rocmoc

Have been working on the handling and made BIG improvements yesterday. Added a lot more caster! She is now ready for the road. Very few rattles & small stuff left. Will continue to work on those but it is time to buy the insurance so she can be driven. Will make little local trips to post office and the such then move on to bigger trips & off road. It is getting there.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

goindeep,

Thanks for responding. That alone is such an improvement over the past. R&D is a tough road!

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

goingdeep,

Please don't take this wrong! Being a retired engineer, help me understand what is the design difference / enhancement of your intake. Looks like a rectangle box! I don't understand the flow properties of the intake.

Thanks,

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Still planning on making it. If all goes well , will arrive the 5th or 6th for a couple of days. I will send PM with contact info.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Sister-in-law is flying in to town (NO flying jokes, LOL!) so won't make it until the 9th or 10th but will be there. Shooting for the 9th and will be there for a least a couple of days.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Still planning on making it. If all goes well , will arrive the 5th or 6th for a couple of days. I will send PM with contact info.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Turned out there was A LOT of small items / problems. One I have been working on is the Jeep rode and handled like cr*p. I did every easy fix there is but no improvement. Finally I took the leaf springs apart and removed 2 leafs leaving 4 in the stack. I also put a wedge in the front spring mount to improve caster. WOW what an improvement. The springs now have travel so the shocks can work. I am going to bite the bullet and purchase Fox Shocks. It seems except in the racing community, Jeep suspension technology is lagging behind. At any rate progess has been made. Second problem was / is exhaust noise. There was so much at first I could not tell the NEW Headman Headers had leaks. Finally after clearing up some of the noise I found the leaks. The surfaces of the flange is not flat & one pipe is not fully weld. I can't return them as I had to redesign one tube for clearance around the steering column. So, I have it off and doing the fixes myself. All in all I am feeling better about the new beast.

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The problem at this point it take 5 "at a boys" to make up for "1 ah sh*t"! Still have to get 4 more to be even with 1. AND there are more than 1 "ah sh*ts" out there for SB.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Welcome.

I had a '08. Yes they have more rattles than the rest because they used more wielded metal in the panels. What I had to do was caulk ALL the seams, floors, storage compartments under the seats (they were the worst), everywhere you can get to with the caulk (just get a good quality outdoor CLEAR caulk from Home Depot or local hardware store). Took care of most of the rattles except in the steering. That requires Lenny's steering upgrade kit or replace the steering rack. Hang in there, you will get most of them.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

In buisness you are only as good as your last transaction so let's hope SB gets it sorted out so all we have to say is GOOD! Don't get me wrong, I'm not throwing him under the train. I will be the first to say good about someone or a business but I won't shy away from saying something bad IF it is supported with FACTS. Just remember, it wasn't Jose who bit the silverbullet to stay in business and supply the Joyner owners, it was Rick. Jose still has to prove himself! As I always say Sustained Preformance is the real measure. One hit wonders don't cut it!

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I don't know much about the only guy who, IMHO, has tried to support Joyners, may he fail some and not others, I don't know! But this ragging on SB thread needs to die. So I'm closing it.

I don't agree. As long as it is kept civil where else do we have to voice our concerns or provide feedback. SB has the same opportunity to voice his side of a concern, one of the principles the USA is built on. SB choose for the longest time not to be on the board or tell his side of the stories. I myself never had a positive experence with SB let alone a call back when I made the effort to call SB. Ragging, I don't call it ragging. It is FEEDBACK on customer service!

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What I would really like to see is Joyner dealers resurface in multiple states again instead of the having to purchase online and have it shipped out of Arizona. How cool would it be to be able go Joyner shopping and actually take a new T2 out or a Python! When I first started looking at Joyners they had several dealers in Utah. One even had a test track...now there's nothing.

Not going to happen with any of the old dealers, they got hosed for tens / hundrends of thousands of dollars. It was the dealers that really got hurt when Joyner folded.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

We can start it!

Somewhere COLD or when it is COLD, I am tired of being cooked every year. AND less dust! I am already going to Ouray, CO in mid-August. Coral Pink was really nice but pick a time when there is rain to keep the dust down. It was fairly cool even in June when we were there. Kinarfi even had to go into town to get propane. May & June are just dry dusty months so would not be my pick. Also the warmer it gets the more bugs. I would also go back to Hanksville, that place was GREAT, but before it gets hot. We can't make it in the spring already busy.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

No, 15" rims. They are the "revolver" I think is the model, made by vision. The tires are truck/jeep tires. I got them in a swap deal when rocmoc sold his T2.

They are Vision Buckshot wheels. Discount tires ordered them for me!

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Here is a link to my craigslist listing for the sale of my trailer I hauled my Trooper with. Last trip I hauled the sandrail so the California guys have seen it as will as past Jamboree goers. Replaced with a tandem car trailer so I could haul the Jeep. Trailer is in GREAT shape.

http://tucson.craigslist.org/rvs/3223202589.html

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

15" tires & wheels, number one in my book!

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I would still go over there and get my money on this one as it has been way too long. Should Silverbullet make it, pay for it when it arrives or you pick it up. If the full payment is needed up front, there maybe funding issues IMHO! At best a deposit, not payment in full!

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Quit wasting your money on the little boy tires. Get new 15" rims for roughly $100/rim ($400), buy some used 15" tires on Craigslist off a Jeep (I paid $100)(big boy tires) and save some money ($400+100=$500)($600-500=$100 saved). You will never wear out the Jeep tires. After two years my tires showed no new wear and the tread was half gone when I bought them. Also everyone that has gone to 15" rims say it is one of the best upgrades ever, including me!

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I would be taking a drive to Yuma. You are only 3 hours away. One day trip and get it over! I would bet since we have not hear from SilverBullet for a while, they are going under. Happens a lot when the orignal owner sells out and someone else comes in. OH YEAH, that is what happened to Joyner! AND that is where Mitt made a LOT of $$$$$$.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Same shock & same springs. Just has more preload cranked into the shock.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

N2 only makes the shocks stiffer. Has little effect on the damping and damping is where the ride & performance are! It is all in the valving!

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

There is ALWAYS a silver lining if you are willing to stay positive. Sometime it is a bit difficult to find it but it is ALWAYS there.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I'm glad it worked out for you. It will be interesting to see how much performance has changed when you get in the real off-roading.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

One of the problems that kept us from taking the Jeep with us was my Jeep was leaning on the left side (lower on the driver's side) after everything was mounted; New tires, new wheels, new leaf springs, new shakles & new diffs. It also caused the Jeep to dive on the driver's side when you turned quickly towards the right. I couldn't find the cause and I was under a timeline, time was running out. I was too reactionary! While traveling and upon the return home, I told myself to slow down, think and measure. I have fixed stuff like this before. So today I took the time to measure and just lay under the Jeep looking at the frame. Inch by inch comparing left side to right side. THEN, I SAW IT! The frame supporting the front spring hanger on the rear diff on the driver's side was bent. I took a floor jack and lifted the frame at the location aprox the amount of the bend and sure enough the Jeep was nearly level. In one of my shops when I poured the floor I installed tie-downs in case I ever had a problem like this. I will tie her down, jack her up until the bend is gone. I will then box both sides so this can't happen in the future. Must have happened when the right rear axle came out on the previous owner. I never saw it as the axle was hanging out when I bought her. At any rate it is a good day when you solve a problem!

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

Never had any of those problems. Lenny is more the expert of playing around with the diff & the locker setup. I'm sure he will join in when he can. I would check the cable to make sure it is not coming apart inside of the protective/slide tube. Water can get inside and rust the cable causing the cable to slide poorly. After time the cable can rust all the way thu & break.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

On pavement, I was running 12 rear & 8 front. Pretty much the same in the dirt.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico