What did you do to your TJ today?
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Those just put my XM481s to shame. What bike do you have them on?
I adjust mine by running the castle nut down to where there's no slack in the bearing, and then back off to the first castle slot that I can get the cotter pin in.
You'll feel a tiny bit of endplay, which is normal.
Still working on the rear shocks. But I actually have the passenger side one on it. I had to dremel out the welded nut on the one with the rounded off bolt, then rig up a grade 8 allen bolt with a couple of nuts and washers to clamp it in the hole and tighten up that side of the shock. But the more I think about the more convinced I am that I left out the inner washer, so first thing this morning is going to be taking it back down to make sure that the washer is in there. I'll try to get some pics.
Then it'll be back to the driver's side to get the broken off & rounded off bolts out.
Then it'll be back to the driver's side to get the broken off & rounded off bolts out.
Took the hard top off for the first time. Got a cargo net and sun shade over the front seats. Doggies like it!
I've got a pair of Framed Wolftrax fat bikes for the woman and me. Kind of a decently equipped but entry level alloy bike a local company manufactured, before they closed up shop earlier this year. Which means much like TJ OEM parts, they're drying up. It's a shame cause I've crashed mine a lot and it could use some TLC. I used to do winter races a few years ago but I just don't think I have the coordination or athletic ability anymore and didn't want to spend the extra $2-3k on a bike just to be more competitive. I'm not really a bike person or know much about them. I just learned enough to identify and upgrade a couple of the important components.
I don't remember which year but I did the Norpine Classic on the Superior shore in January a few years ago. -30°f wind-chill at the start. It was a fun experience.
What did I do to my Jeep today?
I received it.
I bought it from a buddy a few weeks ago. I had some work done to it, shipped up to me, and it is in my driveway as of an hour ago.
2000 Sport TJ with 74,000 miles on it.
I received it.
I bought it from a buddy a few weeks ago. I had some work done to it, shipped up to me, and it is in my driveway as of an hour ago.
2000 Sport TJ with 74,000 miles on it.
I almost bought a Framed a year or 2 ago. What parts are you trying to find?
Yeah I have no desire to race fat bikes. I'll just stick to snowduro and riding down kids sledding hills.
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Love those Grizzly wheels. Classic.
Oh I don't know what it needs, if anything specifically right now. I just see others complaining and hording what spares they can find like the folks here with radiators. It hasn't come off the hooks in probably 12 months. I needs gone over, though.
I keep a 1/2" drive cheater bar in my Jeep with a proper size socket for the Jeep's lug nuts to use as my lug wrench. On the front of my trailer I've got an ammo can mounted which holds a socket that fits the axle nut (and another socket for the trailer's lug nuts - they're different than the Jeep's), along with a few other items specific to the trailer. To include some emery cloth in case the axle gets boogered up when the bearing fails. I also have a small chisel in case the old bearing doesn't want to come off (learned both the hard way) - something to "encourage" the bearing to come off. And inside the trailer I've got (in the box it came in) a fully loaded brake drum with lubed bearings and seals already in place (to include a spare axle nut). When my trailer's bearing went, it wallered out the hub's center hole, so if I just had replacement bearings it would not have done me any good. You don't want to be left on the side of the road/trail with a ruined hub and not have all the tools and parts to get you back on the road/trail.
Suggestion, IF its possible with your trailer: Change the trailer's lug nuts to match the Jeep. My little Carry-On has the exact same studs, cone angle, etc, etc as the Jeep, but for whatever reason the lugnuts needed a 13/16" socket. Apparently 13/16" is standard for these little trailers. In any event, I bought some Jeep acorn nuts that match its 3/4" socket. End of that problem and they look better too.
I installed a Hoist a Top in preparation for my Rally Top arriving......
Then the top arrived and it took 20 mins to un-crate it. The Hoist a Top was made for a factory TJ rear window but the Rally Top rear window is different (better than stock IMO) so I had to adapt with some 550 cord and a random hook from the parts drawer. I need to get to the hardware store for a proper hook.
Good deal then, I tightened it until it wouldn’t line up for the cotter pin and then backed it off enough to get it through and everything is packed well with grease.
Unhooked the Turtle after a week long outing.
Dropped the new hardtop on the Jeep. Color looks good. Im glad I did the Hoist a Top, otherwise, my wife and I never would have been able to get this thing up high enough to get it installed. I had to remove the "rubicon rack" off the tire swing out to get the rear window closed but now that we're old with no kids, the back seat is removed and there is plenty of room for gear that might have gone on the "rubi rack".
This TJ Sport originally came with a black hard top that I sold many moons ago. Now I'm ready for hail storms and/or 100 degree weather that happen in this part of the world in summer.
This TJ Sport originally came with a black hard top that I sold many moons ago. Now I'm ready for hail storms and/or 100 degree weather that happen in this part of the world in summer.
That's a sort of retro looking top, I like it.