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861 viewsnew u joint mounting clips and bolts (came with driveshaft from IRO) and some assorted locktite. (blue for u-joint screws and red for yoke nuts)
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884 viewsdriveshaft mounted to transfer case
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867 viewsdriveshaft mounted to front diff
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892 viewsNew front driveshaft done
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798 viewsNow moving to the rear
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866 viewsRemoving rear coils
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820 viewsRubber isolators badly worn back there too
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822 viewsremoving the lower coil sporing isolator from rear coil . Rusted but nowhere near as bad as front. Cleaned and sanded well and painted with POR.
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930 viewsother rear coil removed
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851 viewsPainted with POR
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853 viewsJacking up one side as far as it will go to give room to get the coil back in with new rubbers and the spacer.
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827 viewsHere is how much room I was able to get on the first side by jacking the other side up so far,
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924 viewsSpacer in, now ready to put coil back in. Lots of room on first one.
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904 viewsYou can see the new rubber isolator at top
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844 viewsSway bar re-attached
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824 viewsNew Bilstein shock installed
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872 viewsOther side all done, not much prying needed there either.
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901 viewsRear differential drain plug (if you can call that rubber pos that) leaking so I replaced it with new one and topped off rear end grease as axle grease seals were leaking into the breaks. I will be rebuilding the rear end soon as it has been roaring since I bought it.
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967 viewsNew rubber plug replaced and grease topped off.
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900 viewsnew rims /tires mounted
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829 viewsPretty close on rear but should not be a problem, if it is I`ll trim it.
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840 viewsPretty close on rear but should not be a problem, if it is I`ll trim it.
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850 viewsHere you can see how close the front ones are to back of fender
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820 viewshere is height AFTER the lift and rims/tires. Between the 2.5 lift, new isolators and shocks, I managed to get a total of 6 inches of lift. (was 31 inches)
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