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TwoBobsKJ · **Joined:** Fri May 11, 2012 8:03 pm **Posts:** 463

Hey Ted, where'd you get your Libby regeared? Did you buy the gears from them or supply your own? You're close enough to me that the shop has to be local for both of us.

I've been putting it off long enough - the front diff from a 4 cylinder Liberty has been sitting in my garage for over a year waiting for me to do the rear axle. It's feeling taken for granted...

I'm putting in the JBA arms here in a week or so - with the exception of the sliders I'll be about caught up on Jeep projects. For a while... Seeing Tom's sexy red coilovers has be rethinking my priorities :seuss:

Bob

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:32 am

Ted15 wrote:

tommudd wrote:

Man have to shave this morning, hate doing that
but shave, throw a suit and tie on me for today's experiment.
Not a new experiment per se just another one :banghead:

Interview?

Yes , number 8,237,413

Ted15 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:16 pm

TwoBobsKJ wrote:

Hey Ted, where'd you get your Libby regeared? Did you buy the gears from them or supply your own? You're close enough to me that the shop has to be local for both of us.

I've been putting it off long enough - the front diff from a 4 cylinder Liberty has been sitting in my garage for over a year waiting for me to do the rear axle. It's feeling taken for granted...

I'm putting in the JBA arms here in a week or so - with the exception of the sliders I'll be about caught up on Jeep projects. For a while... Seeing Tom's sexy red coilovers has be rethinking my priorities :seuss:

Bob

They're probably closer to you. 4WD Hardware (I think) in Columbiana. I had a great show discount but lost it because I had to put it off too long and the guy that gave it to me moved to a different department.
I bought everything on the same ticket but probably could've saved a few bucks buying the parts from them online and having them install them. Not sure how the warranty for the defective DTT would've worked out though.
You should consider locking up your axles or at least trutracs. They're almost lockers and make a huge difference. You have it apart anyway, that's the best time. No more one wheel peel lol.

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

1st day in a LONG time I can't ride, raining too hard. Now I have to pull KJ out of it's new sleeping spot and get it dirty :shock:

TwoBobsKJ · **Joined:** Fri May 11, 2012 8:03 pm **Posts:** 463

Ted15 wrote:

They're probably closer to you. 4WD Hardware (I think) in Columbiana. I had a great show discount but lost it because I had to put it off too long and the guy that gave it to me moved to a different department.
I bought everything on the same ticket but probably could've saved a few bucks buying the parts from them online and having them install them. Not sure how the warranty for the defective DTT would've worked out though.
You should consider locking up your axles or at least trutracs. They're almost lockers and make a huge difference. You have it apart anyway, that's the best time. No more one wheel peel lol.

Did you do the TT in just the rear or the front too?

With the SelecTrac T-case I have I've wondered if I can still run it in Full Time mode with just the rear locked. I'm 99% sure I can't put a TT in the front too and run in Full Time mode - would screw up the ability for the T-case to differentiate during turns. But I'd love to at least lock the rear. I had some wheel spin even in 4WD last Friday night trying to pull the boat up a steep, slick launch ramp in all that rain. Kinda embarrassing in front of my buddies :furious:

So did you wait while 4WD did the work or did you drop off the Jeep and come back later?

Bob

TwoBobsKJ · **Joined:** Fri May 11, 2012 8:03 pm **Posts:** 463

tommudd wrote:

Man have to shave this morning, hate doing that
but shave, throw a suit and tie on me for today's experiment.
Not a new experiment per se just another one :banghead:

Best of luck, Tom!

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:39 pm

KL Pricing announced. Cheaper than KK. Go figure.

Good Luck, Tom.

Ted15 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:14 pm

DTT front and rear.
I dropped it off and it took two days to do.
I you look at how the trutrac works, it acts similar to an open diff, sort of. There are worm gear connecting the axles. It's actually a limited slip.
http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/ProductsServ ... PCT_221471
When I googled it a utube video came up. It's from eaton and very informative.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:18 pm

Had a "professional interview" today
3 people from a firm in Florida that all they do is hire people for executive type positions, you know ......Paid head hunters :roll:

First they were 45 minutes late,( I got there 15 minutes early) then they took 20 minutes to get ready and setup, and then argued as to who should of had the " list of questions". I ended up telling them what they should be asking and then answering the questions I asked myself. :lol:

They made some notes, and then asked me " so off the record now Mr. *****. Since you've been in H.R./ Management type position where you have hired people before, what do you think of our interviewing techniques,"
ah....well wanted to say ,........YOU SU**ED
But I was nice :shock:

profdlp · **Posted:** Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:16 pm

tommudd wrote:

...They made some notes, and then asked me " so off the record now..."

You were wise to be nice. Nothing is "off the record" during a job interview. :SOMBRERO:

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:33 pm

profdlp wrote:

tommudd wrote:

...They made some notes, and then asked me " so off the record now..."

You were wise to be nice. Nothing is "off the record" during a job interview. :SOMBRERO:

Several years in management, so I've played both sides :wink:

so yes I was good and told them what they wanted to hear :mrgreen:

501 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:55 am

Hope things work out with the job Tom!

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:42 am

501 wrote:

Hope things work out with the job Tom!

Thanks
applied for door greeter at Walmart yesterday
But they need someone with a Master Degree as well anymore as well now :ROTFL:

You don't get a job because you have years of experience/knowledge/common sense or hard work any longer :furious:

So kids stay and school and get that Master's and Doctorate Degree

OK rant over,..................I'm ready to face the world again today :ROTFL:

TwoBobsKJ · **Joined:** Fri May 11, 2012 8:03 pm **Posts:** 463

tommudd wrote:

501 wrote:

Hope things work out with the job Tom!

Thanks
applied for door greeter at Walmart yesterday
But they need someone with a Master Degree as well anymore as well now :ROTFL:

You don't get a job because you have years of experience/knowledge/common sense or hard work any longer :furious:

So kids stay and school and get that Master's and Doctorate Degree

OK rant over,..................I'm ready to face the world again today :ROTFL:

One of the big reasons I've been self-employed for the past 13 years - I couldn't take the "new" hiring methods.

Everything at larger companies (and even some smaller ones) is done electronically - scanning electronic resumes and using algorithms to search for just the right combinations of words. No matter that the person the 'system' identifies as the best candidate is a complete jerk that nobody likes :banghead:

OK, I'm done.

Tom, you handled yourself well!

Bob

TwoBobsKJ · **Joined:** Fri May 11, 2012 8:03 pm **Posts:** 463

Ted15 wrote:

DTT front and rear.
I dropped it off and it took two days to do.
I you look at how the trutrac works, it acts similar to an open diff, sort of. There are worm gear connecting the axles. It's actually a limited slip.
http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/ProductsServ ... PCT_221471
When I googled it a utube video came up. It's from eaton and very informative.

Wow, you've seriously upgraded your KK!

I'm gonna check them out for regearing - don't know about the TT. That's a bit expensive for me right now - I'm tempted but holding off doing a Powertrax of Aussie locker cuz I know I won't be happy with it. Would love to do the Detroit but...

Do you have 245-75-16's on yours or 255's?

Bob

TwoBobsKJ · **Joined:** Fri May 11, 2012 8:03 pm **Posts:** 463

Marlon_JBT wrote:

KL Pricing announced. Cheaper than KK. Go figure.

Cheaper at all trim levels? And that pic you put up earlier...Is the spare really on the rear gate now or was that some creative PhotoShopping?

Bob

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:28 am

Only KL I like at the moment is the Trailhawk and it starts at 29,495
Sport 22995
Latitude 24495
Limited 27995
all are base prices

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:31 am

TwoBobsKJ wrote:

tommudd wrote:

501 wrote:

Hope things work out with the job Tom!

Thanks
applied for door greeter at Walmart yesterday
But they need someone with a Master Degree as well anymore as well now :ROTFL:

You don't get a job because you have years of experience/knowledge/common sense or hard work any longer :furious:

So kids stay and school and get that Master's and Doctorate Degree

OK rant over,..................I'm ready to face the world again today :ROTFL:

One of the big reasons I've been self-employed for the past 13 years - I couldn't take the "new" hiring methods.

Everything at larger companies (and even some smaller ones) is done electronically - scanning electronic resumes and using algorithms to search for just the right combinations of words. No matter that the person the 'system' identifies as the best candidate is a complete jerk that nobody likes :banghead:

OK, I'm done.

Tom, you handled yourself well!

Bob

Yes seriously thinking the whole "self employed " thing.
Have already put the ball into motion, the companies I would be doing contract work for don't even know they need me yet, but they will after I educate them :wink:

It'll save them money and they'll be able to do more for less.

Ted15 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:32 am

TwoBobsKJ wrote:

Ted15 wrote:

DTT front and rear.
I dropped it off and it took two days to do.
I you look at how the trutrac works, it acts similar to an open diff, sort of. There are worm gear connecting the axles. It's actually a limited slip.
http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/ProductsServ ... PCT_221471
When I googled it a utube video came up. It's from eaton and very informative.

Wow, you've seriously upgraded your KK!

I'm gonna check them out for regearing - don't know about the TT. That's a bit expensive for me right now - I'm tempted but holding off doing a Powertrax of Aussie locker cuz I know I won't be happy with it. Would love to do the Detroit but...

Do you have 245-75-16's on yours or 255's?

Bob

245/75-16. The plan is to put a set of Mickey Thompson TTC Radials on 31x10.5x15 on Rock Krawler rims with 3 1/2" backspace if I can get them to fit. It isn't much bigger than what I'm running right now according to their chart. Stay away from the Aussie locker, diggerfreak exploded his. I know someone that put powertrax in their TJ, front and rear. He hasn't had a chance to wheel it yet.

TAHOE · **Posted:** Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:45 am

tommudd wrote:

Nice bet you could trade that piece of worthless junk for a set of springs,........ almost :ROTFL:

Uhm, I don't think so :mrgreen:

I need to get with you on those too, I got something else I need to get from Nick....if you stil wanna go that route.

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