Re: stock YJ wheels
 

Hang on, it was American Motors that cursed us with 5 on 4.5, vacuum
disconnects, Dana 35s, and slip yokes. The Germans were the first to put
front & rear locking Dana 44s, 4:1 tcase, and 31" mud tires on a
production Jeep. Expect those clever Deutschlanders to continue that
trend with 2007 wrangler/gladiator to anchor the brand as true
offroaders echoing the ww2 legend in order to sell gobs of
bread-n-butter IFS 'softroaders' like libby & grand.

http://tinyurl.com/56xg4

Steve
http://xjeep.dyndns.org


L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> Jeep was credited with winning the war. We bombed the heck out of
> Mercedes Benz, and demolished every German town, killing tens of
> millions of their civilians. Now why else would they buy Chrysler? And
> the ruthless corporate raider take over means, that since has been made
> illegal. Jeep will never again be trail worthy.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> SoK66 wrote:
>
>>Oh, you're going to get technical about who made the decision, huh? :-)
>>
>>The only reason the old Chrysler Corp. bought AMC in 86 was to get Jeep, the
>>rest of the stuff (rebadged Eagle by Chrysler) was virtually sales-proof.
>>Daimler is learning that the only brand they got with any value when they
>>bought Chrysler was Jeep. Funny how this is all working out. With any luck
>>the Geremans won't kill Jeep, but it's a less than 50-50 bet IMHO.

Re: stock YJ wheels
 

Steve, a broken AMC Dana 35 axle would never fall out. Willys use the
Dana 44 ring and pinion starting with their first Civilian Jeep in '46
switching to the stronger 44 bearings in '48. A the four to one
reduction sun and planetary gears have got to be really tiny and puny,
I'll bet the four to one was stronger in my '56 Cadillac B&M hydro. Real
Jeeps use real gears, not a motorcycle chain. If we depended on the
Rubicon, we would have never made up the beach at Normandy. We thank the
drag strip and Indy for their tires.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve wrote:
>
> Hang on, it was American Motors that cursed us with 5 on 4.5, vacuum
> disconnects, Dana 35s, and slip yokes. The Germans were the first to put
> front & rear locking Dana 44s, 4:1 tcase, and 31" mud tires on a
> production Jeep. Expect those clever Deutschlanders to continue that
> trend with 2007 wrangler/gladiator to anchor the brand as true
> offroaders echoing the ww2 legend in order to sell gobs of
> bread-n-butter IFS 'softroaders' like libby & grand.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/56xg4
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> > Jeep was credited with winning the war. We bombed the heck out of
> > Mercedes Benz, and demolished every German town, killing tens of
> > millions of their civilians. Now why else would they buy Chrysler? And
> > the ruthless corporate raider take over means, that since has been made
> > illegal. Jeep will never again be trail worthy.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > SoK66 wrote:
> >
> >>Oh, you're going to get technical about who made the decision, huh? :-)
> >>
> >>The only reason the old Chrysler Corp. bought AMC in 86 was to get Jeep, the
> >>rest of the stuff (rebadged Eagle by Chrysler) was virtually sales-proof.
> >>Daimler is learning that the only brand they got with any value when they
> >>bought Chrysler was Jeep. Funny how this is all working out. With any luck
> >>the Geremans won't kill Jeep, but it's a less than 50-50 bet IMHO.

Re: stock YJ wheels
 

Steve, a broken AMC Dana 35 axle would never fall out. Willys use the
Dana 44 ring and pinion starting with their first Civilian Jeep in '46
switching to the stronger 44 bearings in '48. A the four to one
reduction sun and planetary gears have got to be really tiny and puny,
I'll bet the four to one was stronger in my '56 Cadillac B&M hydro. Real
Jeeps use real gears, not a motorcycle chain. If we depended on the
Rubicon, we would have never made up the beach at Normandy. We thank the
drag strip and Indy for their tires.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve wrote:
>
> Hang on, it was American Motors that cursed us with 5 on 4.5, vacuum
> disconnects, Dana 35s, and slip yokes. The Germans were the first to put
> front & rear locking Dana 44s, 4:1 tcase, and 31" mud tires on a
> production Jeep. Expect those clever Deutschlanders to continue that
> trend with 2007 wrangler/gladiator to anchor the brand as true
> offroaders echoing the ww2 legend in order to sell gobs of
> bread-n-butter IFS 'softroaders' like libby & grand.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/56xg4
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> > Jeep was credited with winning the war. We bombed the heck out of
> > Mercedes Benz, and demolished every German town, killing tens of
> > millions of their civilians. Now why else would they buy Chrysler? And
> > the ruthless corporate raider take over means, that since has been made
> > illegal. Jeep will never again be trail worthy.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > SoK66 wrote:
> >
> >>Oh, you're going to get technical about who made the decision, huh? :-)
> >>
> >>The only reason the old Chrysler Corp. bought AMC in 86 was to get Jeep, the
> >>rest of the stuff (rebadged Eagle by Chrysler) was virtually sales-proof.
> >>Daimler is learning that the only brand they got with any value when they
> >>bought Chrysler was Jeep. Funny how this is all working out. With any luck
> >>the Geremans won't kill Jeep, but it's a less than 50-50 bet IMHO.

Re: stock YJ wheels
 

Steve, a broken AMC Dana 35 axle would never fall out. Willys use the
Dana 44 ring and pinion starting with their first Civilian Jeep in '46
switching to the stronger 44 bearings in '48. A the four to one
reduction sun and planetary gears have got to be really tiny and puny,
I'll bet the four to one was stronger in my '56 Cadillac B&M hydro. Real
Jeeps use real gears, not a motorcycle chain. If we depended on the
Rubicon, we would have never made up the beach at Normandy. We thank the
drag strip and Indy for their tires.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve wrote:
>
> Hang on, it was American Motors that cursed us with 5 on 4.5, vacuum
> disconnects, Dana 35s, and slip yokes. The Germans were the first to put
> front & rear locking Dana 44s, 4:1 tcase, and 31" mud tires on a
> production Jeep. Expect those clever Deutschlanders to continue that
> trend with 2007 wrangler/gladiator to anchor the brand as true
> offroaders echoing the ww2 legend in order to sell gobs of
> bread-n-butter IFS 'softroaders' like libby & grand.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/56xg4
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> > Jeep was credited with winning the war. We bombed the heck out of
> > Mercedes Benz, and demolished every German town, killing tens of
> > millions of their civilians. Now why else would they buy Chrysler? And
> > the ruthless corporate raider take over means, that since has been made
> > illegal. Jeep will never again be trail worthy.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > SoK66 wrote:
> >
> >>Oh, you're going to get technical about who made the decision, huh? :-)
> >>
> >>The only reason the old Chrysler Corp. bought AMC in 86 was to get Jeep, the
> >>rest of the stuff (rebadged Eagle by Chrysler) was virtually sales-proof.
> >>Daimler is learning that the only brand they got with any value when they
> >>bought Chrysler was Jeep. Funny how this is all working out. With any luck
> >>the Geremans won't kill Jeep, but it's a less than 50-50 bet IMHO.

Re: stock YJ wheels
 

Steve, a broken AMC Dana 35 axle would never fall out. Willys use the
Dana 44 ring and pinion starting with their first Civilian Jeep in '46
switching to the stronger 44 bearings in '48. A the four to one
reduction sun and planetary gears have got to be really tiny and puny,
I'll bet the four to one was stronger in my '56 Cadillac B&M hydro. Real
Jeeps use real gears, not a motorcycle chain. If we depended on the
Rubicon, we would have never made up the beach at Normandy. We thank the
drag strip and Indy for their tires.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Steve wrote:
>
> Hang on, it was American Motors that cursed us with 5 on 4.5, vacuum
> disconnects, Dana 35s, and slip yokes. The Germans were the first to put
> front & rear locking Dana 44s, 4:1 tcase, and 31" mud tires on a
> production Jeep. Expect those clever Deutschlanders to continue that
> trend with 2007 wrangler/gladiator to anchor the brand as true
> offroaders echoing the ww2 legend in order to sell gobs of
> bread-n-butter IFS 'softroaders' like libby & grand.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/56xg4
>
> Steve
> http://xjeep.dyndns.org
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
> > Jeep was credited with winning the war. We bombed the heck out of
> > Mercedes Benz, and demolished every German town, killing tens of
> > millions of their civilians. Now why else would they buy Chrysler? And
> > the ruthless corporate raider take over means, that since has been made
> > illegal. Jeep will never again be trail worthy.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > SoK66 wrote:
> >
> >>Oh, you're going to get technical about who made the decision, huh? :-)
> >>
> >>The only reason the old Chrysler Corp. bought AMC in 86 was to get Jeep, the
> >>rest of the stuff (rebadged Eagle by Chrysler) was virtually sales-proof.
> >>Daimler is learning that the only brand they got with any value when they
> >>bought Chrysler was Jeep. Funny how this is all working out. With any luck
> >>the Geremans won't kill Jeep, but it's a less than 50-50 bet IMHO.