TrialByFire's Garage

[Matt]

You don't happen to have a part number for that driveshaft do you?

[Sal-XK]

I've priced out the CV's already I'm just waiting for them to go. I haven't priced out the front drive shaft out though I figured that would be good for a long time but maybe not.

[Matt]

Yeah, CV's are relatively cheap and easy to replace. Make sure you get one with a "lifetime" warranty... then you only need to buy it once

Driveshafts do normally last longer; but i can see these full time 4x4 systems being tough on it

[Sal-XK]

I've found the front drive shaft used for around $100 scared myself to death when I saw what a front axle costs LOL

[TrialByFire]

You don't happen to have a part number for that driveshaft do you?

Mopar 52105728AE $305

[TrialByFire]

Here are the suspension pics. I remembered also that both the upper and lower ball joints were bad also. Because I had new JBA UCAs, they only needed to change the lower ball joints.
Crown MEVMK80629 $43 each







From the angle of the front CVs, there shouldn't be a problem with adding another inch of body spacer.

I posted on that "other" forum that the JKS quick disconnects would not fit with the 4" SL. The SL swaybar links are 13" long and the most the JKS discos are rated for is 11.5". I extended the JKS to 11.5" and put them on and I can see no problems. The sway bar has plenty of travel in either direction.

[Sal-XK]

Wow bro you might as well just do my front bumper mod on that jeep bro

All the angles look good bro I like

[Matt]

Thanks for the pics!

And I agree.... 1 more inch probably wouldn't be bad. Wouldn't go much more than that though for the sake of the tie rod and steering rack.

[TrialByFire]

Thanks for the pics!

And I agree.... 1 more inch probably wouldn't be bad. Wouldn't go much more than that though for the sake of the tie rod and steering rack.

I discovered a new problem. I have some grinding on the inner rim of the front wheels at full lock with the wheel somewhat unweighted. It's enough to grind off half of the wheel weights and a portion of the rim.

Here is the driver side wheel at full lock with normal weighting:


Here is the passenger side at full lock with the front end jacked up a ways:


And a closeup:


I spoke with AEV and the wheels are the correct 25mm offset version for the XK. We are not sure yet what the problem is.

[Matt]

Wow... interesting..

They're 8.5" wide with +25mm which means they have 5.75" backspace. When dealing with inside rubbing like that, I like to think in terms of backspace since fitment based on "backspace" does not change with wheel width. (in other words, 5" backspace is always 5" backspace... but +25mm offset will differ in fitment depending on the wheel width being discussed).

For instance my wheels are 8" wide with +18mm offset, that equates to 5.25" backspace. That extra 1/2" would probably help with that rubbing issue.