires..at least eventually, in my book.
It's not that stock components are bad, they are just designed for smaller tires and less stress.
What did you do to your TJ today?
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It's not that stock components are bad, they are just designed for smaller tires and less stress.
Finally decided to back wash my heater core today. Drained all coolant off, unhooked the return line hose from the heater core and hooked up some low pressure water. Was getting very low flow into the catch bucket and gently increased pressure when suddenly I got two good thumps out and a slug of horrid brown sludge and then good flow through the core. No wonder I had not been getting any heat transfer before. All in all, not a bad job.
I’ve been wanting to do this but need to flush my coolant and that job I’m unsure of. All you need to do is unhook the heater core inlet tube from the engine and run water? Where does the water come out?
Had a few fellow clowns over today. A whole lot of talking and no physical work on my axle today...which was good because we talked about the process and interference issues. Really good day for that. My brain hurts though.
Finished the electric hoist project and got my Weathertech cargo liner...drove it to get beer for fantasy football draft
installed a GM sourced underhood retractable light.
Removed the factory fogs and installed some 7" LED lights. What a difference! I can drive without headlights now. 
Took it out after it got dark and the driving lights are MUCH brighter than the headlight high beams. I made sure I angled them down enough so I wouldn't blind anyone. $42 well spent IMO. My new DOT Osram LED headlights ($50) should be here Monday.
Took it out after it got dark and the driving lights are MUCH brighter than the headlight high beams. I made sure I angled them down enough so I wouldn't blind anyone. $42 well spent IMO. My new DOT Osram LED headlights ($50) should be here Monday.
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When I did it, I was specifically targeting my heater core, so I pushed pressure into the heater outlet hose(upper hose) and it came out the unhooked inlet hose (lower) and into a catch bucket. Effectively it unplugged with some reverse flow under pressure.
I like it. Looks good.Removed the factory fogs and installed some 7" LED lights. What a difference! I can drive without headlights now.
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So, I guess I have to revise my report. Got them out on an ice cream run tonight and cutoff seems better than I thought. Light is great. And when paired with the Hellas I’m not wanting for light at all.
It’s a little foggy, so pics could be better, but...
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Took my driver side door off for the first time... It fell over and broke the mirror in two spots. Turns out the high lift jack makes a great post to mount the busted one.
Look online and check out the 2000 lumen 1156 LED bulbs for that man.
After driving my 06 to meet a client and worker on a remodel :
Put the heat shield on my 03 the shop left off, prepped painted the triangles behind the mirrors SEM black and the driver's side door handle, ceramic waxed it and drove it some...then the fun started.
@Chief Brohician came up and we sorted out some 1/2 door drama , boy he's got a sweet driving Dana 44 equipped 98 Sport.
Then a buddy texted he got a jk.
It was game on. We all headed to the trail.
Chief got his right front in a V and we had to bail and weight the left rear.
He had to get back to reality and went home , and the Short Bus showed up...it couldn't go where the TJ's could ...at all... We literally climbed rocks past guys stuck on 4 wheelers. One guy was bigger than his quad...looked like an ant carrying a biscuit.
Then we went to my place, messed with the JK a little , has retractable steps.. stupidest thing I've ever seen on a lifted off road vehicle.
Eating street tacos now . Had an absolute ball, drove out here to Arab, Alabama (real place) with the top off
I'm a happy guy. As long as my oldest boy brings my 03 back in top shape. It needed drove. It's sat too much. First world problem.
Put the heat shield on my 03 the shop left off, prepped painted the triangles behind the mirrors SEM black and the driver's side door handle, ceramic waxed it and drove it some...then the fun started.
@Chief Brohician came up and we sorted out some 1/2 door drama , boy he's got a sweet driving Dana 44 equipped 98 Sport.
Then a buddy texted he got a jk.
It was game on. We all headed to the trail.
Chief got his right front in a V and we had to bail and weight the left rear.
He had to get back to reality and went home , and the Short Bus showed up...it couldn't go where the TJ's could ...at all... We literally climbed rocks past guys stuck on 4 wheelers. One guy was bigger than his quad...looked like an ant carrying a biscuit.
Then we went to my place, messed with the JK a little , has retractable steps.. stupidest thing I've ever seen on a lifted off road vehicle.
Eating street tacos now . Had an absolute ball, drove out here to Arab, Alabama (real place) with the top off
I'm a happy guy. As long as my oldest boy brings my 03 back in top shape. It needed drove. It's sat too much. First world problem.
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Threw on a pair of rugged ridge quick disconnect mirrors this evening that the wife bought me as a b-day gift.
Good Lord....I knew something was vaguely odd with my White '03 ...I kept having to alternately nudge the wheel left and right as I drove ...this is all new Moog , ZJ upgrade...etc.
Then I got the call. My son -" hey dad , why did this thing start shaking when I hit a bump?" Normally that's starts an interrogation, but I knew he didn't go far.
Oh boy. I'm pretty Anti Death Wobble. I don't know it all , but I know what it is and a little bit about how to deal with it ....and I know bump activated death wobble means a loose track bar or other component typically...and I just had a new upper right control arm mount installed ...undercover fab works....for basically the same reason ..my stock mount was wallered out. That's a real word in Alabama. Wallered. You can ask my mommernem.
Mr. Blaine has mentioned many times the upper right front control arm has to be watched in death wobble situations, and he well knows his craft.
Any way, sure enough , bushing had drifted so far toward the passenger tire it is only in one side of the mount , that's about 7/8 wide, sort of like the one on the differential in design but not solid.
Not sure if the bushing is in backward or something weird, or if that matters , but the bottom line is you can't have loose parts, especially up front.
I've started a thread, knowing many members are awake right now, thinking - "I wander what AndyG is doing" or maybe more like "I wander what that idiot broke this week?"
Here we are.
Then I got the call. My son -" hey dad , why did this thing start shaking when I hit a bump?" Normally that's starts an interrogation, but I knew he didn't go far.
Oh boy. I'm pretty Anti Death Wobble. I don't know it all , but I know what it is and a little bit about how to deal with it ....and I know bump activated death wobble means a loose track bar or other component typically...and I just had a new upper right control arm mount installed ...undercover fab works....for basically the same reason ..my stock mount was wallered out. That's a real word in Alabama. Wallered. You can ask my mommernem.
Mr. Blaine has mentioned many times the upper right front control arm has to be watched in death wobble situations, and he well knows his craft.
Any way, sure enough , bushing had drifted so far toward the passenger tire it is only in one side of the mount , that's about 7/8 wide, sort of like the one on the differential in design but not solid.
Not sure if the bushing is in backward or something weird, or if that matters , but the bottom line is you can't have loose parts, especially up front.
I've started a thread, knowing many members are awake right now, thinking - "I wander what AndyG is doing" or maybe more like "I wander what that idiot broke this week?"
Here we are.
Tinted my front windows with some 20% ceramic tint this morning. No way I was going to pay the tint shop $150 for two windows.
I must say, its been a long time since I've seen such a poor and conflicting website... No idea whats what and what actually is meant for what vehicle. If you go to their Canadian equivalent site that same part lists this..
You do know that the actual angle doesn't make any noticeable difference like some people believe? It's not like your driveshaft angles. You can run stock rear sway bar links with a 4" lift and nobody can tell. Tons of people make solid links for Jeeps with 2-3" lifts. Solid links don't break like the crap ball/socket stock links. You DON'T want longer versions of that.
i want solid links not the quick discos. Tons of people like who? I see quick discos but not much option for the solid links between 2-3”