My SOA Progress!! New Pics!

[McRoth]

Thought I'd post some pics of my SOA progress so far. I've finally got both axles under my Wag!! They're a D44 HD front & D60 rear from an 84 J20. I converted the rear to disk & have the eldorado calipers to put on. I built my own spring hangers for the rear out of 3/16" plate, I was going to use square tube, but didn't have any handy when I was making them. I really like how these turned out though. I think they'll be pleanty strong. I have them bolted on right now & when I'm happy with them I'm going to weld them too. I had to move both the front & rear hangers in because the shackle was bent in way too much when the hanger eyes were in line with the old ones. Kinda weird, I thought:huh:.
I still need to finish the steering, swap the 208 transfer case in, put a good fuel tank skid plate in & finish the brakes & I'll be done, for now! Down the road its TFI & TBI, but that can wait for a bit.

[McRoth]

Here's a pic of the rear RockCrusher diff cover & the front axle.

[skydizzle]

lookin good man. cant wait to see some pics of it on the trails.:thumbsup:

[J10Mike]

Looking good Mike. Just a question. Are you going to have enough room for the rear calipers or caliper bolts. The angle of that pic is deceiving.

[McRoth]

Thanks guys! I can't wait to get it on the trail too!
I'm going to put the brakes on in a bit, so we'll see! I hope so, if not, I'll have to re-clock it, I guess.

[JeepBountyHunter]

Hey let me know when you go on any trials, I've never been off roading yet..:D

[McRoth]

J10Mike, I checked the calipers the other day & they'll fit just fine, but only because I inboarded the springs! Don't think they'd fit otherwise. I did notice that my calipers don't have the threaded hole for attaching the e-brake brace bracket though. Did yours? I'm pretty sure I can just drill & tap one, but I would've thought it'd be there. One of them did have one, but it was bigger & farther away than the one on the bracket.
Aaron, will do! If you want, the next time I go in the Wrangler, I'll let you know.

I do have a question about the front springs. I placed the stock widetrac tie rod on the front & it's too long, as I figured. I'll try the NT one that I have soon, hopefully it'll work. Anyhow, it seems like it's going to rub on the top of the springs pretty good. Would I be better off taking a leaf or two out of the spring pack, I think it has 7, or on my 78 Cherokee I have springs with only 2 leafs & swap them?

[McRoth]

Got the rear brakes all mounted. Had some issues with the piston coming out from moving the ebrake too much though!! I got them back in & hopefully they won't leak.
Anyhow, I put the tires on last night too & it looks Awsome!! They are 33"X12.5"X16.5" that I got from a member here last fall. I got them for a good price to use until I can afford the 36" or 37" that I really want. It's higher than I expected, almost going to need a step stool to get in!! Melissa definitely will!
I used a NT tie rod & drag link & I think it'll work fine. It's adjusted out a little farther than I'd like, but I'm pretty sure there's enough of the ends in the sleeve that it'll be OK. Any chance someone makes a longer threaded shaft tie rod end that will fit?

[orangecherokee]

It looks really good.

[Headhoncho]

Truck looks awesome. Any other lift besides the SOA?

JR

[jtr]

That is a good looking rig......pretty rusty, must have had an east coast life.

:thumbsup: :alc:

[skydizzle]

definately lookin sweet man!:thumbsup:

[chr1s]

..Any other lift besides the SOA?

JR
ditto, that thing looks pretty high, those 33s look like donuts :D

LOOKS GREAT!

[McRoth]

Thanks everyone! It came from New York, so JTR, your're right, although it really isn't that rusty, just a couple of spots & nothing through.
Nope, no lift other than SOA. I used springs from a 77 J10 on it that were in better shape than the ones that were on it. Actually one of the original front ones was broke.

[Cherokee01478]

Looks great! Will you search for bigger tyres now you have the lift?

[McRoth]

Definitely! I really want 36" or 37" tires, but I found these for a really good price so I picked them up to use until I save enough to spring for them.

[malodin]

can you get some close up of your brake caliper brackets on the d60? did you make them yourself or buy them, if purchased how much and where at, i got a friend with a d60 that is looking into doing the disk brake conversion.
alex

[McRoth]

Here's the disk conversion kit I got. It came with the e-brake bracket parts too. Very high quality parts, I highly recommend them!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DANA-60-JEEP-REAR-DISK-BRAKE-BRACKETS-W-E-BRAKE-BRACKET_W0QQitemZ120071469785QQihZ002QQcategoryZ42 605QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I'll get some pics soon. I left my camera at work today, so it'll have to be tomorrow night.

[McRoth]

Well in another thread I found out the stock height of the Wag. It looks like my SOA gave me about 9.5" of lift! In yet another thread, it was said that the older J truck & Wag springs have more arch/lift than the later model ones, so by using the 77 J10 springs I seem to have gotten around another 2" of lift over the usual 7" or so!

Malodin, I forgot my darn camera again :(. I'll try to get the pics tomorrow for you.

[Duke(Gwag)]

I dont know you or how long u have worked on it but it look's good. its a work in progress but hey even Rome wasn't built in a day.

[McRoth]

That's for sure! I've been collecting parts for around a year now & actually working on it for the past two or three months. I'm hoping to have it done by spring, but now I've pretty much decided to build a 203-205 doubler before I have driveshafts modified for the 208 I was going to put in it. Don't want to have to do it twice! Hopefully it won't take too much longer to do that.

[McRoth]

Malodin, Sorry it took so long to get the picture, but here it is!

[Twozerofour]

looks good, any more photo's of yer frnt spring pearches. also are you using a cross over steer. i have 81 and i am planning on doing the same setup you have..

Sick truck dude

[McRoth]

Thanks! I can take some pictures if you want, not too much to see, they're just welded on. I went full Hi-Steer since I had a set of flat tops from a parts truck I have.