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I am in the process of getting new tires (33s). My decision is between Bighorns and M/T MTZs. From what I've read they are both good all round tires that do most things well. Are there anybody that has experience with both these tires that can tell what their preferance would be between the two...

Anybody done a WJ knuckle conversion on a RHD XJ (or TJ for that matter)? I'd like to see where the raised trackbar bracket on the axle side sits. On a RHD this is on the pumpkin side so there is a little less space to work with and possible clearance issues to consider with the trackbar vs...

I'm in the process of fabbing some adjustable upper and lower control arms using Johnny Joints. Question, does it matter whether the Johnny Joints are mounted on the axle side or the frame side? And should the upper and lower arm's joints be on the same side, i.e. both on the axle side or both...

I'm in the process of doing the WJ knuckle swap with all the required steering setup changes. Seeing that I'll be fabbing a new mount onto the frame trackbar bracket as well as the OTK trackbar bracket on the axle side, I have the opportunity the "adjust" the trackbar to virtually any angle I'd...

I'm doing a WJ knuckle swap on my front axle together with the WJ disks and calipers. This frees up my existing front disks to be used in the rear. To keep things as simple as possible I'd like to fit rear calipers where the e-brake connects directly onto the calipers. It seems a lot of the...

Have anybody ever experimented taking the front unit bearing hubs apart and doing some kind of conversion on them to take normal wheel bearings or something similar? I know they are known to not be serviceable, but I would really like to convert mine to 6 lugs without using spacer/adapters...

When fitting a SYE it is common to lift the pinion of an axle to point towards the transmission output shaft. However when ones XJ has a lift in the region of 6" like mine, that angle is relatively substantial. I've measured mine with the angle finder to be about 13-14 degrees. The worry I have...

I'm in the process of building my front axle with WJ knuckles. Can anyone who's done this before give me an indication of the draglink and tierod lengths I'll need when using WJ TREs? If I can get this measurement I can have the threads tapped so long - would save some build time. Will also help...

I'm in the process of building a new front axle for my XJ using a locally produced Gearmax pumpkin with custom made axle tubes. The inner C's are those of the original D30 and it will get WJ knuckles. The Gearmax pumpkin is based on Dana axles as they are owned by Dana Spicer and it comes with a...

I know this is a long shot, but does anybody know what the tube lengths on a D30 axle is? I'm having another pumpkin (Gearmax Model 82) re-tubed to be used as the front axle and this info would be extremely handy to ensure it is done right.

I'm in the process of fabbing up some adjustable upper and lower control arms while using Johnny Joint to provide flex and adjustability. On the other ends however I'm using new OE rubber bushings. I've asked my local machining shop to turn me some sleeves on the lathe - I just wanted to check...

I'm swapping out my axles for stronger ones. The new ones will have lockers front and rear so I'm now in the process of looking for nice switches to activate the lockers with. One switch in particular that caught my fancy is the Axle Lock switch as used in the TJ Rubicon. This will be a nice OE...

I'm in the process of ordering all the parts I'll be needing for my WJ knuckle swap. For now I'll settle on all WJ tie rod ends from Moog. Some people say one should go for Chevy tie rod end at the pitman arm as it will allow for more droop - I thought it easier to just get all the Moog stuff...

On brake drums and disks there are always a min thickness or max diameter written on the disks/drums. Does anyone know how important these figures are and why they are listed on the disks/drums? Reason for asking is that I bought some WJ brake parts to go with my knuckle swop. The calipers...

I'm in the process of building a new front axle and was wondering wrt the lower control arm brackets whether they could be raised to sit level with the axle tube rather than hanging below it. This is to allow (1) better control arm angles with short arms and a 5.5" lift and (2) for better ground...

Half way through my rear axle swop excersize this nice HP D44 front axle crosses my path. Now I know that to gain the full benefit of such a nice axle one should use as much of if as possible, incl. the free wheel hubs, etc. However to do this, I'll sit with 8 on 6.5" stud spacing on the front...

I've recently upgraded to 33" tyres and I just thought I'll check where everyone puts their spare. Naturally if you have a bumper with tyre carrier it'll go there, but what if you don't? My 31" spare used to go in the stock position, I just deflated it and allways carried my tyre compressor with...

I finished the install of my upgrade suspension over the weekend. In the rear I upgrade my OME spring packs with a couple of custom made extra leafs, while the front got RE4.5" coils and a 1.75" spacer, but with the stock coils spring isolator removed (in retrospect I should have left them in...

Does anyone know what the stock pinion/caster angle relationship is on a LP D30? I'm trying to find a way to measure my caster angle at home using an angle finder. The pinion angle is easy enough to measure, so I figured that if I know the relationship between the two I can calculate my caster...

I'm currently running OME 934 coils with a 1.75" spacer in front with an ARB bumper and a Warn M8000 winch. This setup gives me just over 3.5" of lift. My new 33" tyres will go on soon however and I want to retain the stock wheelarches albeit with the necessary trimming. I'm thinking of getting...