installing control arms

Hey guys,

I've got a set of upper adjustable control arms for the rear axle and I'm
going to install them today. is it just a matter of taking one out and
putting the new one in on one side and repeat on the other? It doesn't seem
like there will be enough play in the axle to add the length I need without
going back and forth a bunch of times.

So do you do them one at a time, or both at the same time or what?
n.

A different length would dictate putting them on at the same time
as it fixes the pinion angle. http://www.4x4xplor.com/RE-SuperFlex.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Nathan Otis wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I've got a set of upper adjustable control arms for the rear axle and I'm
> going to install them today. is it just a matter of taking one out and
> putting the new one in on one side and repeat on the other? It doesn't seem
> like there will be enough play in the axle to add the length I need without
> going back and forth a bunch of times.
>
> So do you do them one at a time, or both at the same time or what?
> n.

All I have to say is, "Duh". The probably would have become obvious to me
when I got under there.

Thanks, Bill.
n.

"L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III" > wrote in message
...
> A different length would dictate putting them on at the same time
> as it fixes the pinion angle. http://www.4x4xplor.com/RE-SuperFlex.html
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> Nathan Otis wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I've got a set of upper adjustable control arms for the rear axle and I'm
>> going to install them today. is it just a matter of taking one out and
>> putting the new one in on one side and repeat on the other? It doesn't
>> seem
>> like there will be enough play in the axle to add the length I need
>> without
>> going back and forth a bunch of times.
>>
>> So do you do them one at a time, or both at the same time or what?
>> n.

Stick everything you can think of underneath the frame like your
tires to start, don't just depend on jack stands.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Nathan Otis wrote:
>
> All I have to say is, "Duh". The probably would have become obvious to me
> when I got under there.
>
> Thanks, Bill.
> n.

L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III did pass the time by typing:
> Stick everything you can think of underneath the frame like your
> tires to start, don't just depend on jack stands.

leave the wheels on, that way if the vehicle falls it's only
as far as the axle. Besides which you will need something to hold
up the axle.

> Nathan Otis wrote:
>>
>> All I have to say is, "Duh". The probably would have become obvious to me
>> when I got under there.
>>
>> Thanks, Bill.
>> n.

That's kinda what I was thinking.
Thanks.
n.

"DougW" > wrote in message
news:t8PRd.10714$Ps.8490@okepread06...
> L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III did pass the time by typing:
>> Stick everything you can think of underneath the frame like your
>> tires to start, don't just depend on jack stands.
>
> leave the wheels on, that way if the vehicle falls it's only
> as far as the axle. Besides which you will need something to hold
> up the axle.
>
>> Nathan Otis wrote:
>>>
>>> All I have to say is, "Duh". The probably would have become obvious to
>>> me
>>> when I got under there.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Bill.
>>> n.
>
>
>

the new used car manager bought a wrangler at the auction that is all decked
out the lift kit is a 6 incher and the tires are 36" super swampers it has new
adjusable control arms and even the old mounts were cut off, new trac bars and
springs
the drive shafts have been updated with cardian slip joints it has all the
good stuff the owner was kinda ****ed till he seen all the traffic it brought
in sitting half parked on a 5 "boulder outfront

Nathan Otis wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I've got a set of upper adjustable control arms for the rear axle and I'm
> going to install them today. is it just a matter of taking one out and
> putting the new one in on one side and repeat on the other? It doesn't seem
> like there will be enough play in the axle to add the length I need without
> going back and forth a bunch of times.
>
> So do you do them one at a time, or both at the same time or what?
> n.

Will your Stealership be selling this lifted TJ? Seems in the
litigious society he'd be leaving himself wide open.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

mic canic wrote:
>
> the new used car manager bought a wrangler at the auction that is all
> decked out the lift kit is a 6 incher and the tires are 36" super
> swampers it has new adjusable control arms and even the old mounts
> were cut off, new trac bars and springs
> the drive shafts have been updated with cardian slip joints it has
> all the good stuff the owner was kinda ****ed till he seen all the
> traffic it brought in sitting half parked on a 5 "boulder outfront

Ok guys... one more.

What's the trick to rolling the axle back? (ie, how do you get the pinion to
point at the T-case output?)

n.

"Nathan Otis" > wrote in message
...
> That's kinda what I was thinking.
> Thanks.
> n.
>
> "DougW" > wrote in message
> news:t8PRd.10714$Ps.8490@okepread06...
>> L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III did pass the time by typing:
>>> Stick everything you can think of underneath the frame like your
>>> tires to start, don't just depend on jack stands.
>>
>> leave the wheels on, that way if the vehicle falls it's only
>> as far as the axle. Besides which you will need something to hold
>> up the axle.
>>
>>> Nathan Otis wrote:
>>>>
>>>> All I have to say is, "Duh". The probably would have become obvious to
>>>> me
>>>> when I got under there.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Bill.
>>>> n.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Hi Nathan,
Have you converted to the Real Jeep's Constant Velocity Universal
Joints, yet? http://7slotgrille.com/tech/sye2/index.html Which is the
reason you would be adjusting the driveshaft angle:
http://www.getahelmet.com/bullet/reararms/
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Nathan Otis wrote:
>
> Ok guys... one more.
>
> What's the trick to rolling the axle back? (ie, how do you get the pinion to
> point at the T-case output?)
>
> n.