New lift and SYE

[Smirty]

I just ordered a new 3" Tereflex lift and an AA SYE and Tom Woods CV shaft from Sam's Offroad. They really worked a great deal for me...The lift all over the web sell for about $1100 to $1200 without shocks. They had an incredible price for $875 including the shocks. They were also able to hook me up with an Advanced Adapters SYE/Tom Woods drive shaft combo for $475. Sam's also agreed to ship everything to me for free freight. I couldn't be more happy :). I should have fun installing all this stuff...can't wait!

After all of that is done, I plan to get my hands an Ausie locker for my D35 just because I want to see if I can break my stuff...at some point I will upgrade to a D44 but I am all out of money right now. My birthday and Christmas is coming soon :rolleyes:.

[Smirty]

I have a question about setting up the rear pinion angle after I install the SYE and CV shaft. I have never set one up before and have been doing some reading online. There is a mix of people that say to point your pinion directly at the output shaft and other say to point it 2-4 degrees lower than the output shaft to give it optimal angle when taking off the line. Supposedly when taking off at the line your rear end squats down a bit and that is when the highest amount of torque is placed on the drive shaft. In theory your drive shaft is pointing straight at the output shaft during this time. Does anybody have any experience with this? Is there any truth to this?

[Hickory94]

Did you get rear upper adjustables?

[Smirty]

Yes. I got a set of front and rear adjustible arms.

[Smirty]

Upper and lower both.

[78cj7]

on a cj it is 2 degrees below the pinion since the pinion rotates up as you move and apply torque, it should then be in line. Go to tom woods website he has a section on this there

[Smirty]

I finished my install of the SYE and CV drive shaft kit. Wow...that was not exactly easy. I spent a solid day to complete the install. What a PITA it was to remove the transfer case from the transmission. Could they make the bolts any harder to get at? Once, I got it removed and on the work bench it was smooth sailing from there.

I got it all re-installed back under the Jeep and took it for a test drive. During the test drive, I realized I made a major goof. I couldn't select 2WD and when I selected 4WD high it was really in 4WD low...and when I put it in 4WD low it was really in 4WD high. :eek: I pulled it back into the garage and thought I had to tear it all back down again to fix it...I took a look at the linkage and saw that I had installed it upside down. After reversing it, all was better. :D

Adavanced Adapter's instructions were not the best but reading a couple of write-ups before begining helped fill in the blanks.

There is a noticeable improvement in driveline vibes but I still feel them. Next weekend when I install my 3" Teraflex lift, I will dial in the upper control arms which will hopefully cure them all together.

[grub]

great to hear... when you do you lift, take good pics

[missouri]

Smirty I'm sorry I didn't see your post earlier, if you ever do anothe SYE, someone else Jeep, I would advise leaving the case under the Jeep. Just split the case and change parts, usually takes about an hours to add SYE, I'm a bit out ofg practice might take a bit longer now. I'm surprised someone from this board didn't chime in and let you know this. We have all done these together.

I missed this but what size lift did you get? Were the adjustable arms included in the kit or did you buy xtra?

What size tire are you planning to run?

missouri

[Smirty]

Thats OK...I had fun doing it the hard way. Like I said earlier, some people were saying it was better to take it out and other said to leave it in. Since I was not familiar with doing such an install, I figured it would better to do the install on a workbench instead of on my back. Now that I know how to do it, I would be comfortable with doing under the rig the next time.

I have a 3" Teraflex lift with springs, adjustable lower control arms, trackbar bracket and all the other goodies that come with the kit. I went ahead and bought a set of adjustable upper control arms for both front and rear from Rusty's Offroad. Finally, I have a set of Old Man Emu shocks that should arrive sometime today. I currently only have 32" BFG's but plan to upgrade to 33's once the other wear out. As Grub requested, I will take pictures and post them up this weekend after the install.

[Smirty]

I finished installing the lift this weekend with one minor snag. After installing the upper control arms in the rear and tipping the diff towards the transfer case, my shocks couldn't clear the spring perch. I was a little stumped as what to do but found that they make shock relocation bracket for just this problem. I ordered them today and should be in sometime this week.
I took height measurements before and after. Mind you, I upgraded from a 2" BB to a 3" Teraflex kit. I ended up with an additional 2 1/2" of lift above the existing BB. I thought it was intersting that Teraflex advertises for 3" and they end up giving you 4 1/2". This was a good thing because the 3" Teraflex kit comes with softer ride springs than their 4" kit....better overall ride quality. I guess I got my money's worth.

After the install, I took it for a test drive and on the first bump my rear springs made one heck of loud snap sound...I gather that was just my springs settling in their desired spot. No further problems after that.

I was going to share some pics but my digital camera took a dump. I look forward to breaking it in this weekend at the Cliff's with a few of you.

[Swap]

Mind you! After any new install, always go back and check every nut and bolt after 100 miles....!

[Smirty]

Thanks for the advise...I will be sure to do that.