Tomorrow's my day off, of course I am massively ill with a head cold, but I'm gonna have to force myself out of bed and get some doings done. Gotta head up and get a front driveshaft ordered up, thank goodness I got my first paycheck from Texas Roadhouse... There's a bit of a, well, hmm... Grinding, I guess you'd call it, it's not driveshaft, doesn't feel right. It's coming from under my left foot at acceleration, the driveshaft hums a little, but that's under the center console... It just doesn't feel quiiiittteee right, so I'm gonna call up Mumbly's, and see if they have any insight, they're really good about that sort of thing, I like the whole, if I have any problems, they'll pop out there, crawl under with me, and diagnose thing...
TC, the control arm relocation brackets give me a little concern about the ground clearance, I must admit, but it's not a huge deal for 2 reasons. Firstly, it's no lower than the front diff. Secondly, approach angles have never really been too much of a concern, even if I do hit something, Michigan mud and dirt is usually much more likely to give than the steel of the differential. As far as the springs, I'm not sure how much more it's gonna sag really... When I said trailmaster experiment, I mean just that, an experiment... Rather than going with the one add-a-leaf and blocks, the position of the add-a-leaf putting bad pressure on the connecting points of the weak XJ leaves to the unibody, they put in a second add-a-leaf, longer, strengthening it... It was a theory, that it would give up the same amount of lift, and strengthen the spring packs, it turned out perfectly. We did weight tests all around, those springs are MORE than supportive, so hopefully, all shall be well... I cannot wait to test the flex and handling off-road, but the Mounds is closed till May (birthday run anyone?
), and I am still without 4X4 until further notice.
Tomorrow, when I am out and about, I will get some pictures of the front end and all so you can see the relocation brackets. For the time being, the
swaybar brackets were also relocated, that's an easy removal and install for disconnects, which I plan on doing. The rear
swaybar nutsert in the unibody came loose on one side, so that's a 3 bolt creation right now as it is, don't plan on that being along for the ride much longer, especially with the stability in the rear end that I've noticed, it still corners great, actually, it feels less topheavy than it used to...