Corbin's 2005ish LJ Rubicon

Bart · Sep 26, 2019

Looks great Corbin.

zmotorsports · Sep 26, 2019

Great build. I too have a soft spot for LJ's, wish I could have afforded to buy my son's when he sold his.

I like the clean and somewhat subdued appearance of your build until you start really looking at the details. My favorite way to build.

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corbin.black · Sep 27, 2019

LJTim said:
Dude! It looks so good. That extra isolator made it sit perfect.

Thanks Tim! I agree, it was just enough of a difference that it sits perfect.

Bart said:
Looks great Corbin.

Thanks Bart!!

zmotorsports said:
Great build. I too have a soft spot for LJ's, wish I could have afforded to buy my son's when he sold his.

I like the clean and somewhat subdued appearance of your build until you start really looking at the details. My favorite way to build.

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Mike

Thanks Mike! I am really trying to keep this one on the mild side unlike my last one.

corbin.black · Sep 27, 2019

She's alive!! I've already put about 60 miles on it. Still need to adjust a few things but overall I am super happy with it.
Found some full doors at the junkyard too

I am hoping to get the TeraFlex belly up skid plate and Rough country motor mount lift done tomorrow as well as install my fan shroud and front driveshaft.

zmotorsports · Sep 27, 2019

corbin.black said:
Thanks Mike! I am really trying to keep this one on the mild side unlike my last one.

I don't blame you. I have been able to keep mine mild enough to daily drive it, flat-tow it and still capable enough for 85-90% of the trails in the areas we travel so I don't have to trailer it.

Keep the pics coming.

Mike

corbin.black · Oct 1, 2019

Got the TeraFlex belly up skid plate and Rough Country motor mount lift done on Saturday and decided to take the jeep on a road trip to see some family in Price. I stopped in price canyon to use the restroom and when I walked back out to the jeep I could see some smoke coming from underneath the jeep. The rear output shaft on the t-case was leaking like crazy and the entire back half of the jeep was covered in ATF. The smoke was ATF burning on my exhaust. I didn't have cell service so I decided to limp the jeep to price as my best option.
Picked up a new seal in Price and tore the yoke off the t-case to get it fixed. As my luck would have it, the new seal was the wrong one and so was the seal inside the tail housing (had a friend help with the t-case rebuild and he installed it for me). Both seals were listed as the correct part from the places I bought them from (Morris 4x4 and O'reilly's) so they are gonna hear from me. The new seal fit better so I swapped it in and it got me back home with minimal leakage.
On my lunch break today I tore the tail housing off of my broken 241 as it had the correct seal still attached to it. a quick tail housing swap in the parking lot and now everything is back together with the factory seal. hopefully no more leaks.. im tired of buying ATF

LJTim · Oct 1, 2019

Dude, that sucks. Been there...kinda. When I did the SYE on my 231, the output shaft was bent from the mfg, and the wobbling was causing ATF to spray all over the place. Advanced Adapters replaced it, including the seals without any argument. Glad you had a replacement tail housing handy. Sounds like everything else has come together nicely on this build.

Will you be registering it as rebuilt, or what?

corbin.black · Oct 1, 2019

LJTim said:
Dude, that sucks. Been there...kinda. When I did the SYE on my 231, the output shaft was bent from the mfg, and the wobbling was causing ATF to spray all over the place. Advanced Adapters replaced it, including the seals without any argument. Glad you had a replacement tail housing handy. Sounds like everything else has come together nicely on this build.

Will you be registering it as rebuilt, or what?

Yeah, it could have been worse. I'm just glad I noticed it before it was too late.

It is registered as a 2004 clean title sport LJ at the moment.. but will be changing back to a 2005 clean title rubicon LJ next year..

don't ask ?

Bart · Oct 2, 2019

Sounds like some of my builds, including the change of vehicles. It's a great rig, and glad you found the problem before it was worse.

TJustin · Jan 1, 2020

Loved reading the thread. I admired your camo LJ, and like where you're headed with this new one. What was your process with your front stretch? Is it just a matter of new coil buckets on the axle and moving the track bar mounting on the frame forward?

corbin.black · Jan 1, 2020

Tuff Jeeper said:
Loved reading the thread. I admired your camo LJ, and like where you're headed with this new one. What was your process with your front stretch? Is it just a matter of new coil buckets on the axle and moving the track bar mounting on the frame forward?

Thanks man!
Yeah, the front stretch is pretty easy. I cut all of the axle brackets off with the exception of the upper control arm mounts. Then I cut the trackbar bracket off of the frame (hardest part of the whole stretch).
I used JK style spring perches and shock brackets on the axle. They put the axle tubes underneath the spring instead of behind the spring like the stock ones. I also used TeraFlex’s TJ high steer axle side track bar bracket and Genright’s frame side trackbar bracket which allowed me to build a super beefy double sheer trackbar with zero bends in it. Makes the steering super tight, I loved it!

I am sad to say but this Jeep has been sold. I had a neighbor walk up to me and make me a cash offer that far exceeded how much money I had into the build. I’m sure I’ll buy another some day but I will be a full time college student in about a week so it might be a few years for me

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