yep mine (ballistic) are totaly different, there all one piece with no spring.

Damn Joe I knew you could do it. 30 pages.

been a little bit since i've updated but worke has picked up so i've been working as much as I can before it slows up for the summer. Anyway I ve been getting a few small things done but i finally got around to installing the psc pump and did a test run on the ram. Every seems to work great, so I'm guessing i tapped the box in the right spot.

Anyway to take care of the cooling for the hydro assist, I rigged up an old tranny cooler i had. I'm waiting for a small fan to come in that I ordered from summit that will be bolted to that and wired to a switch.

Glad to see you went with the good stuff. now when I order mine you can help with the plumbing and tapping the steering box.

Good idea with the cooler, i am full hydro and ran one like that and it was cool to the touch.

okay decided to extened the front control arms today since the tires rubbed the firewall/rocker when turned and flexed.

couple of pics before tearing the front axle out again.



i'm getting really tired of removing this axle


going past the point of no return







well i got the axle moved forward 2" but now the truss hits the damn track bar mount.


it looks like I have some room to trim the bottom of the track bar bracket off and move the track bar hole up an inch or two. hopefully this will be enough to clear the truss.

Don't know how you get away without hitting the pitman arm. On the CJ I'm putting the tie rod behind the axle to avoild hitting anything. We'll see how that goes. I had to move my track bar up on the YJ due to hitting, built a new bracket that went tight up against the frame on the inner side i believe.

I have plenty of clearence on the pitman and even clear the oil pan. Only funny thing is that another guy with the same set up except for the 40" ltbs but and clayton long arms has probs with the truss hitting the oil pan on his zj.

is that a solid bar you used to extend the link? where did you obtain such a thing?

all right moving the axle forward has been the biggest bitch. If I would of known it would of been all this work I would of said screw it. Plus I had to cut off my tube fenders which will have to be remade. Anyway bottom line is I have most the bugs worked out to the point that I just need to install a stock yj pitman arm. The new wheel base of my jeep is 107".





also got the fan mounted on the hydro cooler

Come on now you should be workin on This thing Now so you dont have to rush for Sept Big Dogs

No, Rob dont you know Jow does his best work in the last 5 days before a big dogs event.

nester you hit that right on the head. To be honest I haven't even pulled it off the trailer yet from big dogs. I'll probley begin to lay into it this week to get it ready to tear it back down again. Usally after an event i'm so sick of the damn thing I don't even want to look at it. I'm hoping to have it ready for the jeep show but the dead line is the end of july when I'm supposed to head out to harlan with a bunch of other grocey getters including the guys from trucks with the zj they built.

The to do list as of now

1. weld on new J.J. to lower CA
2. re weld up new UCA
3. install new hydro lines
4. retain lower part of front coils
5. retain upper rear coils
6. rear bump stops
7. new rear shocks
8. instal 4.10 gears
9. weld up rear
10. install yj pitman
11. figure out what to do with front track bar bracket.
12. some wiring issues
13. figure out why motor runs ruff at an idel sometimes.

I'm sure there's alot more that i'll find once i knock the dirt off and begin to tear it down once again.