What did you do to your XJ today? 1M Views

[riplock]

Good ol ebay bar..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Winch...412b0e&vxp=mtr

Contact is James..

Has a four week build time arrives four business days after despatch.

Shipping is a killer he is happy for you to organise your own shiping if you want..

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[anthonygubbin]

Originally Posted by layback40

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As we all know, once on the stands, best grab the side of the car & shake the s##t out of it to try & make it fall off before you get under it.

x2 Layback I had a ratchet stand slip once just as I crawlled out from under the XJ. I have been a little apprehensive ever since.

Over the weekend I have installed new lower link bushes and had new crush tubes made for them. Every thing down there is a nice fit now, no slop. Also did the drivers side leaf bushes, again. This time I have used high strenth loctite on the front bolt and only tightend it until it grabbed + 1/3 turn. On the rears I did the same but used a nilock nut. I am hoping now the springs can flex better without tearing the bushes. Still need to do the passenger front bush but I don't like the taking out the springs as I find them annoying to line up the front bolt. Although I did fine allowing the spring to have full droop helped a lot, after atleast 30mins of cursing.

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[iwanajeep]

Took it for a decent drive after a wheel alignment. Its still got a mind of its own just not quite as bad. Does anyone know where to get offset balljoints for it?

[fieds83]

Pulled the front end apart to swap the front springs around as I am trying to combat the uneven settling of my 3.5 RE lift kit.

Well, I removed the springs and placed them alongside each other while I measured each of the springs whilst unladen. They were the same, however I managed to forget which was which as complacently forgot to mark which spring came from which side.

So, I took a punt and reinstalled everything hoping I had got it right. Upon initial measurement there seemed to be an improvement though after half an hour of settlement it had returned to its uneven origin.

Now, wondering if I should have another go and remember to mark the springs or just put a spacer in the the drivers side to even it up. There is an inch difference between the left and right in the front end.

[mtd]

got it fully engineered. woo. now to get a roadworthy done and get it back on the road.

[Crawlerpaul]

Spent 10 minutes covering it in mud, then an hour cleaning it.....an hour and ten minutes well spent if you ask me!!

[kyphonii]

Originally Posted by iwanajeep

Took it for a decent drive after a wheel alignment. Its still got a mind of its own just not quite as bad. Does anyone know where to get offset balljoints for it?

I don't have much faith in wheel alignments these days.
I set up reference points on a piece of flatish concrete. and do your own measurements. work slowly until you get a good thing happening.