9s for $9k

Less is More... Cheep just works!

 

went shopping, after hauling a load of scrap.



1989 2wd front axle, 99 exploder 3L73 rear axle

 

It’s official when a straight axel is up front.

 

Did the yard paint pen the parts? Always a low-buck sign!
Of course if they match the underside, it might look like it's all OE junk...

 

yeah, they mark them. the rear got the dremel tool treatment to really mark it well.

 

Got the front end swapped in today, and the old rear out, and both old axles on fb marketplace for sale.

So far I've sold about $600 or so of stuff locally and on ebay, amazing what a few thing sell for...I got $95 for the valve cover off the 4 cyl, and the dipstick and tube from it sold for $62. Weird.

 

What front axle did u use? Always like idea of move axle forward a few inches

 

I used the original 2 wheel drive front axle from a 1989 Cherokee. These things were made both 2 and 4 wheel drive. The 2wd are pretty rare, but I found one at a junkyard. I wanted to move it forward, but that's time and money that I don't need to spend...they sell all different length control arms for guys who lift them, so that part isn't too hard. The vertical coil springs and shocks will kind of limit how far you can go.

 

My son yesterday for giggles ran his stock Yukon down the track. Is “Cheep” coming out to LS Fest next year?

 

I haven't planned that far ahead, but I'd like to go to Drag Week...which is two weeks later...so probably not gonna happen.

 

set the new rear in place...still some work to do on shock brackets, and finalizing the pinion angle, and making the traction bars.



I also did an experiment with the parking brake cables, to see if it works. Welded a washer to the button, so it can pull the lever.



Sold the old axles today...and ordered a whole bunch more parts. They sure add up, maybe I'll make the $9k goal, maybe not, but if I don't do the accounting properly, it won't really matter, eh?

 

Speaking of adding up. Are you going to leave the skid plate on the gas tank? All those unnecessary parts add up and I think you have a weight goal.

 

This one seems to just have a plastic cover under the gas tank. I just glanced at it. If it's not much work, or I have to pull the tank for some other reason, I'll take it out, but if it only weighs a pound I probably won't bother.

There are a bunch of other things I've taken off to save weight. I do think about every part I look at, if it's really necessary or not. And there's a tradeoff of work for weight, I'm also lazy!

 

Yeh I’m thinking lazy You’re not.
Dan