dzJeepChic 2,897 Posted January 16, 2025 Cool pics K 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 5,778 Posted January 20, 2025 over time i've accumulated quite a few coil spacers trying to account for more and heavier accessories, one of which i noticed was crumbling away. to try and clean all those up and also gain a little up-travel, i replaced the old saggy 4.5" Teraflex coils and over 1.5" of pucks with some shiny new 6" Teraflex rear coils. in the front i removed the doubled-up OEM isolators i was using to level things out and added 1" spacers with a single isolator instead. i also kept my OME 10mm spacers on the right side (front & rear) to help mitigate the "JK lean". all this ended up netting me about 1.25" of lift in the rear but just a bit more rake than i'd like. i'm going to wait a month to see how those new coils settle before i worry about leveling it better. as long as i was crawling around on the garage floor, i decided to pain my Hooker Blackheart muffler with some high temp black this weekend to try and make the big dent it's had for a couple years less noticeable! then touched up my rock sliders, axles, and various other areas with Krylon Satin Black for the millionth time. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 5,778 Posted January 27, 2025 (edited) spent half of Saturday changing out all 4 joints on my upper rear control arms. a mild PITA even with the small joint Teraflex tool. rear-upper-bushings.mp4 i've been trying to find a "clunk" when the rear hits a speed bump or on washboards. unfortunately these sloppy bushings weren't the culprit after all. they still needed to be changed, but now i have to continue looking for the source of the noise! then Sunday did a little pre-running/exploring... Edited January 27, 2025 by theksmith 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 5,778 Posted February 12, 2025 never a fun sight... i think i broke a pinion tooth... really nasty "clunk clunk clunk" noise coming out of the rear axle. :( 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgaz 750 Posted February 12, 2025 Is your Jeep coming home or headed to a shop? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 5,778 Posted February 12, 2025 7 minutes ago, jgaz said: Is your Jeep coming home or headed to a shop? headed out to get fixed. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 5,778 Posted February 13, 2025 update from the shop: gears are broken, new ones ordered. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacey and Scott 1,404 Posted February 14, 2025 15 hours ago, theksmith said: update from the shop: gears are broken, new ones ordered. Just went through the same thing, broke a tooth on the spider. Wanted to step up to 4.88's anyway. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ob1jeeper 849 Posted February 14, 2025 (edited) 17 hours ago, theksmith said: update from the shop: gears are broken, new ones ordered. What ratio are you running? I ask, because as you go lower (higher numeric) in ratio, the gears become more susceptible to breaking, mostly due to pinion sizing, causing reduced tooth contact patch/area.... Edited February 14, 2025 by ob1jeeper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theksmith 5,778 Posted February 14, 2025 25 minutes ago, ob1jeeper said: What ratio are you running? I ask, because as you go lower (higher numeric) in ratio, the gears become more susceptible to breaking, mostly due to pinion sizing, causing reduced tooth contact patch/area.... 5.13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
