Recent content by bpm

@digitalmarker has recorded some issues he's having with pinion angle and tried a wide variety of radius arms/caster correction parts. Thread 1: Help me diagnose a driveline vibration - Slinky 3" lift -...

Thanks for the tip. I should mention the list of things we've done to troubleshoot: Have locked the center diff and pulled front shaft out. Noise and vibes are gone in that state. Have tried swapping T-case with a friend. Noise still present. Have tried a DC shaft in the front. The DC shaft...

Alright fellow mudders... after some financial austerity and scratching our heads on why we're hearing vibration/noise at 50mph and above after installing the slinky long travel kit I think we're getting close to working on and maybe actually using this thing for its intended purpose...

I started working on fabrication of a rear bumper with my brother this weekend using a shop that he worked at previously and the help of a family friend who owns the shop and knows the plasma cutting table/software better than we do. We started out by designing most of the structure using large...

A spacer about 7/8" tall and 1/2" deep could sit on the ledge of the battery to bridge the gap. Here's another image. The front lip is curved and the back is more flat.

We began implementing my dual battery plans with @ab0tj's help! My end goal/design consists of: - 2x deep cycle AGM batteries in parallel in the engine compartment for starting, winching, lighting, lockers, 12V compressor, dual band ham radio with APRS, and other normal vehicle operations...

The spacers had to come right back off due to clearance issues. As it turns out, 35x12.5-R17 KO2's on stock suspension and spacers creates a wheel well rubbing issue when the wheel is turned about 20-30 degrees. After taking the spacers off we found that there was enough room for the tires to...

Finally finished up the gears/lockers/knuckles/brakes/tires/wheels project this weekend. Filled the diffs with Super Tech 75w-90 gear oil for the break in period. They will be filled with Mobil-1 75w-90 after 500 miles. Drained and filled the transfer case w/ Mobil 1 75w-90. Installed the...

35's mounted on the new Icon wheels. Can't wait to get them mounted on the vehicle. Finishing up the front knuckle rebuild tonight, then just waiting on the Terrain Tamer brake shipment from @orangefj45. I decided to use the Trail Gear Trail Safe ball wiper seals instead of the OEM felt kit. It...

Slowly but surely coming along. RX'd the rebuilt F/R diffs from ZUK in superb packaging. Got those installed. Wiring is a work in progress as I wait for a Blue Sea ST Blade fuse block to come in the mail from Amazon.

New manufacturer this time around too.

I normally like black or dark grey accents for accessories and this color is certainly out of my comfort zone for wheels but I think it looks damn good. For some reason I find myself choosing colors other than black with this build (tan vs black tent cover). It definitely looks good on your 95...

Wheels and tires.... I planned to order 315/75-R16 BFG KO2's from Discount Tire and stick with the OEM wheels only to find out these are on massive backorder (4-8 month lead time and not currently in production). So I decided to buy 17" wheels and switch to 35x12.5-R17 tires. I decided on Bronze...