Gulches April 5-6-7 pictures, video and carnage

[cru9]

Lol!

[gint2]

Carnage... well beside busting all but 2 clips to hold on my L/F flare, I think my front axle is tweaked.... and by tweaked, I think it's bent. Not sure yet on that but need to get it on an alignment rack to check it... I think.

I had the ESP light come on after leaving Gulches. I just pulled the code and it appears it's just because my steering wheel is so far off center from the tie rod being so bent. Not a hard fix, I just need to figure out if anyone makes a high steer tie rod for the JK. It looks like there is only a D/link flip but no Tie Rod flip so I will most likely go with a RK Tie Rod.

I was thinking... what other vehicle besides a Jeep (Wrangler) can you buy, get strangers waving at you as soon as you drive off the car lot, wheel it for days and drive it back home and still get 17+ mpg. Man I love my Jeep!

[Skandalous]

I was thinking... what other vehicle besides a Jeep (Wrangler) can you buy, get strangers waving at you as soon as you drive off the car lot, wheel it for days and drive it back home and still get 17+ mpg. Man I love my Jeep!

Couldnt put it better myself.  I had a little bit of carnage as well.  Pulled a little rod out of the firewall attached to my clutch.  Easy trail fix was to put a "limiter strap" on it so it cant pull out of the firewall again.  Thought about replacing it when I got back but under further observation its fine just broke the silly plastic piece holding it on the firewall.  Silly jeep engineers.   

Dave & Kelly where is the video of me on TnT ive been dieing to see it.  And thanks for watching Gibson while I was on the obstacle. 

[BigJerm]

17 mpg? Never had that with a jeep

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[BlueJew]

17 mpg? Never had that with a jeep

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100% agreed!  12-14 is my average for our trips @ 70 mph.

AJ, what did you hit?

[gint2]

I guess I hit a big rock. But this wasn't just one hit, my tie rod has been in sad shape for some time.

Here is my hwy avg... It does drop to 16.5 when I get over 75-80.




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[BlueJew]

do the JKs come with the same hollow tie rod the TJs came with?  I have 500$ waiting on mine to bend so I can get a new setup.  I have seen doug, tony and a few others with the aluminum one...i think i heard them say it will bend to a point...i wish they made one like that for the TJ.

[onlygoon]

I am sure u can I have been looking at te chomo one pop is going to get his first mine is stil a virgin but I am sure I will bash mine sooner than later ha ha I know I will the way I push my rig ha ha

[trothatl]

17 mpg? Never had that with a jeep

I was close to that when I pulled off the lot with a stock JKU last October. With the lift, 35-inch tires, heavier bumpers, and winch, I'm now getting about 14-15 highway, but averaging 13.5 city/highway combination.

[cudruln]

do the JKs come with the same hollow tie rod the TJs came with?  I have 500$ waiting on mine to bend so I can get a new setup.  I have seen doug, tony and a few others with the aluminum one...i think i heard them say it will bend to a point...i wish they made one like that for the TJ.

You can get the one off a grand cherokee (I will double check this) and it is a direct bolt up. It is a solid tie rod. Suppose to be a very good upgrade for a fairly cheap price. I will get more info for you though.

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[onlygoon]

do the JKs come with the same hollow tie rod the TJs came with?  I have 500$ waiting on mine to bend so I can get a new setup.  I have seen doug, tony and a few others with the aluminum one...i think i heard them say it will bend to a point...i wish they made one like that for the TJ.

You can get the one off a grand cherokee (I will double check this) and it is a direct bolt up. It is a solid tie rod. Suppose to be a very good upgrade for a fairly cheap price. I will get more info for you though.

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I would be very Intrested as well

[tjsahara00]

It has to be a V8 Grand Cherokee for the solid
bar tie rod........I think around a 96 model.

My TJ gets about 10 mpg......