What did you do to or with your CJ today?
tangoalpha
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Mounted my new tires and installed the new shackles. Its amazing how much better it handles now.
What did you do to or with your CJ today?
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Woolyworm
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Gassed her up, rolled her outside, and started her up for the season! Everything works and she's ready to go!
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Just went for a spin in town - I can't even tell that powertrax no slip is in on the street. I've heard guys tell horror stories about chirping and backlash issues etc but I don't find any of that to be an issue with this unit. And yes, I did all the spin tests so I know it's workin! 
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Just went for a spin in town - I can't even tell that powertrax no slip is in on the street. I've heard guys tell horror stories about chirping and backlash issues etc but I don't find any of that to be an issue with this unit. And yes, I did all the spin tests so I know it's workin!
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Just keep your tire psi equal in the rear on the street, and you shouldn't see much in issues.
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Wouldn't it be better to keep tire height even by adjusting the PSI. With a locking differential true tire height is more important than tire pressure. I was shocked to see how much difference there was even in new tires, determined by measuring the distance from the ground to the center of the tire or radius (diameter = Radius x 2).
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Got the CJ up and running again. Doing a complete rear end rebuild and swap isn't nearly as difficult as it once was. It's still pricey though.
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Back in the day of bias-ply tires, that was the way.
With today's radial tires. I just run the same psi and all seems well.
Try both ways, and see what works the best.
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Rigged up the Wipers. Snow run in the mountains and the drivers wiper linkage broke inside the windshield channel.
Needed wipers more than the radio
Nice Fire to warm next to...
Got some work to do...
Needed wipers more than the radio
Nice Fire to warm next to...
Got some work to do...
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Good job there JR!
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JR - I love it, reminds me of the old hand crank wipers back in the vacuum wiper motor days. Psssssss Shawwwwww Pssssssss Shawwwww Pss Shaww Pss Shaww Psssssssssssssssssssssssss Shawwwwwwwwwwwwww ....... Was great fun watching them struggle along.
Rub tobacco juice on your window, I suppose you could spit it on there but that would be a little disgusting. My dad would brew up a strong tobacco tea and rub it on the wind shield. This helped the glass shed water. It must have worked for him to give up one of his precious cigarettes for. Damn cigs killed him far to early in life......
Rub tobacco juice on your window, I suppose you could spit it on there but that would be a little disgusting. My dad would brew up a strong tobacco tea and rub it on the wind shield. This helped the glass shed water. It must have worked for him to give up one of his precious cigarettes for. Damn cigs killed him far to early in life......
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Not to impugn anyone else's suggestions, but the full Rain X kit is nothing short of fantastic.
Use the scrub to get your windshield completely clean. Then use the spray cleaner as needed.
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Use the scrub to get your windshield completely clean. Then use the spray cleaner as needed.
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I bought a spice top last year that was in really great shape except for a splintered hole and cut in the driver window - got it for $100. Picked up a yard of 20 gauge clear vinyl fabric and some double sided clear glue tape by uglu to repair it. I decided to cut the entire window out leaving a one inch edge to adhere the new vinyl to. Turned out really well.
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It seems to me that with any belted tire the circumference remains the same no matter how out of round it might be. Unless the tire is slipping on the rim, the revolutions per mile number remains constant.
I don't know if the difference in rolling resistance has an effect on the differential, but I think that unless there is wheel-slip, it doesn't matter.
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Measure the tires and see, you might be very surprised. I was.
I admit to being a little frustrated here. Up until now when dealing with a locker was to measure the actual running tire height that being loaded on the ground measured from the wheel center to the ground x 2. Then using air pressure adjust the actual tire height to be the same. We are only talking about a few PSI, a little can make a difference. Now someone I've learned to trust, the very same one who told me about equal tire height is now essentially saying that I'm full of it and equal tire pressure is the key.
SlowPocono - Tires are allover the place, but within some standard. For instance I have Cooper 31x10.5 tires on my CJ. They haven't got many miles on them, but when they were new I was trying to figure out RPM's, speed and what I had for gearing. Taking the RPM's I was running at 65 mph and using the 31" tire number my gears should have been 4:11's. Rob at Willys Works said, "No Way." Measure the true diameter of your tires. They turned out to be 28.5" which showed the true gear ratio of 3.73.
I admit to being a little frustrated here. Up until now when dealing with a locker was to measure the actual running tire height that being loaded on the ground measured from the wheel center to the ground x 2. Then using air pressure adjust the actual tire height to be the same. We are only talking about a few PSI, a little can make a difference. Now someone I've learned to trust, the very same one who told me about equal tire height is now essentially saying that I'm full of it and equal tire pressure is the key.
SlowPocono - Tires are allover the place, but within some standard. For instance I have Cooper 31x10.5 tires on my CJ. They haven't got many miles on them, but when they were new I was trying to figure out RPM's, speed and what I had for gearing. Taking the RPM's I was running at 65 mph and using the 31" tire number my gears should have been 4:11's. Rob at Willys Works said, "No Way." Measure the true diameter of your tires. They turned out to be 28.5" which showed the true gear ratio of 3.73.
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My point is that the inflation pressure has NO effect on the rolling circumference of a tire.
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Rolling circumference is the distance around the tire. Interesting.
Think of the tire as a track - you can make the track any shape you want - it will still take an axle the same number of turns to rotate it one time- right?
The height of the tires is actually irrelevant although a convenient way to measure.
You want both axles to be turning the same number of revolutions to go a certain distance most of the time with a locker or you will constantly be grinding against it.
Isn't it the number of axle revolutions you are trying to keep the same by making sure tire height is the same and by doing so since it's a circle the rolling circumference is the same-right? The only thing a flatter tire is going to do is drag more. Hmm.
At any rate, my tire pressure is about 28 lbs, not sure if the tires are identical or not but the no slip is invisible on road so far.
Wooly
Think of the tire as a track - you can make the track any shape you want - it will still take an axle the same number of turns to rotate it one time- right?
The height of the tires is actually irrelevant although a convenient way to measure.
You want both axles to be turning the same number of revolutions to go a certain distance most of the time with a locker or you will constantly be grinding against it.
Isn't it the number of axle revolutions you are trying to keep the same by making sure tire height is the same and by doing so since it's a circle the rolling circumference is the same-right? The only thing a flatter tire is going to do is drag more. Hmm.
At any rate, my tire pressure is about 28 lbs, not sure if the tires are identical or not but the no slip is invisible on road so far.
Wooly