The build of Jenny

[WJCO]

They'll feel even better when I can safely drive it and hit some trails!


Build Thread - "Jenny"
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Have you checked your balljoints? I know you said earlier they were ProSteers and a few years old, but I would check them just to see. If your track bar is tight and your steering is new, that would be my next guess. And how much play do you have in the gear box?

 

[RockinAZJK]

The ball joints are the next item after the box. The sector shaft has about an 1/8" of play and then the whole box is moving a tad on top of that.


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[WJCO]

The ball joints are the next item after the box. The sector shaft has about an 1/8" of play and then the whole box is moving a tad on top of that.


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That sounds like your problem right there.

 

[RockinAZJK]

That sounds like your problem right there.

Agreed, we checked the torque but hadn't given the box much thought being that it is on a few months old. Luckily this one is under Oreilly's warranty and my new one will be here Wednesday


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[RockinAZJK]

Was changing back to the hard top and decided to take a few pictures with the new tires


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[RockinAZJK]

So update on the death wobble. Getting closer. Did the steering box last night. Old was definitely bad and it is much more stable but under the right condition I can still get wobble. Swapping ball joints today now. I currently have prosteers that are about 3 years old but I've got an old set of Oreilly's brand laying around in my old axle so I will just warranty those out and put them in to see what happens


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[Randy Tadevich]

So update on the death wobble. Getting closer. Did the steering box last night. Old was definitely bad and it is much more stable but under the right condition I can still get wobble. Swapping ball joints today now. I currently have prosteers that are about 3 years old but I've got an old set of Oreilly's brand laying around in my old axle so I will just warranty those out and put them in to see what happens


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Rockin, what's the status of the wobble issue? Did you get it ironed out?

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[RockinAZJK]

Rockin, what's the status of the wobble issue? Did you get it ironed out?

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Yes I did. Turned out that my Prosteer Ball Joints had gone bad. They were about 4 years old and seen a lot of abuse. Rebuild kit on those are only about $130.

Infact I just got back from Moab on Tuesday.


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[RockinAZJK]

Just got back from Moab on Tuesday. It was a hell of a trip that started with 5 Jeeps and at one point was down to just mine with two broken on a trail. At the end we had all 5 going but getting two off the trail cost us our final day of wheeling. In all I got to run a couple of trails in Area BFE, Rusty Nail, and Golden Spike/Gold Bar Rim about 5 times (one way each time). I'll upload the few pictures I was able to snag shortly.


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[jeffj]

Yes I did. Turned out that my Prosteer Ball Joints had gone bad. They were about 4 years old and seen a lot of abuse. Rebuild kit on those are only about $130.

Infact I just got back from Moab on Tuesday.


Build Thread - "Jenny"
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Glad to hear you got it worked out. Once you have that issue it can be tuff to run down the problem, its so hard on your other parts.

 

[RockinAZJK]

Glad to hear you got it worked out. Once you have that issue it can be tuff to run down the problem, its so hard on your other parts.

The fact that it is so hard on all of the parts ended up being my problem. I believe it started with heim end on the track bar and just took out everything else around it.


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[RockinAZJK]

The few pictures I got from Moab. Also I've been tip toeing within about 300 miles of 100,000 for about two months now and have been refusing to drive the Jeep as much as possible. My goal was to hit that milestone while in Moab and wouldn't you know: she turned 100,000 while on Gemini Bridges road heading back in to retrieve a Jeep from the Golden Crack


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[GraniteCrystal]

You know you're having a good time when the traction control and TPMS warning lights are going off

 

[Jimmypaget]

Looks great. 37's feel good huh.

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Man those cooper 37's look big!

 

[RockinAZJK]

Man those cooper 37's look big!

They do and man did they perform great! I've only got about 300 miles on them and am in love so far. We had my coopers, bfg km'2s, and general grabber red labels with us and I can honestly and confidently say my coopers were hooking up the best. I'm very happy with 37's and at this point don't know if I want to be any wider or go to 40's. There were several spots where I was as wide as I could be without taking a drastically different and more difficult line.


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[RockinAZJK]

Been a couple weeks so I figure I'll post a status update:

My Auxbeam Pods were stolen along with the spare drag link I had in the back. I am running my bikini top with a wind jammer and tonneau cover so there is about an 8" gap between the rear door and wind jammer to grab the drag link


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[RockinAZJK]

Lucky for me there was a member selling some KC Highlite pods that I had been eyeing for a while anyway. Those should actually be at my apartment office right now!


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[JKbrick]

That really sucks your stuff was stolen


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[RockinAZJK]

Best news I have though is that next weekend I will be installing hydro assist steering and the following weekend the Jeep goes into the shop for 5.13 gears, rear locker fix, exhaust leak fix, and finally installing the EVO front long arms ive had sitting around since December! Then my shake down run will be another trip to Moab towards the end of may!


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[Randy Tadevich]

Been a couple weeks so I figure I'll post a status update:

My Auxbeam Pods were stolen along with the spare drag link I had in the back. I am running my bikini top with a wind jammer and tonneau cover so there is about an 8" gap between the rear door and wind jammer to grab the drag link View attachment 250822


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Man that sucks so bad. I welded the nut on my LED' s so someone can't quickly unbolt them. But it doesn't stop them from removing the factory star bolt. It gets my blood boiling just hearing yet another story of thievery.

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