Louie4's YJ by Louie4

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I got the jeep driveable again and it rides pretty good. I put a 36 tooth speedo gear in and I think that's the proper one. Everything feels pretty tight and definitely not as much slop as it use to have. I went ahead and changed the pinion seal on the D30. It started to leak even after I put a new yoke and seal in about a year ago. I also think I found the reason. It seems that the pinion yoke had just a slight amount of play in it. So I took the yoke on and off about 15 times changing preload bearings till I got the right feel. I am pretty happy with how it rides.

Here is the front axle all said and done.

The next few things on the list are:

-Straighten and weld body mounts
-Take the bumper off and cap that one end
-Wash it
-Adjust the top once it gets warm
-New seats from a junkyard

I actually toyed with the welder and adjusted the wire speed and it seems to be laying down a better weld so I have more confidence in it. I think I just need to practice with the rest of the wire on the spool and get the feel.

3-25-2013

I'll keep my eye out at the junkyard. Here is my body mount on the drivers side near the rear tire. I have since bent it back and welded it but the pic sucks due to poor lighting. I'll post the fix later this week.

3-29-2013

I got the jeep out today after fixing the body mounts.

Here's a before and after:

This was the worst one:

Here's the other:

3-31-2013

I went out and measured the distance from my relocated pass. side bump stop to the axle and the distance between the drag link and the frame. I found that I have 4.5" between the frame and drag link and 4.375" or so from the bump stop to the axle. I think I may put some washers in between the bumpstop and frame just to be safe.

Here is a picture before the front axle refresher I recently posted about. You can see the bumpstop isn't close to touching and the drag link is nearly hitting the frame.

4-11-2013

I had some time this evening and the weather was nice so I got into the garage. I did some work on the front bumper. If anyone recalls I busted one of the wings, most likely on a rock. The welds didn't look to have penetrated too good.

I ended up cutting the other side flush and grinding it down then smoothing it out. The side with the missing wing (I knocked it off at camp) was what I welded the plate to. I cut up the detached wing, ground the plate down, welded it, then smoothed it out. I painted both ends but not the entire bumper. It may look pretty dumb and seem lazy but I know how that bumper will look after a ride or two...like it did before.