Father son project cj2/3

Rolled it outside for some photos with the hood and fenders on. 

I got the hood blocks done and headlight buckets done....

I wired up my marker lights. 

I took it for a spin around the yard. It ran great, but anytime I gave it a little throttle only one wheel would peel......So I knew something was up! Pulled it back in the shop and jacked it up.... Spun the the tires and I knew some thing was broken.. :( 

Pulled the diff cover and confirmed it had a broken axle! Thank you previous owner. Ahh the joys of buying a vehicle you cant test dive! haha! So I spent the day beating with a hammer to get the broken axle out of the housing and another day disassembling the locker to extract the broken off nub out of the carrier and stoning all the burs. Now its mostly back together but I am redesigning the rear caliper brackets. they ones it came with we poorly designed and in my  opinion dangerous. So im a few days behind schedule. I have to get this back together and wire up the turn signals and tail lights. My plate should get here in about 10 days. My goal is to have the jeep done and waiting when it gets here. We will see if I can make it happen. 

Here is the damage.

I have some videos from the maiden voyage. I will upload them to youtube and post soon! 

So, since I had my axle completely tore down I figured it would be a good time to fix the rear brake setup that came with my jeep It was a sketchy bubba bracket that was shimmed out really far from the flange and only used two bolts. It was made from 1/4" steel. The caliper wiggled all over when you grabbed it.  I made a new bracket that 3/8" steel, it catches 3 bolts, and it bolts directly to the flange with no shims. Should be much stronger. 

Cleaned up and ready for paint. 

Old sketchy bracket