crawler#976
Expedition Leader
Update:
85000 miles on Miss Rubi now - hard to believe it... For the most part, the Jeep has been my wife's daily driver, but it does get some good trail time, especially now that we've sold the Power Wagon. Good Ol' Cactus Red took the majority of the beatings off road for the last few years. It was replaced by a MegaCab Cummin's powered truck.
We're on the second set of DuraTracs - they've been excellent tires. Rotating at 5K, we got 35K out of the first set, we're into the second year on the latest batch. I liked them well enough to use them on the new truck.
The JKUR has had it's share of problems over the years, most of them coolant related. The problems seem to be resolved now after having the oil to coolant chiller replaced. Prior to that we always had the odor of coolant, but found no leaks. It's also had two water pumps replaced.
Biggest problem to date was the AEV lift. I contacted AEV several times with questions about the springs (AEV XT2.5 w/ geo brackets), and they refused to acknowledge even the possibility of spring failure. They always said that it was shock related. So after installing a brand new set of Fox 2.0's (second set of those - they do a very nice job both on and off road) we still had serious handling problems. When cornering, we got this very odd seesaw rocking on opposite corners. Very disconcerting... My excellent mechanics at Jim's Alignment and Brakes went over the entire suspension system and assured me that all was good, all was tight. That left me with only one option, to pull the springs and replace them.
I found the AEV springs were toast. The tender coils were completely compressed, and the measured lift had dropped over an inch.
After doing some research on 2.5" lift springs, I chose Rock Krawker three stage springs as replacements. All is good again!
Mark
85000 miles on Miss Rubi now - hard to believe it... For the most part, the Jeep has been my wife's daily driver, but it does get some good trail time, especially now that we've sold the Power Wagon. Good Ol' Cactus Red took the majority of the beatings off road for the last few years. It was replaced by a MegaCab Cummin's powered truck.
We're on the second set of DuraTracs - they've been excellent tires. Rotating at 5K, we got 35K out of the first set, we're into the second year on the latest batch. I liked them well enough to use them on the new truck.
The JKUR has had it's share of problems over the years, most of them coolant related. The problems seem to be resolved now after having the oil to coolant chiller replaced. Prior to that we always had the odor of coolant, but found no leaks. It's also had two water pumps replaced.
Biggest problem to date was the AEV lift. I contacted AEV several times with questions about the springs (AEV XT2.5 w/ geo brackets), and they refused to acknowledge even the possibility of spring failure. They always said that it was shock related. So after installing a brand new set of Fox 2.0's (second set of those - they do a very nice job both on and off road) we still had serious handling problems. When cornering, we got this very odd seesaw rocking on opposite corners. Very disconcerting... My excellent mechanics at Jim's Alignment and Brakes went over the entire suspension system and assured me that all was good, all was tight. That left me with only one option, to pull the springs and replace them.
I found the AEV springs were toast. The tender coils were completely compressed, and the measured lift had dropped over an inch.
After doing some research on 2.5" lift springs, I chose Rock Krawker three stage springs as replacements. All is good again!
Mark
