my saturday......245/75 MT/Rs on stocker

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:23 pm

So I rarely get any time off, so I decided to spend my partial day off cleaning the Jeep and preping it for next weekends lift. I drive through a lot of mud, sand, and dirt, so i started off going under the rig to clean up a bit. I got about 4-5 lbs of crud out!!!!!! Most came from that triangular skid thingy in front of the font diff. I was scooping out handfulls of dirt. There was even caked dirt inside the cross member and near the upper A-arm mounts.

After that I decided to wash the rig and clean the inside a bit, took pre-lift measurements.. Then had a beer.

Miller Time

Theeeeeeeeeeen I started wondering how the new rims and tires would look/fit on the stocker. So I grabed one, took it over to the garage and...

That is a 235/70 in the back and a 245/75 in the front. This is when i went back to the house to get the rest. :twisted:

Here it is with the MT/Rs mounted on the passengers side...big difference. The jack is not supporting the rig at all.

All mounted up I get rubbing on the pinch weld and front fascia at 1 and 3/4 turns of the steering wheel. I think I will leave these on till next weekends lift, just making sure to take nice wide turns.

I drove to the gas station to set the psi at 35 on the tires, the road noise and noise on my driveway (1.5 mile dirt) is much louder than the previous crappers. But I like the hummmmmmmmm.

Here is the finished product...245/75 on a stocker!

yes that is a longhorn in the background. we have about 20 on the ranch...stupid animals

Neatus · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:31 pm

oh, it is gonna looks so good with that extra couple of inches! It always does

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:21 pm

Looks great! I bet those tires could fit on there with some trimming and beating of that pinch seem.

OT: Do you have the weaker Dana35 rear axle?

They were kinda rare.

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:24 pm

Jeepjeepster wrote:

OT: Did you know you had the weaker Dana35 rear axle?

They were kinda rare.

I do...how do you know??? I thought for sure I had the 8.25

Dangit!!!!!!! I dont want the weak crap!!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:38 pm

Jeep4me99 wrote:

Jeepjeepster wrote:

OT: Did you know you had the weaker Dana35 rear axle?

They were kinda rare.

I do...how do you know??? I thought for sure I had the 8.25

Dangit!!!!!!! I dont want the weak crap!!

You sure?That kinda looks like my rear diff,I'm sure you have a 8.25.Correct me if I'm wrong but the D35 came only in the '02 models and are very rare.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:41 pm

It could just be the angle that Im looking at it. The 8.25's had a flat bottom and the dana 35's had a round bottom.

Doesnt that look round?

Maybe Ive been studying to much? Stupid school. :evil:

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:46 pm

thats what i thought tjkj...i believe some ran over to 2003.

How can someone tell the difference. bolting pattern???? Is there a marking or sticker on there that I should look for?

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:54 pm

just went out and took an upclose shot

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:58 pm

Jeep4me99 wrote:

just went out and took an upclose shot

That's the 8.25,see the flat bottom.

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:04 am

hhwwwwhewwwww...don't want the POS. TJKJ i noticed in another post how clean you undercarriage is...how the heck is that with all the wheeling you do?? i'm a mess all over the place...engine, frame, everything is coated in dirt!!!!!!!!!!!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:09 am

Jeep4me99 wrote:

hhwwwwhewwwww...don't want the POS. TJKJ i noticed in another post how clean you undercarriage is...how the heck is that with all the wheeling you do?? i'm a mess all over the place...engine, frame, everything is coated in dirt!!!!!!!!!!!

I stay away from the mud like the black plague :lol:

!Really I wash my KJ every sunday no matter what and spend about $20-$30 at the carwash,most of which is on the under carriage.Also I undercoated my whole under carriage,that helps alot.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:09 am

Sorry for the trouble.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:12 am

Jeepjeepster wrote:

Sorry for the trouble.

Hey I had to take a double take myself,than look at mine to be sure.

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:13 am

TJKJ..i can't avoid mud...my drive way is 1.5 miles of dirt...when it rains....its mud!!! Fun, but not good for keeping clean. I may coat the bottom someday to help avoid rust and all that, i guess it would help keep things clean too.

jeepjeepster....no problem...i was just wondering how in the heck you saw that....i was squinting as hard as possible to try and determine flat or round!!!!!

BigYellowIron · **Joined:** Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:23 pm **Posts:** 1

So Do those tires rub any? Did you have to do abything to keep then from rubbing?

Thanks

Video Guy · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:42 pm

FWIW, I have a 2003 Liberty, and on my driver side, the rear axle has a sticker on it reading "Corporate 8.25." You should have some kind of sticker, unless it's been scraped or peeled off.

Nice tire and wheel combo!

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:04 pm

BigYellowIron wrote:

So Do those tires rub any? Did you have to do abything to keep then from rubbing?

Thanks

Yes they rub at 1 and 3/4 turn of the wheel at the pinchweld and front wheel well liner. There would be no rubbing of the pinch weld if it were pounded. But I'm going to wait for the lift to see if that fixes it. Not sure if the lift will fix the front rubbing, but we will see before I start pounding and cutting :twisted:

Skipperb · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:32 pm

that looks good with the tires ,now I have to go out and look at my rear
it is one of the first 02.I have the old transmission before the change wonder about the rear (((( dreaming))) maybe they changed the front axel and mine is steel.

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:02 pm

Jeep4me99 wrote:

BigYellowIron wrote:

So Do those tires rub any? Did you have to do abything to keep then from rubbing?

Thanks

Yes they rub at 1 and 3/4 turn of the wheel at the pinchweld and front wheel well liner. There would be no rubbing of the pinch weld if it were pounded. But I'm going to wait for the lift to see if that fixes it. Not sure if the lift will fix the front rubbing, but we will see before I start pounding and cutting :twisted:

here is another thing to consider with the bigger tires and no lift. I had one of my clients dads get stuck in the sugar sand near where i work. so i had to tow him out. I dug in twice and the rears stuffed up. They don't stuff very much casue they are much wider, had some pretty bad rubbing....thats where the lift comes into play!!! But i definately can't complain about how they performed, never would have gotten him out with the old bridgestones.

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