Not a whole lot to write about on this. Our Jeep radiator has been leaking for over a year. Probably since we bought it. I always assumed the radiator fluid that was dripping was coming from the over flow tank. The splashes and drips came from the area of the overflow tank. It is really...
Jeep Maintenance
Repairing The Front Axle On Our Jeep
After breaking down the front axle and accessing the damage we settled on the repair decisions. This was the perfect time to perform parts upgrades. When we had the rear axle upgraded by Redemption Offroad and the gear ratio changed, we did not upgrade the front axle. There were money concerns which prevented that upgrade....
The Front Axle On Our Jeep Wrangler
Decisions To Be Made At this point we had to decide what parts we were going to use for repairs. Cost would play heavily into this decision. The stock components had given out which means if we repaired back to stock it would probably happen again. Because of this we decided to perform some upgrades....
Discovering What We Broke On The Jeep
After towing the Jeep home and sleeping on what transpired we had to make some decisions. We knew a lot of parts were broken. We didn't know the extent though. I decided to wait until the following Monday and call Redemtion Offroad for some quotes. They built the rear axle for us so we knew...
Jeep Exhaust Manifold Continued
After discovering the broken bolt on the passenger side exhaust manifold I decided to go ahead and make the proper repairs. After removing the passenger side manifold I was greeted by a welcome surprise! The bolt was not broken into the block like the drivers side. There was still some of the bolt sticking out...
Jeep Exhaust Manifold
Since purchasing the Jeep we have had a dreaded heat shield vibration at around 3500 rpm. It's quite annoying and makes you assume something is wrong mechanically. After a trip to Crossbar Ranch in Oklahoma I decided it was time to find the cause. I started with the exhaust header heat shield. That seemed to...
Tires on the Jeep
A completely unplanned for upgrade took place last week. We had to get new tires on the Jeep. What Happened A few weeks back we went to Crossbar Ranch in Oklahoma to run some trails. The Jeep performed well and we didn't see that anything had happened to it. The rear passenger tire has always...
Jeep Wrangler Ball Joint Upgrade
The final upgrade on this last round we did was to install heavier ball joints. When we purchased the Jeep it was still running the stock ball joints. That's not necessarily a bad thing but since someone had put larger tires on and did hardly any mechanical upgrades to handle the extra rotational mass and...
Jeep Wrangler Axle Shaft Upgrade
This weeks topic on our upgrade is axle shafts. This was not a planned upgrade but one we made anyway. What Went Wrong Since purchasing the Jeep we have had a few repairs to make. Those have been outlined in various posts over the last couple of months. One of the repairs I did not...
E-Locker Upgrade
Last post we covered the initial upgrades we decided to make as a result of some of the off roading we have been doing. In this post we will continue with other upgrade decisions we made. Axle Lockers When we went to Barnwell Mountain Recreation Area we tried the jeep on some harder trails than...