A few months ago a group of friends invited me on the wild adventure. The Rubicon to be exact. It took me all of a few minutes to say yes I'm in. I took the time off from work and began to ponder. What should I do to prepare my Jk for this trip. Like all of you, I have heard many stories of this awesome trail and what one should do to prepare for it. As the months went by, I didn't do anything to my Jk. Let me tell you what setup I have. Not sure if you can even call it a setup.
2.5" Rough Country lift. With their shock.
35" BFG's MT's
And a Smittybuilt winch. That's it man. Nothing more nothing less.
As you can imagine, once I had my Jk loaded down I was at about 1.5"
Of lift in the rear. So off I go to meet up with my friends. Most of them have pretty sweet setups. 4" lifts with 35's or 37's. Bumpers winches you name it.
Off we go and after 450 miles of driving later, we get to the hotel to rest up for the trip of a life time. The next morning, off we go. We get to the staging area and air down. A few minutes later we are off to conquer the trail. Or so I thought.
The Gate Keeper had other plans for me. As I tried to make my way through it I peel the bottom of my diff cover up and began leaking fluid. A fella behind me seen it and ran up with a oil pad. I thought to myself, I'm done. One of the guys I was with says just take a hammer and beat it back in place and re fill it. So let the banging begin. I got it back and it held. By the second day it was dripping again. So I banged some more and added more juice. Lol.
I was glad I didn't turn around just for that. This place was amazing. More of my adventure to come.
