Taken from a post I did in the 4x4 section:
You will need to wait a little longer for a full up-date, but......... I am working with both Jeff Daniels Jeep in Pa. and Rock Krawler. I am getting a bunch of left over parts from the 7-up kit, such as the rear truss and four link, springs for the rear and the those funky looking ball joints pictured previously.
I know I keep promising to take photos and write things up, but it is not done yet. I just got the Rock Krawler 3.5 lift front clevis, really nice piece, and the front Frankenlift with HD OME springs. Add those two together I will have around 6 inches of lift in the front. More than I had planned for but hey. If I use the 7-up rear springs as is (no cutting down), that will 7 inches in the rear. It is getting too high. I also picked up a rear sway bar from a Chevy Tahoe that looks like it work. I will need to weld the sway bar connections to the axel or truss.
Why a truss, well its a truss, keep from bending things, I ran trusses on all my old iron, but those things weighed in at over 6000lbs fully dressed out. And if you weld them to the tubes, or bolt them-than bolt it to OEM mounting point on the diff, you have one H E double toothpick of a strong 8.25 housing. Add Yukon axles and a detroit, now you are living large!
Front diff, once I get the lift completed, I will turn my attention to the front diff and the lower arms. I still have that Dana 44 and a full size Dana 30. I may take the Dana 30 and see if I can adapt the existing 30A parts to it such as the axle tube and D/S bearing support and swap everything over except for the pinion gear.
This is Jeepin Al...no life but a Jeeper's Life for me. And I wonder why I am tired and sore all the time...no its not from the ladies!
Way to hi-jack a thread.....Al
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