alright it finally happened the wifey's jeep is now lifted. after several p.i.a. moments its done. for now. what was supposed to be a simple new springs lift ended being a replace the lower control arms , damn shocks dont fit (day 1), what the
?. went to autozone returned "lifted vehicle" shocks which are the exact same size as factory. (day 2)shock problem corrected ordered yj brakelines while i was there because they are 3" longer than xj ones, a days wait time. (day 3) went to pick up new brake lines, what the
? these arent the right ones, the dumb a55e5 ordered stock xj ones, oh by the way the yj ones are kept in stock so a wasted days wait time.jeeps all together now lets take a test drive (day 4) backing out the driveway we heard kabap kabap kabap, now what..the driveshaft yokes were hitting each other, so i installed a 1" tcase drop kit some help but not much. so we go to the boneyard.(day 5) pick up a 1" longer driveshaft and 2 yj yokes because they have more clearance in the ears of course this is 3 driveshafts i dont need so i remove the yokes from the ends, wait wheres the hammer? oh well ill use my 1/2 drive craftsman ratchet as a hammer and bang bang later the ratchet splits off into several pieces ( dont tell sears), finally get home and install the yj yoke onto the 1" longer driveshaft with new u joints and what do you mean its too long now! remove new u joints and install in original driveshaft with yj yoke attached, fits great looks good no banger lets go for a ride, hey whered the big puddle come from.(day6) in my haste to install the new driveshaft assembly i neglected to sand off that little bit of junkyard rust on the slip part and boogered up the seal. so off to autozone for a new seal. 6 dollar part later its installed and a trip to wally world and it works fine now. there will be pics when i figure out where the camera went. lol
lesson learned, take your time dumb a55 and plan it out.
and rule #3 dont believe what your told check it out yourself.
