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ORT – Washita 1/1/11 – NYD
Another trip to my favorite park in the ’87 XJ for our annual “NYD” run down to the park We traveled about 8 miles during our annual trip to the park: Everyone playing on the poser area: The 3 ton XJ playing on a little larger ledge by captains rock: And a short vid of “lead foot” 😆 : Slideshow of all the photos
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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – HP Dana 60 Swap
I’d said more than once that I would rock the 44 until it gave me too many problems. After replacing ball joints, and killing the high steer, I’d finally had enough. So in came the ‘78 Dana 60:
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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – “K” Member Trimming
As with most SAS’s, the K member needed to be trimmed up some to make room for the high steer linkage as well as some clearance for the pumpkin under full compression. Since I’m running full width axles, I don’t think I’ll have to get too crazy with the trimming. While I had the axle out of the way, I figured I’d take a whack at it to get started on it as it was easily accessible. I won’t know…
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The Lone Ranger – Front SAS – Track Bar:
After fighting doing what I could to solve my death sway issue with the rear (Added rear leafs, played with the shocks, etc) I turned my attention to the front end. Now I knew my front shackle setup was causing some of my vague steering that I was experiencing, I didn’t realize how bad it actually was until I added this track bar. Adding this track bar solved my death sway issue. Onto the photos! During lunch I borrowed some…
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ORT – Interlake SRA 1/29/11
I was lacking a wheeler, but still had an itch to get out into the woods. So I grabbed a seat from a friend and rode on! It was fun playing passenger for a change. And yes, that’s about as sloppy as that soil can get. I’m looking forward to another trip out there this year, maybe when its green and not so wet! We covered about 15.7 miles over the course of the day, mostly just wandering around in…