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[Krome]

same here about thhe wheels

[Posimoto]

Thanks for the comments,

I’ve been building this project with used parts I had accumulated over the years and thought I’d treat myself to some new sliders.

The shipping process left a few bows, nicks, and burs on the sliders. After about an hour using a straight edge, hammer, grinder, and wire wheel, they looked good enough to prep for paint.

Two coats of prime



A couple of top coats as well.



These are heavy duty sliders weighing in around 40 lbs each.

[BiGdAdDeE]

they only tie into one body mount?  Is that because these are for a CJ5 and body mounts are arranged differently than a CJ7 or wrangler.  I always thought they generally tie into 2 mounts.

[Krome]

Looks that way. Mine sandwiched into two.

Good call ordering the sliders w/out paint, powdercoat sucks, expecially from spyda

[Axle]

the cj-7 ones only go to one mount as well. looks good chuck!

[BiGdAdDeE]

oh.  I likem shiny like those.  Will the 5 remain yellow posi?  Not sure if you ever talked paint or not .

[Posimoto]

Thanks guys,

I’m planning on using valspar ford blue and a shade of silver I haven’t decided on yet. The two colors mimic the team colors of the H.S. I coach at, if I had to pick a color scheme it most resembled it would be John’s Jeep (jps4jeep). 

[BiGdAdDeE]

that will be cool.  Might have to take the mascot around the field during halftime in it on game

[jps4jeep]

looks great Chuck!

as for tying into the body mount, more of a gimick than anything.
Mine never were and It never comprimised the strength of the rocker guard nor did it ever cause an un-wanted crease in the body. They were installed for a long time.

[Mitch]

i didnt have my self made rockers tied into the frame and the one time I tried to highlift from them it did crease bend the body - the untrained eye wouldnt have noticed however.

[jps4jeep]

well the one differing factor is.. you made yours, I made mine.

[brooksy]

well the one differing factor is.. you made yours, I made mine.

 

[Posimoto]

I picked up a couple items for my steering, a heavier steering bracket and a pitman arm.

I got this new bracket for half the price of a new one. Besides being a solid piece compared to the 2 piece stock bracket it moves the box forward an 1”.



The pitman arm was mistakenly advertised as a CJ arm when in fact it was a FSJ arm. The FSJ arm is a shade longer and a lot stouter then a CJ arm. Turns out it saved me some work because I would have had to ream out the CJ arm to except the larger 44 drag link end.

Regardless which of the two arms I had they needed to be shortened. Usually when you see a pitman arm cut short the owner butt welds it back together. Butt welding on steering components is not a safe practice.

I decided to let my buddy Bill owner of Specialty Machine cut and lap the arm.

I needed the arm shortened by 1 ¾”



Slicing and dicing



Machined both ends for the lap joint.







“V” grooved the edges



Set up for tig welding




Light with the wire and high heat for penetration.



A few minutes with an angle grinder to finish



Between the bracket and arm the drag link was moved forward almost 3”. I get full sweep of the pitman arm in both directions and the 12.5 wide tires stops a hire before touching the springs. The steering will be a bit quicker as well.

Below are the shortened FSJ arm and a manual CJ arm.
Note: The FSJ and CJ PS pitman arm have the same diameter hole for the steering box the manual is smaller. Both the manual and PS CJ pitman arm has a smaller drag link end hole then the FSJ

 
  

[Bluerocket]

amazing, where'd you get that bracket?  I need to move my draglink forward 1/2 inch, this would certainly be the easiest.

[Posimoto]

Thanks,

I got the bracket at an estate sale it's a m.o.r.e bracket.

http://www.mountainoffroad.com/_e/Steering_Components/product/SB7686/SB7686_CJ_Steering_Box_Mount_H_D_.htm

I would double check with them to make sure that particular bracket moves the box forward. Also if you buy one you will need to drill an extra hole in the crossmember and because the box is moved forward you will need to grind a bit for PS line access. I will next mount the bracket/box and post pics of the installation.

Edit:

This is the correct bracket it moves the box forward 1 1/4"

http://www.mountainoffroad.com/_e/Steering_Components/product/SB7686-1/SB7686_1_Steering_Box_Mount_H_D_76_86_Jeep_CJ_5_CJ_7_CJ_8.htm