1968 Cj5 Project

4 new to me wheels and tires, free.

 

And today I picked up a smokey yunick intake for the dauntless

 

Tires were a bust, they were on my buddies 1990 jeep, wheel pattern was off. 5x4.5. Listed on marketplace for 200 bucks, some guy asked if I'd trade for a shotgun. I have about 50ish guns, wasn't really interested but then I thought how long might I need to hold onto dry rotted tires? It's a new tri star 20ga. Didn't need it but the rims and tires are now gone.

 

Now I'm a body guy. FIXED! tail lights are wired and ready to go, I just didn't have a 4.5" hole saw to get them mounted. Cheap round recessed lights. But I'm ready for shakedown runs.
See what the engine needs, if anything.

 

Done

 

Nice Job there. Now, If you could find a chain sleeve / cover......... it would be ' Perfect ' BTW, I also like the thru hitch duel exhaust pipes. Pretty Cool

 

Probably gonna bolt it. It's so far down on the list at this point

 

Now to address the driveline vibration.

*The transfer case points up 5°. Used the ebrake as my surface mount.

*The rear axle points up 5°. Using the lowest flat tab as my reference point.


*Shim in the rear axle, .75" thick at the front/ high side.
*when the angle finder is on the front winch mount plate, it's at 0°.

Other than a new driveshaft with CV joints, what are my options? Shakes at about 30mph.

 

I would shim it up more till the vibration goes away. My 2a has a spring over so i made the axle pointing way up above the t case which they say you are absolutely not supposed to do. But it doesnt vibrate at all. I only get up to about 45- 50 though