As far as my project I am hoping soon I'll be getting time off. I've accrued over 90 days of leave, not counting the 14 I lost in October for fiscal year accounting (
) And have decided that work will have to wait. I have jeep wrenching to do.
To update, the jeep still sits patiently, now covered in snow, and I've been pondering my options. I contacted Tom Woods a couple months ago for custom drive shafts but was told they can't help. Seems the angle of my rear (blush) is to sever for any shaft to live. So now I've been pondering how to address this and am going to go a couple directions. First stage is to see how I can lower the jeep some. As it sits it his pretty tall and those 35s look a little small. Its SOA plus whatever lift the mystery springs add so I could probably clear 38s right now. No need for all that as I'm happy with 35s. So...I called a budy of mine that has a full set of YJ 2" springs sitting in his garage collecting dust. I'm going to "borrow" them and see if I can lose some tall by switching to them. I'm hoping the flatter profile and lower spring rate will allow me to sit lower. If I can make that work and a rear shaft can be made, cool. If its still to tall then I will dig into stage two. Finding a way to lower the tail end of the t-case. Since the crossmember took me a huge amount of work and lots of trial and error I am hesitant to modify it to much. I like that there is very little hanging down and given the literal sickness I endured from cutting the cherry floor pan to make it work...I sure don't want that to be for naught.
So as the weather slowly turns and the drip drip of melting snow is everywhere...stay tuned boys and girls. This may become a Pheonix project yet!