It's been so long I forgot what a kinky surprise is :/
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I finished the maintenance and track bar upgrade today on the WK. Here are the pics.
The To Do List
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New Brakes
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Installed. You can kinda see it the new pads (they are clean for now)
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And the Rusty's track bar. Cool.
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After looking through these pics, I need to do one more thing. WASH THE DANG JEEP!!!!!!!!!!!
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Congrats. Looks like you had a very busy and productive weekend !
Very cool. My poor XK's been sitting in the garage since Thursday..... MAYBE i'll actually get to play with it tomorrow...
Nice! Very cool! I love when new parts goes on the jeep! Mine or someone's else!
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Thanks guys!!! Feels good that have good brakes on it now. The fronts were way over halfway worn and the rears looked good. But brakes are cheap insurance so I changed them all. Stops great now.
The rear track bar made a big difference. I prob adjusted the new bar about 0.5"-0.75" longer than the stock one. The rear tires stick out pretty close to even now. Hopefully I can find a good deal on some new(er) tires soon. I think I plan to go with 255/75 or 245/75, I'm not sure. I want some more narrower tires so They won't get torn on the fenders.
I still got a lot of maintenance to do on this thing. I need to change tranny fluid, front diff, rear diff, t case, install 3.73 gears, new ball joints, and wash it, lol. I'll get it one day.
I adjusted the track bar inward 1 round. After a week of looking at the rear axle and how it was lined up, I came to the conclusion that I adjusted the track bar out a tad too much. The passenger tire was sticking out a little more than the driver side. So I adjusted it one round inward and looked over everything. It's about as close as I'm going to get it.
I also made a shock purchase today. Bought these off of a local guy. They came off his 4 door JK so the top mounting tab is different. BUT I think I can have someone to press out the tabs so the shocks will work on the rear of the WK. Also, these shocks are made for the 4 door JK so I believe the valving will be close to what I need.
These shocks are 6 months old, around 6K miles and I only paid $140 for the pair. I think I came out good. If they don't fit, I'll sell them for what I got in them.
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I just noticed how blurry those pics are. My bad.
Yeah man hopefully you can just use the bushings I PM'd you in that link from ORW. Did you order them?
No not yet. I will sometime this week hopefully. First, I gotta get these tabs out, lol. They won't twist, lol, I tried. If they do twist off, then I am weak sauce.