Gutting a 1997 Wrangler from the Frame Down for a MetalCloak RockSport Long-Arm Suspension.
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00:00 Alright, so it's day two of our week to wheeling and not Christian one, but Christian two standing
00:06 in.
00:07 What do we got going?
00:08 Well, we got to drill some holes on the frame.
00:10 Yep.
00:11 Got to finish up the suspension that we did not finish yesterday.
00:14 So a lot of welding and a lot of drilling.
00:17 Yep.
00:18 I felt bad yesterday because I don't feel like I got dirty enough, so I did wear my
00:21 work boots today.
00:22 I'll personally drill the holes, we'll get them welded in.
00:25 Got some bungs to put in there, so let's get going.
00:27 Do it.
00:28 Alrighty.
00:29 Fleeced away.
00:30 Better you than me, I hate drilling.
00:31 Made it.
00:32 So what we're going to do now is clean that up real quick, get the oil off of it.
00:35 I'm going to deburr it, grind the outside a bit, and then we're going to weld her up.
00:40 Now that we got them welded in, we'll take our drill bit, we'll drill all the way through
01:03 to the other side of the frame.
01:05 With the bungs in there, it'll keep the drill bit nice and straight and it'll come out of
01:08 the other side exactly where it needs to be.
01:10 Don't need to weld the other side up because once you have everything bolted in, the pressure
01:14 of the bolt tightening up against the nut and the bracket will keep everything sandwiched
01:17 in there.
01:19 So we've done the easy work.
01:20 We brought Scott in to do the hard work.
01:21 He's going to lift up the bracket for us so we can install the hardware.
01:25 You think now's a good time to take a break, Jason?
01:28 Yeah, let's get out of here.
01:33 It's amazing how nice that stuff fits.
01:37 It is.
01:38 Go ahead.
01:39 You ready?
01:40 Yeah.
01:41 I'm not ready.
01:42 You're lying to me, bud.
01:43 Hold on, that thing slipped out.
01:44 Oh, geez.
01:45 Making stuff up.
01:46 You're dancing all over the place.
01:53 I guess we go belly pan now, right?
01:56 Put the center in there.
01:59 We need the bolts for the transmission.
02:00 I got this.
02:01 Good.
02:02 Oh, yeah, I ordered a Hemi.
02:04 It'll be here tomorrow.
02:05 We're going to...
02:06 No problem installing that, right?
02:07 You don't mind.
02:08 We have plenty of time.
02:09 I'm going to make sure.
02:10 Here we go.
02:11 I got the back.
02:12 Like a glove.
02:13 All right.
02:14 Here's where we have to think.
02:15 Yay.
02:16 Here's where math comes in.
02:17 Well, let me start my engine.
02:32 We are setting our initial control arm length.
02:35 That's 30...
02:36 This direction is the 36 inches, so we're just going to...
02:39 The 35 and a half.
02:43 So if we come across like a front end loader or a bulldozer in the field that needs to
02:47 borrow control arm length...
02:48 You can just push the front loader out of the way.
02:51 All right.
02:53 Cool.
02:54 Now we just need our axle to show up.
02:58 Thank you, sir.
03:00 You're welcome.
03:01 Good job, man.
03:04 I'm usually wrong on TJ's.
03:08 Well, okay.
03:10 Track bar components.
03:11 Use the 5/8 drill bit to drill out the OE bolt mount hole.
03:14 We can do that.
03:15 Christian.
03:16 Yes, sir.
03:17 You get this one.
03:18 Yeah, buddy.
03:19 Oh, he's going to...
03:20 Have you ever seen this?
03:21 This has happened to him.
03:22 I've seen it once.
03:23 Where it grabs and it spins him around?
03:24 It grabs, but it spun his whole body around like this.
03:30 Yeah.
03:34 I like it.
03:42 Drenched in metal.
03:43 All right.
03:44 I'll tighten this sucker down just a little for mocking.
03:49 Okay.
03:51 There's our pilot.
03:57 Excellent.
04:01 Sweet.
04:05 So, this part of the bracket needs to be welded to the frame.
04:19 So, I'm just hitting off the paint on the frame and the bracket to make a clean weld.
04:30 So, right now we're just getting as far as we can go in the suspension install without
04:41 the axles being here.
04:43 So, we're installing our lower metal cloak arms.
04:46 These are really nice, high-quality forged ends with Kevlar infused rubber spherical
04:51 bushings.
04:52 And once we get the arms hung, we are going to probably drop it down and move on to the
05:00 Rampage recovery bumper install.
05:03 That's the plan for the rest of the day, I think.
05:07 Yeah.
05:08 So, let's see how their drilling machines are here.
05:13 That is a good fit.
05:20 We're going to remove this spare and hide it somewhere for future generations to find.
05:26 Rear bumper's going away.
05:28 Yeah.
05:29 Here, this is going to come off, this one and this one.
05:34 And I am going to just cut this hitch off so we can get better access to it with the
05:37 bumper off.
05:38 Because I'm not going to bother messing with it right now.
05:45 You're cutting into the tank.
05:46 No, I'm not.
05:47 Oh, am I?
05:48 Look.
05:49 Oh, sweet.
05:50 Oh, f***.
05:51 You might want to back it up.
05:52 Oh, well.
05:53 We can weld plastic.
05:54 Yeah.
05:55 Damn.
05:56 Well, let me try and get these off now.
06:21 That's not my finest.
06:24 Sweet.
06:25 Okay, I've got this one now.
06:33 Still installing lights.
06:34 Oh, you have some for the back too?
06:36 We do.
06:37 Boy, this thing's going to be accessorized.
06:38 Extra, extra fancy.
06:39 And those, I felt the lights themselves, their quality.
06:43 This is catsup, not ketchup.
06:47 It's super easy.
06:48 Good chance.
06:49 I like that attitude.
06:50 Even if it's not even real.
06:54 Let's do those two on the bottom first, just to hold it up.
06:57 Take it off.
07:00 Sorry.
07:01 It's all right.
07:04 Okay, you guys can let it down.
07:07 I'll grab, I'll cinch it up right now.
07:09 I'm going to wait until you're out of there.
07:15 The one over there on it.
07:22 Son.
07:23 Yeah.
07:24 What are we going to do about that?
07:29 You know what we're going to do about it.
07:31 Tell me.
07:36 Touch me baby, so you can see that I am not afraid.
07:41 I can't see that.
07:42 Where'd the broom go?
07:45 I'll flip wrenches in the background while you're doing that.
07:48 Here, don't bother.
07:50 Put it back up.
07:52 That's it.
07:53 Oh, that's nice.
07:54 I just made it custom.
07:55 Sweet.
07:56 Here.
07:57 Oh my God.
07:58 You don't care about painting this.
07:59 Wowzers, man.
08:00 This brand don't care about paint.
08:01 Oh wow, it says AC.
08:02 I wonder if it works.
08:03 I don't know.
08:04 That's because you drove around for a week.
08:12 It works, so does the heater.
08:13 Wow.
08:14 Everything works.
08:15 We can't have an AC that works.
08:19 This is the Rampage Recovery Bumpers Tire Carrier Assembly.
08:24 This will hold up to a 35 inch tire.
08:26 Right now we're just assembling the bearings.
08:29 It's got some good, what are these, NSK, Japanese bearings.
08:36 We're going to get the bearing driver, the race driver.
08:41 Put these in here where they go.
08:43 We've got the larger one on the lower, smaller one on the top.
08:48 Install our grease seal, and then we're going to drop this over here on this post.
08:55 Then you can adjust the tension by tightening that down.
09:00 Then we'll throw the cap on it, keep all our contaminants out of there.
09:07 Every household junk drawer has one of these, one and seven eighths.
09:14 There.
09:16 All right, so it is the end of day two.
09:20 Yeah, timing's looking good.
09:22 Yeah, we got the Rampage bumpers on, front and rear.
09:25 We got the tire carrier here.
09:27 Our wheels just showed up.
09:29 Tires are coming on Friday, I think, and what is it?
09:34 Tuesday?
09:35 Tuesday.
09:36 Tuesday.
09:37 We'll be back here tomorrow bright and early to get some stuff wrapped up.
09:40 Yeah, that's where we're at.
09:41 Christian's going to work all night and make us look better tomorrow.
09:44 We'll just pretend like we did it all.
09:46 Right on.
09:47 Sounds good.
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