wj steering up-grade.

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NorcalXJnewbie

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Stockton/East Bay

• Jun 14, 2010

• #1

so i have a wj front end, brakes, calipers, hubs, the whole nine... except the steering. but from what i understand to upgrade i basically just have to drill the bolt pattern for my xj on the hubs, and get the steering peices?

i read this article and that seems that all i have to do.
http://www.jeepsrus.org/index.asp?p=Tech_WJhubs001\

 

Frank Z

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Location

Colorado Springs

• Jun 14, 2010

• #2

No offense, but if you use the search feature you'll find numerous threads dedicated to this swap already.

 

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clean4drxj

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Location

CT.

• Jun 15, 2010

• #3

it's alot more work than you stated there!

 

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stroked88

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Location

Carlsbad NM

• Jun 15, 2010

• #4

have to weld a hub spacer in the knuckle, relocate the track bar put wj ball joints in your d30, drill to xj bolt pattern and a bunch of other stuff but if you search like frank said, you will find plenty of info

 

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clean4drxj

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Location

CT.

• Jun 15, 2010

• #5

jks sells the spacers, trackbar/braket and steer you need for all of this and it's only the wj lower balljoints you use and XJ uppers, you can use explorer sporttrac rotors or have the WJ's re-drill to fit the xj unit hubs

 

xj9140

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Location

Sacramento, CA

• Jun 15, 2010

• #6

You wont need the spacers, so long as you re-drill the wj unit bearings, If you use the xj units, you'll need 1/4" spacers.

 

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NorcalXJnewbie

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Location

Stockton/East Bay

• Jun 15, 2010

• #7

xj9140 said:

You wont need the spacers, so long as you re-drill the wj unit bearings, If you use the xj units, you'll need 1/4" spacers.

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copy that, i read that all you so is use the wj units and redrill xj pattern. Thats like a 20 minute job on a cnc machine...

but as far as the other stuff like track bar relocation, shocks, coil buckets.

 

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Dweezel

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Location

Youngstown OH

• Jun 15, 2010

• #8

I've seen lots of write ups on it, but what exactly is the point of this upgrade? what and why does it change?

 

xj9140

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Location

Sacramento, CA

• Jun 15, 2010

• #9

Dweezel said:

I've seen lots of write ups on it, but what exactly is the point of this upgrade? what and why does it change?

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better brakes, steering geometry, and bigger unit bearings.

 

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JohnnyTurbo

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Location

Chicago, IL

• Jun 15, 2010

• #10

My 91 XJ is scattered right now in prep for this swap. It has 190k miles. XJ unit bearings are probably original but in good shape.

Is it worth getting the new WJ unit bearings to eliminate the plate and to get newer and larger unit bearings and to avoid drilling the rotors?

 

RidgeRunnerXJ

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Location

Brighton(ish), CO

• Jun 16, 2010

• #11

JohnnyTurbo said:

My 91 XJ is scattered right now in prep for this swap. It has 190k miles. XJ unit bearings are probably original but in good shape.

Is it worth getting the new WJ unit bearings to eliminate the plate and to get newer and larger unit bearings and to avoid drilling the rotors?

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I don't think so.....just my $.02. In my oppinion it is easier to re-drill the WJ rotors to match the XJ unit bearings. That's what I did. You don't have to be quite as precise drilling the rotors. You have to be dead nutz on drilling the unit bearings.