The $4000 Jeep TJ project

[2000 vert]

Good looking xj. I wish I would have put a carrier on my 96. I was only running 31's on a 3 " lift so I mounted a full size inside. Never understood why the 4x4 xj's came with a doughnut spare.

Ya get used to it. Mine covered a good part of the rear window, I guess didnt mind it as much cause it was off to one side.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Yeah this seems to be the general design most all of the mounts use. An A arm with a swing away mount on the passenger side. I'm not too crazy about having my rear view blocked by a giant ass tire, wondering how low you can safely mount one.

Ya get used to it. Mine covered a good part of the rear window, I guess didnt mind it as much cause it was off to one side.

[2000 vert]

Looking good. Wish I had the cash to finish mine.

[bottlerocket]

Or you could always just put an on board air system on it and some fix-a-flat, no need for a spare except for extreme cases

[bottlerocket]

Its a trailer hub spindle, kind of a useful pic on their main page

http://www.jcroffroad.com/

[CJ]

I have seen a few designs that allow the tire to set pretty low and it was very annoying to have the 37 right in my view. I never ran a top on my YJ so I could only imagine if you had a hard or soft top taking up more of the usable view.

With the 32" on there currently it isn't as bad.

I'll have to play around with it. I don't want it so low it's an obstruction that gets hung up on departure angles. And I also don't want the tire so low on the back it looks like my jeep is dragging around shit in it's pants.

[Treybiz]

Yeah this seems to be the general design most all of the mounts use. An A arm with a swing away mount on the passenger side. I'm not too crazy about having my rear view blocked by a giant ass tire, wondering how low you can safely mount one.

I have seen a few designs that allow the tire to set pretty low and it was very annoying to have the 37 right in my view. I never ran a top on my YJ so I could only imagine if you had a hard or soft top taking up more of the usable view.

With the 32" on there currently it isn't as bad.

[CJ]

Distant Picture for now... I will dig around on my home pc.
http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/h...t=DSC00370.jpg

Yeah this seems to be the general design most all of the mounts use. An A arm with a swing away mount on the passenger side. I'm not too crazy about having my rear view blocked by a giant ass tire, wondering how low you can safely mount one.

[Treybiz]

The Swing out on my Dad's YJ is home-made and it has held up great for about the last 6 years. Although it has light duty now with a 32" tire on a grocery getter it spent the first 4 years of its life with a 37in sticky mickey on it on my beat up YJ that was known to be jumped, rolled, and just beat to shit all around. One of the mounts was slightly cracked when I swapped the bumper/ tire carrier between the jeeps a few years ago but other than that it has held up great. I will dig around for some pictures of it mounted and try to find some old ones of it being built. Might give you an idea what to use for moving parts.

Distant Picture for now... I will dig around on my home pc.

http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/hh186/treybizttu/LH%20Construction/?action=view&current=DSC00370.jpg

Another

http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/hh186/treybizttu/LH%20Construction/?action=view&current=DSC00132.jpg

[CJ]

The Swing out on my Dad's YJ is home-made and it has held up great for about the last 6 years. Although it has light duty now with a 32" tire on a grocery getter it spent the first 4 years of its life with a 37in sticky mickey on it on my beat up YJ that was known to be jumped, rolled, and just beat to shit all around. One of the mounts was slightly cracked when I swapped the bumper/ tire carrier between the jeeps a few years ago but other than that it has held up great. I will dig around for some pictures of it mounted and try to find some old ones of it being built. Might give you an idea what to use for moving parts.

It would really help me out. I plan on wheeling this pretty regularly, so I'm going to need some serious bracing to hold 100lbs banging all over the place 36" in the air on a single mount. :x

[Treybiz]

The Swing out on my Dad's YJ is home-made and it has held up great for about the last 6 years. Although it has light duty now with a 32" tire on a grocery getter it spent the first 4 years of its life with a 37in sticky mickey on it on my beat up YJ that was known to be jumped, rolled, and just beat to shit all around. One of the mounts was slightly cracked when I swapped the bumper/ tire carrier between the jeeps a few years ago but other than that it has held up great. I will dig around for some pictures of it mounted and try to find some old ones of it being built. Might give you an idea what to use for moving parts.

[CJ]

No, really its the strength of the hinge that it all relies on. Mine uses a trailer spindle.

the crank/jack spindle?

[bottlerocket]

So it's essentially a solid greased shaft that's drilled and tapped at the top for a bolt, and a simple close fitting collar around it? I guess it has a latch on the driverside to keep it from wearing out? I wonder how much one of those bigass 35" tires/wheels weighs? Probably over 100lbs.

No, really its the strength of the hinge that it all relies on. Mine uses a trailer spindle.

[Chritaka]

So it's essentially a solid greased shaft that's drilled and tapped at the top for a bolt, and a simple close fitting collar around it? I guess it has a latch on the driverside to keep it from wearing out? I wonder how much one of those bigass 35" tires/wheels weighs? Probably over 100lbs.

Essentially, it was tapped at the top and then a zerk fitting put in. If I remember right it had a large C clip around the top of the spindle to hold the arm on, not that you really need it since I doubt you'll be swinging it upside down. lol Here's a raw diagram I had back from when I was getting a buddy to help design a keyed locking mechanism for it... This should help on the pin design.



Here's a link on tire/wheel weight, you're pretty darn close!

Tire/Wheel Weight

[CJ]

Nice, that's one thing I don't have the skillz for... On the Hanson it was solid bar steel with the center drilled for greasing. You could then just make the arm clamp around it like the Hanson did. I think the JCR is pressed on with a top cap to hold it in place.

So it's essentially a solid greased shaft that's drilled and tapped at the top for a bolt, and a simple close fitting collar around it? I guess it has a latch on the driverside to keep it from wearing out? I wonder how much one of those bigass 35" tires/wheels weighs? Probably over 100lbs.