Gday mates from the US

Listen I have a 2009 Diesel JK 4dr no rubi. I plan on doing some long distance touring off road in the deserts of central Australia. I have a set of 285/75/17s on steel rims 16x8 with 3.75 bs as you can see in the pics below. What I am asking is how much stress does this much bs put on my axles and other components? I will be thousands of Kilometers from service centers and want to keep my reliability as high as possible while improving my offroad ability. I got these tyres and rims for a good price but a good price now doesn't mean a good price later with a major break down and several thousand kilometers of towing to get my jeep to a service centre. Thoughts?

Thank you

Christiaan

 

Welcome to the Forum :!:

Take tools, X-tra spare, Oils, Air tank and yes a spare engine BELT :!:

Remember- Slow and steady wins the race -

Good Luck -

 

3.75 bs is about 1" more than you need for those tires. It will cause some increased wear on your unit bearings, but nothing that can't be identified during regular maintenance checks. I wouldn't hesitate to run those wheels. I'm interested to hear what Aussie members have to say as our driving in the US is substantially different than you have there.

Hay, I noticed in the picture that all of your steering components where installed backwards. What's up with that?? (:-))

 

Thanks for the info. If you are interested I might link our travel blog to the forum when we head off for 2 weeks in July to cross several deserts

Chris

 

Ken, it might be a right hand drive which might explain the suspension oddity.

 

Yep we drive on the right hand side of the Jeep here down under.

 

Corrugations are your main enemy,Australia has a lot of gravel roads with miles of corrugated surface that weakens, loosens and breaks things slowly but surely. I'd be checking everything with a set of spanners every leg and keep things tight.