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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by jfreeddo
About to hit Tulsa, sleet starting now. Supposed to have 3-5" by 8-9am tomorrow!!
Hope I am able to make it home before it gets to bad
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by PainKiller
Hope I am able to make it home before it gets to bad
Heyyyyyyyy... aren't you in your JK???
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 07:52 PM
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No, I am in a freightliner and it only has axle lock....wish i had the JK ......I might be stuck a few hours from home :(
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by PainKiller
No, I am in a freightliner and it only has axle lock....wish i had the JK ......I might be stuck a few hours from home :(
Awwwwwwwwww darn. That sucks. Well, atleast does the FL have a sleeper?
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by interceptor_1972
Talking of which, were you able to check to see if your rear springs had any bow to them? Is it making contact with the rear trackbar or close?
Thanks for reminding me, I would have forgotten to bring it back up.

Yes, I did look. I do not see any obvious bowing of my rear springs. Especially nothing as bad as PainKiller was describing. I think it might only be because you guys are running a 4" lift, were as mine is simply 2.5" springs w/ a .75" puck.

I had mentioned to PainKiller that I had thought that SilverJK12 was running the 4" RC as well... but when I talked with him at dinner last night he said he had previously only had my lift (the 3.25" RC). He did mention, however, that when he upgraded to the 4" TeraFlex lift that he noticed he's springs bowing. He said he ordered something to try and take care of that.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by jwhitehorn

Thanks for reminding me, I would have forgotten to bring it back up.

Yes, I did look. I do not see any obvious bowing of my rear springs. Especially nothing as bad as PainKiller was describing. I think it might only be because you guys are running a 4" lift, were as mine is simply 2.5" springs w/ a .75" puck.

I had mentioned to PainKiller that I had thought that SilverJK12 was running the 4" RC as well... but when I talked with him at dinner last night he said he had previously only had my lift (the 3.25" RC). He did mention, however, that when he upgraded to the 4" TeraFlex lift that he noticed he's springs bowing. He said he ordered something to try and take care of that.
Yea just installed my 4 inch. Sits more like 5 and the springs bowed in the rear. I have the Rock Krawler spring perches installing them tomorrow unless I decide to go out in the snow lol. Anyways, still have the dw after installing the draglink flip today! Soooooo..... Going through the steps in figuring that out since I thought the drag flip would help. It did help my steering as it now is very responsive. Death wobble is killing me now. Stay tuned for more garage hours to come
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Orange crush
I forgot to ask. Has anyone else broke one of their zerk fittings? I was greasing the jeep today and one of the fittings on the rear track bar broke off when I removed the grease gun.
Yea broke one too installing the LCAs. Duct tape on it for now. Hard to get the base of the zerk off with no luck. I have bunch of zerks if you need one. Maybe we can have a zerk replacement get together lol. That's on my to do list after the dw fix

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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 01:48 AM
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You gave me an idea for a t-shirt
Already done. Inspiration actually comes from Fred Beckey, one of the greatest climbers ever ...



http://www.throughachildseyesproductions.com/Beckey.htm
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by SilverJK12
...Sits more like 5...
That's good to hear since I'll be changing my RC 4" to a Teraflex 4" here soon. Wanted to make sure that I didn't lose the lift because of the added weight of the bumper, winch, 35s in the back, etc.

Originally Posted by SilverJK12
...the springs bowed in the rear. I have the Rock Krawler spring perches installing them tomorrow...
Let me know how this works out, if you don't mind. I think I've come to the conclusion of going with weld-on Teraflex Spring Perch (will need a professional welder to do it *waiting to see if Screamin Lizard will do it *). Here's what I'm thinking of going with:


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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by SilverJK12
Yea just installed my 4 inch. Sits more like 5 and the springs bowed in the rear. I have the Rock Krawler spring perches installing them tomorrow unless I decide to go out in the snow lol. Anyways, still have the dw after installing the draglink flip today! Soooooo..... Going through the steps in figuring that out since I thought the drag flip would help. It did help my steering as it now is very responsive. Death wobble is killing me now. Stay tuned for more garage hours to come
is it a low speed ( 10-35 mph) ? or a higher speed DW ? mine is the low speed dw and it usually happens after the passenger side hits a rough spot or pot hole. I am going with the RC wedge adapters for the rear spring bow and RC lower adj. control arms.
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