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I’m not sure what a belt wheel is. Can you show us pictures?

The shaft is probably bottoming out on whatever the center of the diff is. Usually a cross style center pin that connects all the spiders together. Just depends on the actual construction of the locker you have. I have a feeling if you trimmed off 1/8” or so, you’d probably be able to seat the...

That to me sounds like the shaft is too long and needs to be trimmed. That can be relatively common with some aftermarket differentials. Are the shaft’s stock? I would probably trim the shaft, leaving the nuts not very tight would make me nervous.

Somebody cut your cowl drain hose. I would just order one off eBay, or MTS makes them new. I'm not sure if they are any good, but they make them.

Interesting. If you are having to add 3/16" to the 1.22" bumpers, I suspect the 1.62" might still be correct, and maybe the issue with them is the carrier after all? Obviously your carrier issue is worse than I thought, since the wheel is hitting it. That makes me think if the carrier was fixed...

So this post was 53 minutes ago, and I just went back out there. Absolutely nothing has changed besides the exhaust cooling down during that time frame. I now have this much clearance by comparison: I think I have a heat expansion problem. I think SS expands quite a bit and might be growing...

The exhaust on this thing is really kicking my ass. The tailpipe is hitting the crossmember again. I got my new tires installed and then drove around for a bit. When I got home, the pipe was hitting. I parked it and checked it later and it was not hitting, it was back to having about 5/16” or so...

@TRevs I got another data point. It’s nothing new really, but it confirms what I expected. I installed my new 15x7 spare with 215/75R15 tire, and the 1.62” snubbers worked perfectly. I put it up there with the 1.22” still on the tailgate, and that didn’t work. They basically didn’t even touch...

Tires are back and installed. I think it looks good, nice and clean stock like I’m after. Since the interior is all cluttered, hardtop isn’t fastened perfectly, etc, I haven’t driven it much, although I did take it out for a few miles and had it up to 50 or so. Drives good. I really need to...

Weird, I would have thought surely a D60 used the larger bearing. But as long as it fits the housing then I’m sure it’s correct.

Is it a SET20 bearing kit or something? I’m not really familiar with D60s at all.

I really don’t know what’s going on. Did it rotate freely before you did all this work?…. The scratch isn’t good but it shouldn’t be causing any real issues. At worst case you would be at risk of spinning the bearing race on the shaft. But the bearing is on there tight enough that that...

Received the leaf spring plates today. The right side plate is in poorer shape than the photos really could show me, so I won’t be using that one. However, I installed the left side plate and good news - the problem is solved! So it definitely is slight differences in the plates. Now, I’m going...

The shop ran out of tire weights (they’re not really a tire shop, they’re an automotive repair shop that does tires on the side), so I’m picking them up tomorrow. I did get to see the tires mounted though. I think it looks great. No regrets on the decision to go stock wheel and size, so far.

Left work a bit early to get an important task done: new tire install! These look surprisingly good for how small they are. They are also quite heavy and the sidewalls are substantial. More than I expected for a C load. Hopefully they turn out to be good tires. I’ll post some photos once...

I have no idea what part number you need. I just know that based on the shifter, you have a transmission from a 97-99 TJ. Transmission assembly part number: 1997 - 52108118 1998 & 1999 - 52108118AB

I should have known, there is a proper way to install band clamps. I didn’t exactly follow it proper on any of them, but the one moving was the biggest offender. According to a video I watched, you want the clamp hanging slightly off the larger pipe by at least about 1/8”, which provides the...

It appears the problem is the system is rotating despite being clamped. I can absolutely install it with enough clearance to not rub….but if it spins back even while clamped, then that’s no good. Gonna keep an eye on it. Maybe smaller clamps so I can really get down tight on it. I currently have...

Well, I’m not in the clear yet. Although I think I’m close. Went out for a 20 minute drive around town and by the time I got back home, the tailpipe was barely rattling against the crossmember. Irritating as always. It’s very slight, though. I’m thinking in all my adjustments, I probably did...

Good news! I finally got the exhaust problem solved. Like I mentioned earlier, the factory cat has an alignment slot that indexes onto a nub welded to the factory down pipe. Aftermarket cats do not honor this design, they come with a solid pipe that contains no slot. As such, the cat bottoms out...