I would've come up there to help you tomorrow, but with the pinion angle off, I'll have to hold off to avoid any serious damage to the driveshaft. I'll hopefully have it resolved Monday or Tuesday . But looks like you're almost there . I can imagine you're itching to get it done and on the road again.

On a different note, we traded for a 2008 Wrangler X in Detonator Yellow today - but the thing is seriously in need of some TLC. The previous owners were clueless on how the soft top worked or went on - when they pulled into the dealership, the soft top was not not connected into the seams, the zippers are buggered up from being zipped up wrong, and worst of all, they slammed the tailgate shut with the metal brace of the rear window stuck and bent the tailgate . It's also missing the side clips that the rear window channel locks into. Soooooooo, the wife's been wanting a JK for a while now, and looks like if I can get it right and it's not going to be overly expensive to do the body work (I'll talk to our body shop to see what can be done), we might have a "His & Hers" pretty soon. Here's a couple of pictures I took this evening. Sorry for the cell phone pics:

 

We'll keep you both in our prayers

 

If I can muster up the energy, I'll cross my fingers. I started painting at the church at 6:30 this am and finished at 5 pm and that included bending over a janitor sink washing out 10 paint buckets over 20 brushes and 15 rollers. But it'll be worth it.

Jason, did the vise work? I'm busy again tomorrow, but holler if u need any other tools I might have.

 

Dang you've been busy...

 

The vise turned out to not work as well as a BFH. I tried calling you earlier. I was going to apologize, I don't know if it was us or it was already slightly cracked, but one of your vises cracked. I will buy you a new one.

Again, I am super sorry.

 

Do NOT buy me a new one!! It must have been cracked already. I have the other one and 1 at home too.

Hope u r up and running soon.

 

Thanks.

We are still working on it.

We gave up on the passenger side Chromo... we think we buggered a needle in one of the caps

We just put the stock passenger side back in. We are putting the brakes back together now. I just came in to look up torque specs...

Thanks for helping. No worries about having to leave, my wife would have killed me if I had been gone as long as you guys have been... so I deeply owe you all.

 

If you insist. I do feel horrible that it broke on my watch.

I could always super glue it back together for you

 

Okay, a little mid-night update for everyone.

As mentioned before, the Chromoly axle for the passenger side was not fully assembled. I think we jacked up the needle barrings in one of the caps, as the cap is not fully seating. It was the last cap too

I am going to see what I can do. I don't know if I need to order an entire replacement u-joint, or what... I am still thinking this one through.

Regardless, I am just going to admit defeat on u-joints and let a professional finish that up.

The stock axle shaft is in the passenger side, and a new Chromoly is on the driver's side.

The differential has new seals, the carrier is installed, and is all buttoned up. It has also been filled with diff fluid.

The driver's and passenger side brakes and rotors are all back together. With one minor exception, there is one bolt we couldn't figure out the torque spec for and that is where we stopped. I posted a thread (https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...he-torque-spec) (please check it out, I hope someone knows) to try and figure out what the spec is.

Once I get that bolted down, I should just be able to put the tires back on and driver her.

This is where I am super scared. So close. I hope everything turns out ok. I just know we were in the diff, and I hate gears.... (Just ask Jerry).

 

hopefully that RC lift you just uninstalled will work on the 2 door