The BatCar

[klc]

I have things roughed together now. It hasn’t been too difficult so far for my first go at this.

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[duderz7]

Looking good! Tighten bushings with jeep on it's wheels, you're ok to Tighten ball joints while still in th air.

 

[klc]

Looking good! Tighten bushings with jeep on it's wheels, you're ok to Tighten ball joints while still in th air.

Excellent, thank you! I was pondering this during my cooldown break here. I knew some things must have the weight on them.

 

[profdlp]

Boy, those are pretty - well done!

 

[klc]

Okay, so I needed this thing today for some reason:

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[klc]

The springs and shocks are in, everything torqued properly. I do still need to do the lower ball joints up front, but I’m going to do the stuff at the rear first. Good to see all the wheels back on again. I haven’t measured anything, but there sure seems to be a lot more wheel well up there.

 

[tommudd]

The springs and shocks are in, everything torqued properly. I do still need to do the lower ball joints up front, but I’m going to do the stuff at the rear first. Good to see all the wheels back on again. I haven’t measured anything, but there sure seems to be a lot more wheel well up there.

No use to measure until you get an alignment first thing since it will drop 1/2 inch or so
Then put 700 to 1000 miles on it ( with a lot of twisting it up ) another alignment then you can measure

 

[profdlp]

Okay, so I needed this thing today for some reason.

That is the first thing that made it really sink in for me - "The Jeep has outgrown its jack - wowsers!" :-D

 

[klc]

No use to measure until you get an alignment first thing since it will drop 1/2 inch or so
Then put 700 to 1000 miles on it ( with a lot of twisting it up ) another alignment then you can measure

Right, haven’t forgotten about most of that. It just plain looks high now.

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[tommudd]

You're just used to it looking like a snake, belly on the ground LOL

 

[klc]

You're just used to it looking like a snake, belly on the ground LOL

I’ve been borrowing my daughter’s Mazda 6 this week. That thing is like driving a hole in the ground!

 

[klc]

Anyone considering doing a lift in the driveway would do well to invest in a good pair of knee pads. I couldn’t access things any other way. I also really needed that new impact wrench to get things apart.

Hindsight: I should have bought new cap nuts for everything. A couple of them got threads messed up somehow. Fortunately the dealer had the two that I needed.

 

[tommudd]

Done a bunch in the garage , never had to have knee pads BUT if a gravel/ limestone then by all means YES !! LOL
Only issue now at almost 68 is getting up and down
I remember the good old days, 3 KJ lifts, 2 sets of rock rails in a day
Not any more sadly , getting older s****

 

[profdlp]

What's the old George Burns joke? "I bend over to tie my shoes and wonder if there is anything else I can take care of while I'm down there."

I did a ton of canning and was putting about 60 jars on the bottom of a pantry shelf and thought I'd never be able to straighten up again.

 

[klc]

A Spring, a Spring, a Marvelous Thing!

Everyone knows it’s Emu.

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[duderz7]

Thanks for the song!

 

[klc]

Wheels down and locked. Back from the test drive.

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[klc]

The ride feels good.

 

[klc]

Been out doing some errands today. Big difference in how it reacts to speed bumps. More like “Wot hump?” now. Very smooth in general.

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[klc]

Went out and got dusty today.

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