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Hahaha you have some points there. It's new to me so the magic is alive hahahaha. I gotta remember to not show up to the crawl with PBR again this year.
 
So what was supposed to take an hour ended up taking all night. Decided to do the rear shocks and the eyelet on the rear driver shock was seized. Ran out of beer, had to drive with 3 shocks to get my grinder after beating on it for an hour and a half with a punch and hammer. Good times. Shocks am I right?

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Thanks @offr0adlim0 and @FJ60Cam
 
I may be wrong, but there should not have been a steel sleeve on the mount. Every rear shock I have fooled with had a bushing with the correct I.D. to just slide over the mounting post. Then a big washer to sammich it onto the mount. Worst case the rubber is stuck and a little nudge from a prybar frees it pretty easily, looks like you had a helluva fight on your hands. Just make sure you have the right bushing and dont put a sleeve back on there. PO didnt do you any favors on that one.
 
jynx said:
I may be wrong, but there should not have been a steel sleeve on the mount. Every rear shock I have fooled with had a bushing with the correct I.D. to just slide over the mounting post. Then a big washer to sammich it onto the mount. Worst case the rubber is stuck and a little nudge from a prybar frees it pretty easily, looks like you had a helluva fight on your hands. Just make sure you have the right bushing and dont put a sleeve back on there. PO didnt do you any favors on that one.
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Yes but a lot of people leave it out. Not sure why but it happens.
 
A lot of the higher end shocks come with a metal sleeve made into the bushing.
 
Anyone have a battery tray from a 91-92 laying around? I need to relocate my battery on the passenger side as the giant PSC reservior is in the way on the driver side. I plan on buying a new one if it will clear but don't want to drop the coin if it won't work out.
 
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I had forgotten just how nice a stock 80 drives. I'm embarrassed to say this project has taken me a year and a half to complete and I've had the engine in and out more than Grogan when the kids are at camp but it's finally done. Time to add a few more miles to the 123k currently showing on this tight little rig :)
 
offr0adlim0 said:
Anyone have a battery tray from a 91-92 laying around? I need to relocate my battery on the passenger side as the giant PSC reservior is in the way on the driver side. I plan on buying a new one if it will clear but don't want to drop the coin if it won't work out.
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I have an old one that the bottom is pretty rough on I think. If you are just wanting it for test fitting, you can have it for the ride. It will hold a battery, just not in the greatest shape overall.

Its the one on the right in this picture.

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Ok, follow-up. I have bounced the 80 around a little on the farm and when I loaded it on the trailer this weekend, I went back around and remeasured all 4 corners to see how it was sitting. Pretty much the same as where it has been, Drivers maybe settled some, Passenger seems about the same.

Measured from bottom of the rim to flare;

Front DS 33.25" PS 34.75"
Rear DS 34.25" PS 35"

I can get a puck for the rear to level it out, but the front seems out pretty bad. I can pull the spacer off the front PS and it will drop it down, but I would rather get the DS up.

I will probably go ahead and try to swap the coils again (not 100% sure they actually got swapped when I tried it last time) and beyond that, maybe try some different coils... Anybody know if Slee makes different coils for 91-92 vs 93-97, or if they are different side to side like the OME?
 
jynx said:
I may be wrong, but there should not have been a steel sleeve on the mount. Every rear shock I have fooled with had a bushing with the correct I.D. to just slide over the mounting post. Then a big washer to sammich it onto the mount. Worst case the rubber is stuck and a little nudge from a prybar frees it pretty easily, looks like you had a helluva fight on your hands. Just make sure you have the right bushing and dont put a sleeve back on there. PO didnt do you any favors on that one.
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They were the TJM Foam cell shocks that were blown, kinda my fault, they were fine until I adjusted them on the dials... then all hell broke loose. Should have just left them.

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No pics of the new bling?
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Was going to wait for my Coils to come in for the bling bling pic, the coils on there now are pretty dingy haha
 
My front axle rebuild has become pretty slow the past few weeks as Ive been traveling so much but I put the driver side new bearing, races, and knuckle back together today and had the movement feels bumpy when rotating the knuckle. Everything is torqued the spec with correct shim on the top plate. The passenger side is smooth as butter but the driver side is bumpy with a noticed stop in the middle of the movement. The bearings are properly packed, I even pulled the bearing back out and repacked them with the same result when assembled in the knuckle. ideas?
 
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