Best Looking Solid Front Axle KJ Liberty EVER!! (we think!)
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2006 KJ Liberty Solid Front Axle Conversion[/caption] Here's an update to our Day 1 post on our KJ Liberty project, in which we're doing a Solid Front Axle Conversion ( SFA ) with a High Pinion Dana 44 front with 4.56 gears, 30 spline alloy shafts and an Ox Locker. While we're at it, Scott, our customer, is having us do a Dana 44 rear to match. Originally out of an early XJ Cherokee with the trailer package, this axle has been built with 33 spline shafts, matching 4.56 ratio, and a matching Ox Locker. Scott's Liberty is running Fox Coilovers in the front, OME coils and Bilstein shocks in the rear. Rounding it out is a Clayton Long Arm kit, a Bronco II steering box, a U-turn cross-over steering kit, and LOTS of great looks! Video of Kevinsoffroad.com 's Solid Front Axle Conversion on a KJ Jeep Liberty We're going to do a build sheet with all the parts needed for this build. When we're done, we'll have laser-cut brackets for sale on our website, which will bolt right in to the KJ Liberty frame rails, and will completely replace the front sub-frame assembly, leaving mounts for a track bar and a steering box, so that other KJ Liberty owners will be able to have a MUCH easier go of it when THEY want to do a solid front axle conversion. [gallery columns="5" orderby="rand"] Front: Clayton 36" long lower front arms U-Turn steering Upgrade: http://www.kevinsoffroad.com/cart/uturn-xjzjtj-repl-tie-rod-drag-link-kit-p-412/ Custom fab and bent track bar 10" or 12" Fox Coil-overs (don't remember which one we used...we purchased both to test) Ballistic Fabrication HD Flat Bottom shock tabs for coilover mounts Steering gear box from Bronco II, Pitman arm unknown, but MAY have been from an XJ. Custom power steering hoses from HosePower, made to spec Borgeson p/n 013452 1" DD to 3/4" - 36-spline u-joint for steering linkage to Bronco II box XJ/ZJ/TJ 28" front SS brake lines Rear: Clayton WJ rear upgrade kit, which included the triangulated setup using their rear frame brackets from a WJ: http://www.kevinsoffroad.com/cart/clayton-long-arm-barebones-9904-wj-grands-rear-half-only-p-785/ OME 863 rear coils - 80-series Discovery Bilstein BE5-6248-H5 rear shocks (10" travel) XJ rear stainless steel braided 18" brake line Addco ZJ rear anti-sway bar with custom endlinks Drivetrain: Tom Wood front and rear driveshafts, custom length Omix ADA Slip Yoke Eliminator older-style 231 case, early XJ Hope this helps. Wish we could help you with specific answers to your questions, but we did this as a prototype, to create a kit we could sell for an easy conversions, but due to low demand, we cancelled the prototyping and got rid of everything, including specific details, measurements, and so on. This is all the info we have on it. The only thing we can get you set up with that we sell, is the U-turn kit, and the Clayton Rear Half kit , normally kept in stock, ready to ship.
19 comments
Dear Kevin,
We spoke some months ago and at that time you were still working on the conversion. Please put me on the list of KJ customers waiting for the kit and let me know how/when you are planning to do it. I hope soon.
Regards:
Alberto
Please sell the SFA kit. I am starting the foundation converting my 2WD KJ to 4WD and want to do it the right way the first time. Very few people even sell or are willing to talk about a conversion kit, they just say Libertys are a waste, I want to prove them wrong. Or if you don’t sell it, post a list of parts you recommend to build it the right way. I know Trailready has built a strong conversion, but they don’t sell the kit. Thanks!
Tim
Kevin,
I am also very interested in the SFA for the Liberty. I would love nothing more than to play in the “big kid playground”. Please let us know how the build sheet or the kit is coming. Thanks
Matt