What a PITA. The auto parts stores in Big Bear suck. I went looking for bearings and seals for TJ "hubs" and neither the NAPA or Carquest could get me what I needed. Another waste of time.....well except that I got to hang out in Big Bear looking for parts for a couple hours.....
Oh and I did get to see my Nth Degree parts... probably the Laast Nth parts that will be shipped out for a while...
Below are the Nth Gyro joint assy's. The ball rides in the poly bushings the threaded end treads into the long arms.
This pic shows the subframe assy's. These will attach to the "frame" via a 3/8" thick strip that will run the length of the lower unibody "frame". It is stich welded to the unibody.
Here are the rear axle coil buckets and control arm mount assy's. The piece w/ the Nth logo in it is the rear track bar bracket.
These are the long arm assy's.
About $2500 worth in those boxes.
I did also get the NP231 transfer case removed and the NV241 Rubicon case installed. It went right in like butter.
And I got my new disc brake backing plates from Mopar ($111 ea.) and the new Mopar calipers ($75 ea)
It was cheaper to buy new calipers from Mopar than to buy rebuilds due to the core chare. Napa wanted $65 per caliper and $55 per core. Since I didn't have cores it wasn't worth trying to save $10 for rebuilt calipers.
BTW, These backing plate assys are the same as what is on the KJ. I am pretty sure it would be real easy to convert form drums to late model discs on the 8.25. I will be experimenting w/ that on my XJ's 8.25 using KJ parts in the near future.
More to come soon..... Thanks for following along.