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the love/hate relationship i have with this vehicle is unhealthy

give the A4LD some credit.. 190K miles, 4.88 gears with 35s and no trans issues. dual coolers, fans, and a trans temp gauge will do wonders on the life of the trans. BTT.. I ran 4.10s with 33s and realized after gearing to 4.88 what I was missing. plan your build, gear it once.

you guys can lurk while I wish.. missed an opportunity to tag along with some friends this past summer, hoping to make it out there in 2016

another option you have with the open carrier is adding a lunchbox type locker, i.e. aussie, lockright, spartan, etc.. easy install for drop in traction

exactly what i was going to say. find a 2nd gen disc brake rear. I still have the factory LS in my trail truck just with a few extra friction and steel discs added to the clutches and it performs great. you can even get lucky and sometimes find factory LS and 4.10 gears. great upgrade if...

good call on marking the shaft.. I sorta messed around with the steering shaft, inspected the lower rag joint and did not see any noticeable cracks like you can on the upper rag joint but it needs to come off nonetheless. got caught up helping a buddy find a noise in his XJ, ended up being...

thanks for the advice Kirby! sounds like a good reason to get a couple friends over on a rainy wet day. I just spent all the change I could find in the house at the car wash hosing everything off to give it a good look over without having mud falling in my face. anything to get the...

it has become apparent that I have an issue with my steering. what is the issue? it sucks. i'm all over the road constantly correcting the steering. now I know that since flipping the steering on top of the knuckle the track bar is not in the same plane as the drag link and i do have a axle...

no problemo buddy.. im still up in the air on what to do with my piece of junk

this winter's project.. narrowed HP 44, now to find one

shopped around a little.. ended up with the duff bracket. let her run a little yesterday, gotta go over a few things this week for a ride next sunday

wow.. can't compete lol

hmm.. been shopping axle side track bar brackets, Duff's seems to the be least expensive, saw one on wild horses, am I missing any others?

going with 31s huh? ever gonna go bigger? if you are then dont waste your time with a 15x7 wheel, go with a 15x8. as far as offset goes the more common combination is a 15x8 wheel with a 3.75" offset, this will bring the tires out a little. I think there is a pic of my truck with 31s and that...

Thanks for the compliment! Right now its sitting beside the garage with the rear ujoint about to fall out of it.. lol Drove it 3 hours, wheeled it on some rocks, grenaded a hub, drove it home only to find that I must have spun the rear shaft flange on some rocks and one of the caps weasled its...

crawling up some rocks at Chaos Offroad Park in Capon Bridge, WV yesterday and and I bounced, came down, BOOM.. so my buddies who were spotting me checked for a busted ujoint or shaft.. nothin. I go to move forward, front driveshaft spins but the front axle shafts do not. hmm. so I drive off...

its not really that its a heavy load.. I just always end up pulling Jeeps out of the trails. This one was a few miles of trails out to the pavement.

and me.. EB 44 Narrow coils and radius arms, bolt on Duff brackets

did you order the DIY kit and install the planetaries from a second case yourself? doesn't seem like it would be too big of a hassle and I have a spare 1354 at the house. youre running the regular box not the shorty, correct? been eyeing up the shorty doubler, gotta remember I'm driving a...

1. $0-$400 2. $? 3. $600-$800 4. $2200 uh.. I dont trust myself to do it and I dont have an extra 2K laying around so the doubler or strong box looks like an option gonna wait though.. not sure what the next few months holds. Had a friend who builds full size rigs over last night putting...

I've spent the entire day looking at doublers... was it worth the price?

good points.. thanks for the reply I have been starting to think of the axle shafts as being the problem was well. In a land full of JKs and TJs I'll have to see if I can find someone running an older D44 to run my hubs and test for noise. I have a feeling I'll find something I dont wanna see...

spindle bearing was checked and greased.

swapped hubs with spare set I snagged from a friend. raised wheel, spun tire, no noise locked or unlocked. took it out saturday, same noise with hubs locked in 2wd and 4wd. front diff is a true trac. I'm at a loss.. any ideas?

Had a rubbing/grinding noise coming from the LH hub, popped the dial off and saw some milky grease so I tore the whole knuckle down and cleaned/repacked the wheel bearings, spindle bearings, cleaned off the caliper mount, wheel hub, and disassembled the mile marker hub to clean it. When putting...

small update.. just noticed yesterday that the only panel on my truck that is NOT dented, rubbed, or pushed in is the rear hatch. then i realized that was because of the rear swing out..which is gone now. gearing up for a club ride later this month.. gotta get on the ball and service the...

i do not miss the swingout rear bumper at all.. its so nice to look back and actually be able to see out of the rear window. i am also a fan of not having to open the swingout to get raise the hatch or glass. hopefully this fall the piece of junk will get 2 more cylinders in the engine.

I am also in the process of removing things I dont need, fixing things i half assed, and installing stuff ive had laying around for years. why? cause theyre all FREE mods and I am BROKE. the new front and rear bumpers on my pos make a HUGE difference with approach angle, weight, sight...

rag joint has a couple years in it.. was going to replace rag joint and gear box but the gear box will have to wait, ol girl needs a water pump.

stock shaft and box... once in a while I get a knock when turning the wheel at a stop. read some threads that pointed to the gearbox or steering shaft. thanks for the responses guys!

$10 flares.. http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/01/10/47/25/0001104725320_500X500.jpg if you trim them right they dont look too bad.. i only use mine for state inspection.

had this pos at 5 different shops over its lifespan and no one could ever get the steering wheel straight.. I'll take your advice on adjusting the box.. thanks! I'm usually at the sept. Main Jambo or the Oct. Fall Crawl

had the truck aligned at a reputable local shop ive been dealing with since i started driving and the toe was corrected from where I had installed the steering. ashburn is little over 3 hours away.. im actually close to there when I got to capon bridge and big dogs offroad in gore. plan on...

So my wallet has reached that point where expensive upgrades have to stop and instead I gotta make the best with what I've got.. quick run-down, EB44 swapped front with coils, RAs, 78-9 RA brackets, 7* C bushings, trac bar, rod end and tube steering. Camber is good, toe is good, i know...

also picked this up.. decided i wasnt in debt enough as it is already, and im too lazy to walk my property

ok ok.. pics

wooooooooooo progress!

truck is at the shop.. time to think about cargo lights and storage

carpet was out of the truck all night.. on interior whatsoever.. opened the door today and the truck reaked of a burnt match smell. nothing was cut, burnt, other than the carpet which was removed. hmm

used a cut-off wheel, cut the head of the bolt off.. carpet was only on fire once, luckily theres 6 inches of snow outside so putting out the flame wasnt hard. shes empty.. shop vac tomorrow