As some of you may know, I have a 95 Grand Cherokee that Im building. Eventually it will end up on 40" tires, and 1 ton axles. Im building a 1 ton full float 9", and this is the beginning of my build threads.

So far I've cut the stock flanges off, and started "shaving" it! I cut the hole with my grinder/cut off wheel, and a sawzall. I'll gain around 2" of ground clearance with the size of my shave, and the pinion angle. Im having some new flanges machined to accept a front axle spindle, and will have custom cut shafts and drive flanges. This is all the progress I've made so far, but will be working on the shave, and trusses over the next couple weeks. Im still waiting on my flanges, so I can't go to far at this point. As soon as I have them though, it's on!

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

Finished grinding my hole, and made a pattern for the new plate. Here's a before/after pic so you can see how much was taken off.

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

Got my plate cut, bent, and welded on today.

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

When you get your plate welded on, put some SAE nuts in the housing and shake it around to knock of any slag or other debris off the inside. A custom fabricator told me this trick, worked great when I fabricated a Turbo manifold and did not want to trash out the turbo.
Cheers

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2006 Pearl Green CRD
Magnaflow 2 1/2" Cat Back
KJ Extra Leg Room Brackets, Carter Lift Pump, V6 Airbox, ORM
Fuel cooler, Oil Separator, Progard 7
Gauges EGT Boost Trans Temp Oil Pres, Michelin LXT AT2 245 70 R16
7,000# Draw Tight hitch, PML EX Deep Trans Pan
Centrifuge, SunCoast, Transgo, RAM TCM, InMotion Stage 2
Wife's 99 TDI VW Beetle

That's a good idea, I have a descale though!

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

Got my back bone welded on today, STILL waiting on my flanges!

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

Man That is looking good. It well be strong as heck.

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2005 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon TJ- Impact Orange
4'' RK LA, 35's KM2's, Warn front bumper, Warn rear bumper with tire swing, Warn gas skid, Nth oil skid, 4.88's, Alloy axles shafts F&R, Rokmen Corner armor with led's, and Rokmen sliders, custom back-up lights from gen-right, piaa 510's, IPF green glow fatboy's up front.

Thanx, just wait till you see what I do next!

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

lol i hate waiting ha ha

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2005 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon TJ- Impact Orange
4'' RK LA, 35's KM2's, Warn front bumper, Warn rear bumper with tire swing, Warn gas skid, Nth oil skid, 4.88's, Alloy axles shafts F&R, Rokmen Corner armor with led's, and Rokmen sliders, custom back-up lights from gen-right, piaa 510's, IPF green glow fatboy's up front.

Wait no more, maybe now I'll get some replys?

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

WTH lol

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2005 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon TJ- Impact Orange
4'' RK LA, 35's KM2's, Warn front bumper, Warn rear bumper with tire swing, Warn gas skid, Nth oil skid, 4.88's, Alloy axles shafts F&R, Rokmen Corner armor with led's, and Rokmen sliders, custom back-up lights from gen-right, piaa 510's, IPF green glow fatboy's up front.

WTH? As in you don't know what Im doing it for or what?

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

I bet the next comment will be... HDW?

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2005 CRD Ltd/Tru-Cool 4454 LPD
/Filter bleeder CRDBV/Fumoto F102/ProVent 200/Euro TC
/Hayden HY2905 Viscous clutch with OEM 52079654AE fan mod
Samco/OME/Bilstein/JBA4.5/Mattech BTA Machined trans valve body
/BF rugged terrain 245/75/16 on MOAB

I hate all these abbreviations or what ever the hell you call them. HDW? Maybe I should just quit wasting my time posting?

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

What spindles you using? Kinda hard to tell but look like either D60 or D70 spindles,if you plan on running 35 spline axles the D70 spindles are the better way to go,most D60 spindles need to be bored out some to allow 35 spline axles.

There actually dana 50 TTB spindles, there exactly the same as dana 60, but the ring on the back side is 1/4" shorter. I can, and will be boring them out for 35 spline shafts. There over 1-1/2" already, but will need to be slightly bigger. Im gonna take them back to the machinist, and have him do them on the lathe. Im not that far along yet though, so Im not worried about it. I can't use the D70 spindles because there not bolt on.

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

Couple more pix with the hubs, and calipers on. (the caliper is not all the way on, its just sitting on top)

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

Couple more pix with the hubs, and calipers on. (the caliper is not all the way on, its just sitting on top)

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If you don't break it, you aren't wheeling it hard enough!

People who say it can't be done should not interrupt me when Im doing it!

Keep on posting, its looking really good so far

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Dalton Caudell
Jeep Liberty: Sold... Build Thread: http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45924
Red Jeep XJ: Build thread: http://www.cherokeeforum.com/f46/project-bigfoot-69539/ OR viewtopic.php?f=68&t=57768

Looks great man. I posted WTH for no reason other than for you to update your doo doo.

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2005 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon TJ- Impact Orange
4'' RK LA, 35's KM2's, Warn front bumper, Warn rear bumper with tire swing, Warn gas skid, Nth oil skid, 4.88's, Alloy axles shafts F&R, Rokmen Corner armor with led's, and Rokmen sliders, custom back-up lights from gen-right, piaa 510's, IPF green glow fatboy's up front.