mhockey9090

Great work thus far man. I would love to learn how to do this myself.

ebp 99 si

looks good man, i can't wait to start my swap


quick question though, will the oem disc brakes on the newer 14b work with the jk, or do you still have to redo the brakes on the rear?

rockcrawler1981

thanks it was a fun swap. yes they will work but you have to clearance for the uca mounts you will see when you lay out the brackets before welding. you will also have to remove some of the left uca bracket to clear the gm ebake cable. 2 long gm ebrake cables are required and you will have to make a new adjuster at the e bake handle i drilled holes in some nuts ran the cable through it and tighten a bolt down on the cable.

ebp 99 si

thanks for the info


im still doing more research before starting everything

now im just trying to find the front and rear axles for a decent price

rockcrawler1981

facebook and craigslist is a good way to get the axles cheap

rockcrawler1981

well just a quick update 9k miles after the axle swap the jeep is still perfect. the wife is driving it 150 miles a day for her new job and she loves it.

we did take it snow wheeling back in dec, our last snow. broke through the berm and kept on going.




changed the wheels due to some bent ones now its on 16.5x7.75 .
got the tone rings for the front just haven't had time to install them. worked on a 2011 ford E350 that sportsman did a 4wd swap on using a ball joint d60 here are the pics of the tone ring and speed sensor.



and for the final news we have new fenders, rocker guards, rock sliders,stereo on the way so hopefully in a few weeks all the goodies will be on.

rockcrawler1981

and one more thing i bleed the brakes with a pressure bleeder and they almost feel like oem brakes.

Maertz

Man i bled mine for what seemed like forever to get all the air out. . I did it the old way. The pressure bleeder work pretty damn well?

rockcrawler1981

Ya the pressure bleeder made a major difference the pedal went from soft and almost to the floor on the first pump to 1/4 push and you have a firm pedal. And it took about 15 min to do

rockcrawler1981

Well got some time to work on the jeep.
Installed Smittybilt xrc fenders and trimmed down the stock inner fender. they look good for the price but now i have to match the rear bumper to the fenders it sticks out to far.
also installed Poison Spider rocker armor and welded on some Trail Gear(Toyota) 67" sliders.