89 cherokee

[BTL4x4]

i had my eyes on this jeep in my neighborhood for a long time and finally got the chance to buy it. i bought it for $345 cause it didnt run but it ended up bein just a battery cable was loose. im late starting a build thread so ill try and catch up.it had a small budget boost on it but it was worn out so i bought some used tj rubicon express springs off craigslist and rough country AAL. had some 33's layin around off my bronco so i slapped them on there and took to a trail by my house

 

[bman]

$345 = a steal!

 

[BTL4x4]

i found another good deal on craigslist for a 87 cherokee d44 for 125.picked that up and put it in that weekend.i also saw a add on craigslist for a d30 and d35 so i picked them up for a 100 bucks. turns out the d30 was locked and had over sized shafts in it.i picked up some 35's to and went to try out the

 

[foreman1063]

Dude, I check Raleigh craigslist every day for Jeeps and Jeep parts, you must be really quick on the draw.

 

[BTL4x4]

fast forward a little bit i took it to uwharrie a couple times didnt have any issues at all. then i got some long arms and some new LTBs and a sweet JCR bumper some pictures are before long arms

 

[BTL4x4]

i always got my eye on craigslist for something good. im trying to find a way to upgrade axles, thats my main reason for starting this thread i need some opinions on whats good

 

[foreman1063]

What size tires are you gonna be running?

 

[BTL4x4]

ill probley stick with 35's. i was thinking about just beefing up my existing axles..but whats the fun in that

 

[foreman1063]

That's what I would do for 35's. Otherwise you could start spending big $$ for marginal gains.
Get some chromo shafts, super joints and be prepared to replace unit bearings and ball joints occasionally. Eventually your gonna want to run 42's and will be moving up to 60's or 60/14b anyway

 

[BTL4x4]

i wanna move up to 37's but dont have the funds for all that.

 

[untchabl]

+1 on keeping the 30/44 combo for 35's. I'd wheel with the stock shafts until you break one then upgrade to some chromo's.

I'm still running stock shafts in all my XJ's and I've only ever had one u-joint let go and it was the older, smaller u-joint in my 89 with a welded 30/8.25 on 32" TSL's. My 95 XJ on 33" TSL's is still on stock shafts locked f/r with 30/8.25 and I haven't broken any u-joints or shafts. I just keep a set of spare shafts in the Jeeps when I go wheeling, I carry complete shafts with unit bearings on them so it's a pretty quick swap if I do ever break one. Stock shafts are easy to find and super cheap. I've probably got 4-5 complete sets of spares.

 

[BTL4x4]

Picked some bead locks up today. So ill have my work cut out for the weekend not to mention a buddy's given me his old leafs so I can get the block and aal outa there. So lotta work cut out for me

 

[BTL4x4]

well tonight i attempted to swap my leafs for some that my buddy gave me to get the blocks out and ran into this problem

the leaf spring mount on the body is breaking off cause of rust,the whole back of the thing is rusty. i was thinking about cutting the floor up and doin some sort of frame work to make all of it strongish again. anybody had this problem or heard of it?

 

[Gary]

Nice xj buddy. I'm out of raleigh too, we should meet up for some wheeling one of these days.

 

[BTL4x4]

I gotta figure out what imma do with the jeep first it's gunna be on jack stand for a little while. I thought There's no where to wheel in Raleigh anymore

 

[BTL4x4]

Anybody got any ideas??

 

[BTL4x4]

Lost interest in the jeep thing for a little bit but now I'm back in. I wanna do a 4 link rear and swap some new axles in there but I don't know what axles I should look for. I also don't know what's the best way to go about doing the 4 link. I need some help getting started!!