Louie4's YJ by Louie4

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I figured I'd throw up a little update. I want to thank Joe for moving my thread into the YJ tech section. I figured I'd get more responses to my tech questions and I'd just rather have it in here.

Right now I have bead on a Teraflex cross over steering knuckle, a tie rod, and drag link. They are used but we'll see how it pans out. I'm also going to pull my t-case out and most likely rebuild it and put a true neutral plate in while I'm in there thanks to Rikrotor's thread. Plus my front output yoke on my t-case has some play in and out. Based off what Rikrotor said it's most likely the bearing.

4-17-2012

I started on another small project today. Can anyone guess what I have in mind?

4-19-2012

Got a little more accomplished last night but I can't say I really did anything. I cleaned up the metal pieces and prepped them for welding. While I was doing that one of my welders on second shift saw me (I was using the shop at work) and asked what I was doing. I told him and he insisted I let him weld up the steel. He really enjoys welding steel (my company welds aluminum) so he got a few steel rods and used the TIG welder to get it done. I must say it's good work and I was very appreciative. He put a good bead on the outside and did two passes on the inside. I still need to cut some gussets, weld them in and put some holes in it but it's coming along nicely.

4-23-2012

Here's what I did with the u-bolt plates. I wish I welded more than twice a year. They suck but they will work. I also found out that I should have made them a little longer. I'm unsure how much space I'll have if I weld the gussets under the angle on the outside. I got the u-bolts on order so I'm going to wait and lay it out.

4-25-2012

I got my u-bolts today. I think it's going to work out pretty good. I will need to cut out some more gussets and just cap the ends.

4-26-2012

This has nothing to do with my build thread but I thought it was interesting. I was leaving for work this morning and noticed this Ford truck in my complex sitting by itself, not too far from my Jeep. I didn't notice what was wrong until I drove past it. Not sure what happened but it hit the ground at one point. Look at those sweet lift blocks.

I found out what was wrong with that truck...Florida fan.

4-30-2012

Oh goodness.

I'm going to sandblast the knuckle and maybe have it powder coated...we'll see.