The adventures of a Jeep and its driver.
Dropped all the parts to be powder coated off at 440 Powder Coating and a couple weeks later, I got them back. Everything came out great.
Had the control arms done in black. And he did the wheel rims in Cleveland Indians blue. They were so beat up and bent, it was time for some fresh color.
I spent some time over the last couple weeks getting the rest of the suspension removed from the Jeep. Some of those bolts were too tight to get off. But, as they say, it’s ain’t tight if it’s liquid! I had to use the torch to CUT the bolts off in a couple places. There’s just no way it was coming apart. The bolt itself had seized into the heim joint of the suspension. Burning it out was the only choice.
Removing the joints from the suspension arms proved to be another challenge. Some heat and penetrating oil did the trick. I mounted a vice to the storage rack I built this year and it gave me a nice strong platform to get some big wrenches on the jam nuts and such.
Took advantage of a Black Friday sale and bought Teraflex Big Rotor kits for the front a rear. I never felt like I had as much holding power as I would like when on steep rocks. Plus, this will help when I go to 37″ tires at some point.
I’ve been making some progress getting things apart. Got the wheels off and the Jeep on jack stands. I bought a couple pair of 12 ton jack stands from Harbor Freight to get the Jeep up in the air as high as possible without hitting the garage door or opener.
I also removed the engine skid. It is bent pretty bad. I must have hit that on some rocks a few too many times. But I have a solution for that. Stay tuned!
A little dusty, but it looked all correct and complete. Not mine, but I wish.
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Can’t wait to see more of Burning Rock Offroad Park on future trips.
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