Jeep So... I just put down a deposit- The Britney rebuild thread.

[Hickey]

 

[Hickey]

I put her in a place of honor. On top of the gun safe!

 

[anderson750]

I think it is time for some type of intervention.

 

[Pile of parts]

I think it is time for some type of intervention.

It may be too late. I'm starting to notice similarities... If the Jeep acts up on the birthday bash, we might see a repeat of this.

 

[Hickey]

It may be too late. I'm starting to notice similarities... If the Jeep acts up on the birthday bash, we might see a repeat of this.
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This pic was that point in time where the life trajectories of the real Britney and the singer Britney converged.

 

[Hickey]

I guess I should have posted the steering drama in here instead of the ill-fated Britney trip.

So the steering was pretty unbearable on this sweet ride due to a few factors. Big tires, completely shot spring and shackle bushings, and no hydro-assist.



I ordered new bushings and tried to repair the old shackles, but the metal was too fatigued and tire. I converted it to normal H style shackles and finished swapping the bushings out.

 

[Hickey]

The pitman arm was also too much drop, so I ordered a new one... And it was wrong. So I made one.

 

[Hickey]

Now we're gettin to the real booty-fab deets. The night before the trail run I decided to swap out my steering box for a tapped box and ram. I started this at 10 pm. My old booty-fab steering shaft repair would not slide into the new input shaft enough to use the pinch bolt. So I uh... welded it. I WAS DESPERATE!!!

Everything was hooked up, ram installed, system bled... and it poured fluid out the input seal. I had ruined it with too much heat.

Today I had some time to pull off that old booty fab shaft and grind out the weld. It looks like I'll be able to repair the seal and save the box, but I need to watch a few videos and maybe order a tool.

 

[Hickey]

SO THIS IS WHAT STEERING IS LIKE!!

 

[N-Smooth]

No that’s going straight. We have a lot of work to do...

 

[Hickey]

The neighbor jumped in with me and we ran a couple hot laps around the neighborhood. Just like any SXS with a locked rear axle, I made sure to gas it around every damn turn in the neighborhood.

 

[Hickey]

No that’s going straight. We have a lot of work to do...

You'll notice that it's no longer 4WD 😉

 

[Hickey]

Since the new/used steering box is gonna eat input seals at a rate of 0.67 trails per seal, I decided to buy Britney a new box. I hope it's nice and tight.

RS91160A-RCK 9.67 cu. in. Hydraulic Steering Valve Kit #8 Ports - Midwest Steering

RS91160A-RCK 9.67 cu. in. Hydraulic Steering Valve Kit. Steering Control Unit, Universal Mounting Bracket, and adapter column

www.midweststeering.com

 

[Hickey]

I guess I should also update this thread to show how twerking can go wrong.



The new Barnes 4wd truss came in a few weeks ago. Cannot wait to clean up that nasty rear.

 

[Hickey]

Parts are coming in.

 

[Hickey]

Now I just gotta get her off the trailer. That will be interesting.

 

[Hickey]

Yup. It was interesting. That rear suspension rides like a shopping cart when you back it off the trailer without ramps. 😂

 

[Hickey]

 

[Hickey]

Got some time today to cut up this shopping cart.

 

[Hickey]

That cast welds weird.