Another YJ Build......GenRight Style by caddyman

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Really bad!!!

150/250, but that still might change to lighter spring?

10-25-2012

Just a little update, still gathering parts for my axle swaps.

So far I have;
87 Ford Dana 60 KP HP front axle 69" WMS (I'm going to narrow to 67")
89 Chevy Suburban 3/4 14 bolt FF rear axle 67" WMS

Artec High steering arms
Reid Ford Knuckles
Rear Wilwood brake calipers
All new axle brackets and bridge from GenRight
New 39" BFG Krawlers (red label)

Still need,
5.13 gear sets
ARB lockers
Front inner and outer axle shafts
Drive flanges
New 8 lug Beadlocks wheels
Chevy F & R brake rotors

Seem like I've been down this road before.........................

10-29-2012

Thanks,

Yes, it is very tight at the cross member and I'm NOT looking forward to the day I have to remove the tranny. I would say I have less than 1" from the brake caliper (Parking brake) to the cross member. If I removed the caliper and disc from the rear of the Altas I might have 2.5-3" total. That might be enought the remove the Atlas and then the tranny but if not I figured I would just use my engine hoist to lift the engine forward and get it out that way, worst case?

Most all off road shops sell the inline couplings for all size tubing, mine was 1.5"x.120 from a local shop in town. But I've seen them online also, here one, http://www.polyperformance.com/shop/...lamp-p-66.html

It's not the hoops holding you back from pushing the front axle forward, it's the clearance for the steering gear box/pitman arm to the tie rod and the track bar to the diff housing. I think I ended up with 102.5" wheel base.

I don't understand the last question, "center of the joint to the top of the axle housing"?

I just made the tranny mount myself. I reused a aftermarket tranny mount for the Jeep that I already had, then I bent a flat piece plate into shape where the mount bolts up. I also had to make a adapter for the upper part of the mount to the tranny. I used 1.5"x.120 DOM tubing, the bushings I got from my local off road shop, uses a 7/16 bolt I think the OD of the bushing is 1.75" a coupe of tabs welded to the frame. Wham o you're done

To be honest I didn't like the first one I did and I beleive its still laying on the garage floor where I left it. The second one came out much better.

But I think GenRight sells a kit for this, but I had to save money where I could, so on stuff I could fab up myself I did.