JTR Spartacus Build Journal

[Bbannongmu]

34,000 miles and the front end is getting a bit “giggly” and pulls right regardless of the alignment. Excessive play in tie rods. Going to Rusty’s Tie Rod and Draglink set up. Will share once I get it on the Jeep.

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[Bbannongmu]

Unboxed and everything lined up for install just need some time and weather to cooperate. This setup is beefy.

 

[Bbannongmu]

Got it installed. Took me over 6 hours. Probably shouldn’t taken so long but spent time looking for tools, broke my grease gun and rigged it up so I could grease the joints. Stock drag link and tie rods were smoked - flipping all over the place at 34,000 miles. Got a crooked steering wheel. Over corrected when I tried to “eyeball” it by myself. Very beefy. Very smooth.

 

[Benbean66]

Unboxed and everything lined up for install just need some time and weather to cooperate. This setup is beefy.

I have the steel set from them. Agreed, very beefy.

 

[Bbannongmu]

Found a bad heim joint in the Rusty’s front track bar. I remember when I installed this - being skeptical that this would hold up. Replaced the heim for now but probably going to a different manufacturer.

 

[Bbannongmu]

Aux battery died. Went through the wheel well to replace. Seemed less errr prone than messing with the electrical distro box.

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