Dcbjk's build thread and picture diary of D-day 2.0

Well here we go braving the cold snap we’re having NC here is how D-day sits now and I’m still not finished with the mods from Christmas.
First off kudos to my wife for finding all this stuff for D-day
Rugged Ridge cowl protecters
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as of Christmas D-day is a Wayalife family member officially
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Last but not least she got me some Quadratec entry guards
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So like I said the mods ain’t done yet gotta get some more time to go to my dads shop to work on D-day
To be installed is EVO oil pan skid, the drag link when it comes in, and some EVO c2 gussets for the D30.
Hope y’all enjoyed the pics
Happy New Year
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Well we were finally blessed with some snow round 6 inches here in NC
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I did get a chance to play in it a little bit before it all turned into ice but I was by myself so couldn’t take any pics climes few hills in my father in laws cow pastor and that was fun
Hope y’all enjoyed the pics cheers to all and be safe on the HWY


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Saturday we got out in the snow some more went to my dads farm and rode around stretched D-day out a bit.
I almost forgotten how fun riding around on the farm was and it was very nice to get out and just ride and explore
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Thoroughly enjoyed this snow event we’ve had here in ENC hopefully we will have one more but that’s up to Mother Nature hope y’all enjoyed the pics
Cheers to all


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So I got the new drag link installed checked out everything greased it up torqued down everything took it for a drive
The old link
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The new one installed
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So the steering definitely feels better little tighter HOWEVER it didn’t solve the DW it’s not as bad as before but still there sadly will keep y’all posted as I keep nibbling at this issue


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So I did a small mod to the grill only cause I had some extra light strips so I merged them in with the marker lights
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Hope y’all enjoy the pics
Cheers to all



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So I finally got to torque all the nuts and bolts checked the track bar and torqued it down the only thing that was loose was the steering stabilizer clamp to the tie rod, tie rod end clamp, and the track bar axle bracket bolt turnt 1/4 turn before it torqued.
The steering feels better but it still wobbles as of this mornin but not as bad so I think I fixed another link in chain now just gotta check my Cs. Thanks Eddie for all the torque specs on Project JK very helpful.



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dcbjk said:
So I finally got to torque all the nuts and bolts checked the track bar and torqued it down the only thing that was loose was the steering stabilizer clamp to the tie rod, tie rod end clamp, and the track bar axle bracket bolt turnt 1/4 turn before it torqued.
The steering feels better but it still wobbles as of this mornin but not as bad so I think I fixed another link in chain now just gotta check my Cs. Thanks Eddie for all the torque specs on Project JK very helpful.



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May not be a bad idea to get that track bar bracket welded on. I assume from what you're describing that you have an aftermarket bolt on bracket? Next thing to check is likely the ball joints.
 
WJCO said:
May not be a bad idea to get that track bar bracket welded on. I assume from what you're describing that you have an aftermarket bolt on bracket? Next thing to check is likely the ball joints.
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This on the welding ^^^^
 
MSJKU11 said:
Have you checked your toe in?
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How do you check that

WJCO said:
May not be a bad idea to get that track bar bracket welded on. I assume from what you're describing that you have an aftermarket bolt on bracket? Next thing to check is likely the ball joints.
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wayoflife said:
This on the welding ^^^^
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Definitely sounds possible but from what I see I don’t have an aftermarket track bar or track bar brackets but I will post pics to better describe what I have. Cause I’m not sure either. I’m completely open to any other advice to better solve this issue.
Thank you to everybody in advance for your help and advice.


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