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Installing a Durango steering box in an XJThe first order of business was pulling the pitman arm. Since this was the first time pulling the pitman arm or removing the steering box, I made sure to soak everything down with PB Blaster a day ahead of time. The pitman arm popped off without too much trouble, but I’ve definitely broken my fair […] 7 comments |
Fixing a wallowed out trackbar bracketThe trackbar bolt on the axle can have a bad habit of coming loose on it’s own, and once that happens it can wallow out the hole in the axle bracket pretty quick. And that’s exactly what happened to us with our TJ. We’d been noticing a bit of understeer for a while, but the […] 8 comments |
Skid Row’s XJ Gas Tank Skid PlateInstallation date: 6/25/05 After seeing my friend Frank’s XJ get disabled on the trail after the point of a boulder pushed his Mopar gas tank skid plate up into his gas tank on our Hot Springs 2005 trip, I knew it was time to finally upgrade my trusty old factory gas tank skid plate. My […] Comments are off for this post |
Installing a B&M Transmission CoolerInstallation date: 6/11/05 After my engine and transmission both ran hotter than I’d have liked during our whole trip to Hot Springs I knew it was time to upgrade my tranny cooler setup. I’d been running a factory Mopar cooler for a couple of years, and for light duty stuff it was fine, but when […] 3 comments |
Jeepin.com Hot Springs Run 2005The weekend of June 4th marked our second annual Jeepin.com Hot Springs Run to the Superlift ORV Park in Hot Springs, AR. I don’t think we’ll do it again the middle of the summer though — wow was it hot and humid! But despite the heat and humidity, I think everyone had a great time, […] Comments are off for this post |
OffRoadOnly’s U-Turn Crossover Steering SystemInstallation date: 11/06/2004 If the thought of shelling out about $650 for a bolt-on cross-over steering conversion for a D30 just totally turns you off, you should probably hit the BACK button right now and check out some other write-up. But, if a heavy-duty cross-over system for your D30 that requires no extra mods sounds […] Comments are off for this post |
Crown Vic discs for your XJ D44Article by Kevin Hamilton. Introduction Despite the fact that my Dana 44 had larger drums than the Dana 35 it had replaced, braking power still wasn’t up to par. For obvious reasons when I had swapped on some 33”s and steel rims, my braking suffered, so I set out to do something about it. After […] 2 comments |
Rock Lizard Fabrications’ Gila Monster Quarter GuardsRock Lizard Fabrications is no longer building XJ products. Similar quarter panel armor is currently available from C-ROK Engineering. Comments are off for this post |
DPG OffRoad’s RockAttack XJ belly skidplateI ran a t’case skid from Rusty’s OffRoad for a number of years with no problems, in fact it was one of the oldest aftermarket parts on my rig. But while it protected the transfercase just fine, it did nothing to protect the crossmember and over the years my crossmember racked up its fair share […] Comments are off for this post |
AEM BruteForce 5.9L ZJ IntakeArticle by David Niemeier. I had just walked in the door after a long day at work when I heard a knock at the door… “whohoo! FedEx man is here!” When I am asked to do a product review, the reviewing process starts immediately after the delivery of the product. Needless to say I was […] Comments are off for this post |