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    which 31"s??

    If you are looking for AT's the BFG is tough to beat. The millage is good and low road noise. They clean out good for an AT. the bridgestones are not that great offroad but are good road tires. If you are looking for MT try procomp
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    Lift Installation PROBLEMS

    grind the broke off one flat, drill out and tap to a larger size.
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    Lift Installation PROBLEMS

    un bolt the track bar and shocks. then put the spring in place (as far in as you can) and use a big dang pry bar the pop the bottom of the spring over the botton spring seat. Very quick and easy. We do the all that way at our shop.
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    31's

    I have an 85 with the 2.5 and a 4" with 31X10.5 and it is a good combo. The gear swap is realy needed but you can get by untill the swap. I motor swap is a tough one go with gears.
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    factory front driveshaft sounds like its grinding

    I am not sure its a 90 auto trans 4.0 L
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    factory front driveshaft sounds like its grinding

    I called rusty’s this morning and he told me I had to get the parts from Tom Wood’s. So I don’t know at this point I keep getting different answers everywhere I go.
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    factory front driveshaft sounds like its grinding

    My manual calls it a constant velocity shaft but what’s on there is not a double cardan shaft. That’s what in trying to put on there. I have the yoke and shaft off a newer model but I don’t know if it will work.
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    factory front driveshaft sounds like its grinding

    I have a 1" TC drop. where do I get the other parts ?
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    factory front driveshaft sounds like its grinding

    I do not have an SYE installed. It is all stock outhe than the lift.
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    factory front driveshaft sounds like its grinding

    No sorry its the front shaft. On the first two years of the cherokee production, the front shaft did not have a double cardan joint. The later models did and I have one of them.
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    factory front driveshaft sounds like its grinding

    I have an 85 XJ with a 4" lift. The drive train is all stock including the factory constant velocity drive shaft and flange yoke at the transfer case. When I put it in four wheel drive it grinds like its about to fall out. The joint at the transfer case is in a bad bind, which can bee seen just...
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    85 Xj 2.5 swap with a 4.0

    I will keep that in mind. I have had my 85 for some time now and I am kinda attached to it. Plus it is trail ready it's just lacking that punch that a 4.0 has. Any way I go I will have to rebuild the engine. Any suggestions as to which kit is the best with out costing a fortune.
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    85 Xj 2.5 swap with a 4.0

    I don't think I did to bad, it's realy clean and I hooked up a battery and all of the electrical system is working, guages, windows,locks, I mean everything. The engine how ever may not be so promising, the plugs have been pulled out and never put back in. From what I have been told it was...
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    85 Xj 2.5 swap with a 4.0

    I just went and picked the new XJ up today and it's in much better shape than I thought. I got it for a couple hundred bucks with a clear title. The only problem I have found is the engine. After I washed the mold off I accualy found good paint and only onef ding in the entire body. So all I...
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    85 Xj 2.5 swap with a 4.0

    I have an 85 XJ 4wd 5 speed. I have just acquired a donor that I bought for the spotless leather interior. After studding the parts that I needed I found that it has a good 4.0 and all of the parts that I think I will need. One problem I can see is that I have a 5 speed. Will The 4.0 work with...
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    door protection need some help

    I have homemade rocker guards, but I keep getting small dents and bad scratches on the bottom part of my doors. I am looking for somthing like the RO-K rear quater panel molding, but for the doors of an 85 . Any manufactures or custom fab ideas or pic.
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    spare tire mounting options on an 85 roof

    I have been looking for a good way to mount my spare tire on the roof for some time. If you have any suggestions on who is making them let me know because all I can find that will work with out a full roof rack are rockratz and mopar. If all else fails I guess I will just strap it down to the...
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