TK's Yellow Krait LJK Buildup by tkfx

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Today we knocked out the gigantic coil/spring mounts and all the control arm brackets along with the trackbar frame mount and finished the day by grinding down all the leftover meat on the frame.

Tomorrrow I still have a little bit of grinding left, then I start setting up the front axle and frame with brackets and making sure my steering geometry works. Long day tomorrow!

Picture when we knocked out the first coil/spring tower:

8-23-2014

Got the axle under the jeep today! Set up the tie rod, drag link and track bar. Made sure that my track bar and drag link were parallel and that they are the same length in order to eliminate bump steer. Got the control arm brackets on the axle tacked in and tomorrow Ill do the frame side. I raised the axle side lower control arm mounts a tad to get a much more level lower control arm angle. Also tomorrow the coilover tower will need to be fit onto the frame rail and get all that set up! 1 Day left, hopefully Ill be able to finish the front as school starts monday! Overall ill have a 2" stretch in the front.

Finally after working so hard from morning to night with my dad we managed to finish the front end for schoolthe next day! Here are some pics of todays work.

Track bar clearance check:

Axle at full bump(no bumpstops yet but in spot where they are going to be):

Cutting it close:

Coilovers in!

Couldn't get a final shot of how it stands as it turned dark really quick. When I get a chance Ill post up some pics of it with the stock JK tires. We finished so late that I couldnt get a chance to paint much of the axle, Ill have to leave that for next weekend.

I took a test ride and had a little wandering, now im not sure what it could be because of, but if I were to take a guess then I would say it is because my front end has rised higher then with my previous 4" lift springs, so that extra height is causing my body to sway more (no front sway bar yet) which is causing me to go side to side.

My track bar and draglink are the same length, at the same angle, and on the same plane so that means that they shouldn't affect my wandering.