RockTracXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Colorado Springs
The Good:
Suspension
• 5”-6” of lift
• Rusty’s coil springs
• BDS Long Arms
• Rock Krawler Track bar & bracket
• Big Offroad 4” Leaf springs (Alcan) with JKS shackles – these are great, heavy duty leaf springs that also flex well, full anti-friction liner has been placed between all of the leaves
• JKS sway bar quicker disconnects up front
• Rear sway bar has been removed
• Bilstein 5100 shocks up front, Ranchos in the rear
Steering
• Iron Rock Offroad Heavy Duty 5/8 OTK steering
• Heavy Duty Steering gear from a 99 Dodge Durango
• C-Rok Engineering Inside Frame Plate kit
• Replaced the steering intermediate shaft with one that wasn’t worn out
Tires and Wheels
• American Racing AR767 Black D Window wheels – 15x8
• Goodyear Wrangler DuraTracs 33x12.50, less than 5,000 miles (purchased 5/2014)
Drivetrain
• Stock 4.0 engine
• Stock AW4 transmission – NSS has been replaced, no problems there
• 241OR RockTrac transfer case – 4:1 Low range! (just like in the Rubicon’s)
• The 241OR has a fixed rear output
• Upgraded Driveshafts, front and rear (Tom Woods rear shaft)
• Rear Currie Ford 9” axle, 4.56 gears, ARB Locker, disc brakes
• Front Dana 30 axle, 4.56 gears, ARB Locker
• Front Warn Hub conversion kit with high-strength alloy outers
Bumpers and armor
• BPI Fab Trail Tuff front winch bumper
• BPI Fab Trail Tuff rear bumper with swing out tire carrier and hi-lift mount
• Starr-X bottle opener mounted to rear bumper, powder coated to match
• AJ’s Offroad Armor Super Rockrails
• BDS Transfer case skidplate
• Front LCA skids welded to the mounts
• The bumpers and rockrails are all powder coated with the same Black Wrinkle Semi-Gloss (Cardinal C081-BK176)
• The rockrails currently have plastidip sprayed on over the powdercoat
Recovery
• Warn 9.5ti winch
• Large 7/8 front D Ring shackles powder coated to match the bumper
• Warn Receiver Shackle in the back, powder coated to match
Other
• 1997+ Cherokee Side view mirrors with working electrical adjustments
• 97+ electrical fan
• 97+ Dual Diaphragm brake booster
• Hella Rallye 4000 Xenon HIDs mounted to the front bumper. These are very nice, very expensive lights
• Roof light bar with LED lights - 2 Rigid Dually Floods and 2 Rigid Dually Diffused, lights are mounted to a stock cargo bar
• Back up lights mounted to the rear tire carrier swing out arm
• Optima Red Top battery
• Tantrum LED Rock Lights (8 light pods, 1 in front of and 1 behind each wheel) with remote, mounted with rare earth magnets, can be moved as needed
• Air compressor/Tank – TBD
• Air pressure gauge and locker switch panel (see pics)
• Swing away front license plate mount
• Amplified PA Horn
• CSF HD 3-Row Radiator
• Tinted Windows
• Ventshades
• Bushwacker fender flares (old style)
• Fire extinguisher mounted next to driver’s seat
• Roof rack
• Pioneer Bluetooth head unit (MXT-X366BT)
• Tuffy lock box center console/arm rest
• Rear awning (see pics)
• Wired for a CB, but there isn’t one currently installed
• Aluminum cargo pan in the back
Maintenance
• Many gaskets have been replaced and much effort has been made to keep this Jeep from leaking
o The transmission pan oozes a bit, the steering pump/reservoir ooze a bit, too, but hardly enough to drip
• The rear main seal has been replaced and there is no leak there!
• Transmission fluid changed 8/2015
• Front and rear diff fluid changed 8/2015
• Replaced both pinion u-joints 9/2015
• Replaced the steering rod ends 9/2015
• Replaced the front lower control arm bushings 9/2015 (uppers are still good, so are the flex ends)
• New water pump 6/2015
• New idler pulley 6/2015
The Not Good:
• It has a few rust spots, one small one on the roof, another one on the driver’s side rear corner (near the fuel fill up), and another one above the frame side mount of the passenger leaf spring
• The head liner is sagging
• A rock bit off a chunk of the driver’s side rear flare
• It has high speed drive line vibrations (from the rear, as the front doesn’t spin because of the Warn hubs)
• It burns oil
• When hot, it runs hot, especially climbing grades out here in Colorado - I have the stock electrical fan run to a switch in the cab so that I can flip it on whenever. If the efan is running the temp will stay in check.
• The speedometer is not correct, it’s 10% higher than it should be and this also throws off the mileage, so actual mileage isn’t known. It currently sits at 202,500 miles. I’ve had it since 158,000 and it has been off that 10% the whole time I’ve owned it.
The Price: $8,000
More pictures here:
http://s722.photobucket.com/user/divinepower2/library/
