Drooped the Jeep off for a regear. Yay stimulus. I hate spending the money but I also hate not using the interstate. No pics.
What did you do to your TJ today?
- Thread starter LJRubiconGuy
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Pulled the oil pan and degreased inside and out. Changed the rear main seal. Installed the oil pan, pilot bear, flywheel, clutch and pressure plate. Got to looking over the second pilot bearing I had and realized I installed my pilot bearing backwards, its has a seal on one side only (the side towards the transmission). Pulled the clutch and pressure plate. Luckily I purchased a pilot bearing puller and was able to pull the pilot bearing and install it correctly without damaging the bearing.
Jake kozlowski
TJ Enthusiast
Jake kozlowski
TJ Enthusiast
I hit it with a wire wheel, then used degreaser and a nylon brush to it all. i used simple green and also greased lightning. Then used rust converter primer, then paint!
It continues step by step, today I realized for the first time how much work has to be put into a frame off restoration, with the progress of my work at the TJ I constantly find new positions that should be revised.
a good friend loaned me a spring tensioner so that I can better remove the rust
as I said it goes forward in small steps
a good friend loaned me a spring tensioner so that I can better remove the rust
as I said it goes forward in small steps
I ended up having enough paint to paint the springs today. 
And now you have matching purple saw horses.
It's at the AC shop right now. Fingers crossed!
I got tired of the slop and rattle of the POS tire carrier on the Warn bumper. Seriously, you are going to charge that much for a stupid bumper, you could at least design it with a serviceable pivot! Bearings or bushings are cheap!
Ground down and painted all the places that got stuff cut off. Then put on a Rusty's Tire Carrier. My tailgate hinges were crap too, so this addition fixed both problems.
Ground down and painted all the places that got stuff cut off. Then put on a Rusty's Tire Carrier. My tailgate hinges were crap too, so this addition fixed both problems.
Jake kozlowski
TJ Enthusiast
John Wolf
TJ Enthusiast
Sanded and repainted my door to remove a scratch, then installed a bazooka sub!
I've heard those have infinite amount of flex, but you have to stay in range and keep them updated...Installed my new Bluetooth axleView attachment 153284
I swapped out my old bumper w/ swing out tire carrier to a rugged ridge & new bumper, po had rough country shocks, swapped them out for Rancho 5000X, check out the rough country, those only had about 2k miles. changed the seats out too, broke the passenger so I figured I change both, these are smitty built, pretty comfortable.
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Did some work on the Dana 44 I bought off of CL. Finally got around to removing the diff cover. What a pain in the ass! The guy must have used the large economy size of RTV to seal the cover to the housing. Started scraping the RTV off of the cover. Found some nicks and pitting on the cover. Not sure if I can get it smoothed out, but will give it a shot. The oil definitely had some water in it but for the most part was a black as coal. One of the spider gears looks like one of the characters on "The Tiger King" with a bunch of busted teeth. Any plans to keep the current gears is definitely out the window. Ring and pinion look fine. Next on the list is pulling the axles to see if they are worth saving or not.
No more room for artwork on my tailgate. Misc ramblings and what nots.
I utilized reflectorized sheeting once again. Not only cool looking but durable.
I utilized reflectorized sheeting once again. Not only cool looking but durable.
