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Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:00 pm

Knowing some of TJKJ habits, I'm sure all of the bolts were done like that on purpose......

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Diggerfreek wrote:

Knowing some of TJKJ habits, I'm sure all of the bolts were done like that on purpose......

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:59 pm

Inc wrote:

I still can't tell in the pics if they accounted for the seam (with the arrow pointing to it) or not. There is a little overlap in metal there, and so the unibody stiffeners would have a small gap there if they didn't account for it, not that it is a big deal, I am just curious to see if they bothered to hassle with the seam or if they just stayed flat all the way across it. My guess from the pics is that they left the stiffener flat.

We didn't bother. It isn't even quite 3/32 overlap (just a frog hair over 1/16"), and by the time we added the undercoating and cinched down the bolts to 120 ft/lbs, there isn't much of a gap anymore.

Inc · **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:07 am

Rock Lizard wrote:

Inc wrote:

I still can't tell in the pics if they accounted for the seam (with the arrow pointing to it) or not. There is a little overlap in metal there, and so the unibody stiffeners would have a small gap there if they didn't account for it, not that it is a big deal, I am just curious to see if they bothered to hassle with the seam or if they just stayed flat all the way across it. My guess from the pics is that they left the stiffener flat.

We didn't bother. It isn't even quite 3/32 overlap (just a frog hair over 1/16"), and by the time we added the undercoating and cinched down the bolts to 120 ft/lbs, there isn't much of a gap anymore.

That was what I figured. Just curious about it. Thanks.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:02 pm

Some new pics.....................

Pretty sexy :wink:

35" stuff very nicely

Just waiting on the correct DOM material to get here and machined for the rear tracbar then the coils can go in and gte the driveshafts ordered then it will be driveable.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:14 pm

very cool
would love to be there and see that thing rolling down the road under its own power :wink:

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:34 pm

Wow, that is amazing!
Good work Marty and Troy!!! Probably the #1 KJ on the Planet!....
Except for Ohio!.... :lol:

bugnout · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:35 pm

X2, can't wait to see it chewing up the trail

STINGN · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:57 pm

how is it staying that clean, dose the weather do anything to it there lol

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:58 pm

Knowing Troy he is still washing it every other day even if it's been sitting there for a while

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:59 pm

STINGN wrote:

how is it staying that clean, dose the weather do anything to it there lol

It's beyond filthy,she needs a proper bath and will be the 1st place taken when it's road worthy again.It's already snowed once here :twisted:

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tumanator · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:28 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

It's already snowed once here :twisted:

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I been waitin patiently but these odd 80-90 days keep messin my snow fun up

stumpjumper_09 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:36 am

I was wondering if you were still working on it. Been a while...........

daspes · **Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:06 pm

Ditto. You need to get this thing done, so I can order my RL SFA kit...

icarl · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:31 am

Looking good! I bet you're excited to take it out on the trails. Don't forget to take pics.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:06 pm

Well some more progress.....................

It is sitting on it's own weight and off the jack stands(for the time being).........................

Sadly the trackbar that has held up progress got messed up during machining and thought to be savable but not so much so another trackbar has to be machined.But at least we got the correct measurement for the rear driveshaft but waiting on the slip joints for those also :twisted:

.So maybe sometime in the next decade it will be rolling.

Oh below is just a shot of the twin sticks,got to find a fabric place to make a twin stick boot but for the time being it will work like in the pic.

JeepBumm68 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:32 pm

Man that thing is looking sick. where did you paint your inside at?

Chevy1500_Travis · **Posted:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:55 pm

And i thought it was sexy before :shock:

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:31 pm

Looking better and better :wink:

ridenby · **Posted:** Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:04 am

Man O Man

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