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Hi, I'm in the process of re-gearing my Jeep crawler. Dana 60 front, Ford 10.25 in the back. I was able to figure out the front, but the rear is giving me a hard time. It is a crush collar pinion, the collar is currently not in, the pinion does have a little bit of pre-load. The backlash is 8...

Hey Woody, sent you a PM.

New one is in place and should be ready to go. Waiting for the belt. I think it's aligned properly, but need the belt to make sure. I'll remove it today and see what needs to happen inside.

Hey, I just got another beater. It's a '97 TJ on tons, poorly built, but it's a start. Got it for a great price and it'll save me a lot of time to get a stock TJ to this point. I would like to put a welder in it. It'll be an alternator welder. I have the new alternator installed already. It...

Finally heard back from the trail run organizers. Appears it is set up similarly to EJS. But here you list your rig and the level of difficulty trail you want to do then they'll put you in a group and you'll go out with a guide.

Hi, I see a number of people here are from the four corners area. Anyone else going to this event. And how is it setup? Is it like Easter Jeep Safari, where you sign up for a trail and go as a group? I've never been to one, so have no idea about it. Thanks.

The buggy is IFS and IRS. No other way to get any extra space, other than fighting the shock after filling, or disconnecting components to allow for more droop, and then fighting to reconnect those. Which is what I was trying to avoid. But the higher pressure did it. The shocks now all sit at...

It took a while to get back to it, but both shocks now have oil and refilled with gas. The problem I've run into is the shocks are about 3" longer than the max droop of the front A arms, so with the shocks installed, I loose that much travel from max extension for filling. With the shocks at...

After several tries of contacting Fox, I could not get ahold of anyone. I took off the other side shock, drained the oil and measured it. It held 300CC's. Maybe a hair more. This is exactly what the above chart says I should have for Fox 2.0, air shock, 1.25" shaft and 12" of travel. So both...

Will do. Thanks.

I was thinking to remove the shock, drain the oil from the Schrader, refill with oil, install without the limiting strap, lift the buggy to full height, then refill with gas. The problem of how much oil still remains, as you said. Taking it apart isn't a problem, I just wanted to do a quick fix...

Hi, I just got a buggy. The PO had mentioned that he ran the shocks at about 550 PSI. They were maxed out and had no compression. While trying to lower the pressure, I managed to dump all the pressure out of one of the shocks and lost a lot of oil. I have no experience with these shocks. So the...

Done. I'll get on that tomorrow. And BTW "Loves light bars" cracked me up. Thanks.

Hi, I just got this buggy. It has Wilwood, dual piston, manual brakes. The pedal is hard as a rock, with no travel. It does stop, but with a lot of effort. It also has what appears to be line locks for each corner. There is also a manual valve in the line coming off the reservoir. What is all...

Hi, Just bought my first buggy. It's a Randy Ellis Red Racer. This is the first toy I've bought that was almost turn key. Just a lot of maintenance needed. I did a Hemi swap in a '08 JKUR last year and after one trip to Moab, I decided I was tired of being "that guy". You know the one that...