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    steering stabilizer

    343000 check at a junkyard for the brackets and you asked whether or not to use grade 5 or 8, well, if you have to use u-bolts, use the biggest that fit, and don't worry about it, it just the stabilizer, it is not a key suspension component, but if you are talking about a bolt for it, go with...
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    what engine???

    347000 Heres the deal.....whatever you change to, you will have to change the transmission and modify the transfer case. go with a 4.0 HO I-6, it has plenty of power to go as high as 37" tires and do ok, plus it is fuel injected(plus over the 4.2). if you go with a AX-15, the inpu shaft for...
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    Gear Ratio

    355000 whatever you do, DO NOT put 4.88's in there. go with the 4.56's at most, you would propably be just fine with 4.11's. i have seen a TJ with the 35 rear eat 4 sets of 4.88's up that had the 6 cyl. the problem is that when you go to a gear that low, the pinion for the D35 becomes very...
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    CJ7...Which year to get?

    868000 go with a 83-86 CJ7, that means you will get wide track axles, a D300 transfercase, newer body and frame, and if you find one close to 86, you might score a D44 rear. + the CJ7 is a bit better offroad than the 5, because of the extra length.
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