alright it finally happened the wifey's jeep is now lifted. after several p.i.a. moments its done. for now. what was supposed to be a simple new springs lift ended being a replace the lower control arms , damn shocks dont fit (day 1), what the
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?. went to autozone returned "lifted vehicle" shocks which are the exact same size as factory. (day 2)shock problem corrected ordered yj brakelines while i was there because they are 3" longer than xj ones, a days wait time. (day 3) went to pick up new brake lines, what the
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? these arent the right ones, the dumb a55e5 ordered stock xj ones, oh by the way the yj ones are kept in stock so a wasted days wait time.jeeps all together now lets take a test drive (day 4) backing out the driveway we heard kabap kabap kabap, now what..the driveshaft yokes were hitting each other, so i installed a 1" tcase drop kit some help but not much. so we go to the boneyard.(day 5) pick up a 1" longer driveshaft and 2 yj yokes because they have more clearance in the ears of course this is 3 driveshafts i dont need so i remove the yokes from the ends, wait wheres the hammer? oh well ill use my 1/2 drive craftsman ratchet as a hammer and bang bang later the ratchet splits off into several pieces ( dont tell sears), finally get home and install the yj yoke onto the 1" longer driveshaft with new u joints and what do you mean its too long now! remove new u joints and install in original driveshaft with yj yoke attached, fits great looks good no banger lets go for a ride, hey whered the big puddle come from.(day6) in my haste to install the new driveshaft assembly i neglected to sand off that little bit of junkyard rust on the slip part and boogered up the seal. so off to autozone for a new seal. 6 dollar part later its installed and a trip to wally world and it works fine now. there will be pics when i figure out where the camera went. lol
lesson learned, take your time dumb a55 and plan it out.
and rule #3 dont believe what your told check it out yourself.