This Week In Jeep
Big Shout Out To N. Tx. Jeep Club
A big ice storm is hitting the south. All over the news.
Crippling many parts of Texas especially
One specific part of the I-20 was hit hard
Carnales Off Road – Jeep Club came to the rescue
Members got off work early due to the weather / Decided to do something good.
Met up and headed out.
Semi-trucks struggled to make it up a hill.
Many piled up on westbound Interstate 20 at Cedar Ridge Drive near Loop 408.
Interesting fact – takes 3 Jeeps to move 1 semi truck and trailer, 4 depending on the load.
Group was out for three days while the weather was at its worst
How Would It Have Ended If He Had a Gun?
Earlier this week in Jackson Mississippi, police and EMS were dispatched to a home where a man was shot for trying to stop thieves from stealing his Jeep.
-8pm
-2 men
-suspects got away with Jeep
-owner in stable condition
-Jeep was white
-SAME THING happened in Spring Tx. (Harris County Sheriff’s Office)
9 p.m. / Champion Springs neighborhood, off Louetta near Champion Forest.
White Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk was carjacked, then shot in the leg.
Deputies found and chased the carjackers down Highway 249, but lost the vehicle.
Suspects still on the run
Jeeper in unknown condition
Jeep Talk Show Gladiator Update
Watching all the dashcam videos with the snowmageddon happening in Texas reminded me how important the dashcam has been.
With the vandalism, I was able to get the license plate number of the suspected vandal.
Accidents of people pulling into my lane to show the police.
A hit and run, again to show police.
I was featured on the local Fox station in a segment they did on how bad people drive in Houston. Michelle Merhar, the lady that did the traffic reports.
Tyri Lights https://www.tyrilights.com/us/sectors/off-road/
2 TYRI 1010 4” round 4600 lm
2 TYRI D18 7” round 8000 lm
1 TYRI V12 10” lightbar
2 TYRI 0909 3.5”
Must-Have Stuff Pick-of-the-Week for your Jeep!
American Expedition Vehicles AEV JK Jack Base
$66.00 https://amzn.to/36vmrpd
Have a lifted Jeep, and bigger tires, but still have a stock jack, or don’t want a Hi-Lift/ farm jack? No problem! This AEV Jack Base is perfect, rugged, and small enough to fit into a JK Wrangler cubby.
Change up to 37″ tires with a stock jack. Doubles as a wheel chock. Holds a lug socket and wheel lock key too.
Provides floatation in soft soil or snow.
Links Mentioned in this Episode
NEXEN Tires USA https://www.nexentireusa.com/
Trails 411- POWERING Your Adventure https://www.youtube.com/user/backcountrydriver
The 4×4 Radio Network http://4x4radionetwork.com/
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Tech Talk with Jeep Talk
say nasty because the straps you use to hold down cargo, maybe even inside the Jeep, shouldn’t be full of oil and grime, and when used more like a tool, straps tend to get dirty just like a wrench. Now I don’t have any tips for using a ratchet strap instead of a wrench, although that would be a neat trick. They can be used for several other things under the Jeep. I like to use one or two any time I’m installing new control arms to help clock the axle and pull it into position. Combined with a floor or bottle jack under the pinion, and some creative work with a pry bar here and there, they always drop in nice and easy. The same can be said for when you need to line up different parts of the exhaust system. Moving one side of the exhaust into place to line up with something else is easy by ratcheting it into place with a strap. Just don’t forget it’s under there (like I did recently) before starting the Jeep up, or you’re going to shrink that strap’s size real quick. Need help lifting a tire into place, get creative with the straps. Need to hold that bumper or light in position while you get the first couple of bolts in, Ratchet Straps! Maybe that new latch mechanism is still a week out… hold that rear hatch or door shut with a ratchet strap. Ever do a brake job and can’t find the right way to keep that caliper out of the way? Ratchet straps! Use a ratchet strap like a clothesline, but for drying painted parts. Strung up taught, you can hang bent pieces of wire or coat hangers and hold freshly painted parts to dry. … see where I’m going here? There are hundreds of uses for a ratchet strap in, on, under, and in proximity to your Jeep. You’re only limited by the size of the strap, and your imagination. …..But if you get hurt that’s all on you. 
Jeep Talk Show Gladiator Update
Tech Talk with Jeep Talk
Gaskets – Fitment issues
The weekend begins with a group crossing of Michigan’s landmark bridge at 3 p.m. on Friday. Participants will take a ferry ride to Drummond Island in Lake Huron on Saturday and have access to the 400-acre Turtle Ridge Offroad Park. Highlights on Drummond Island also include a Mud Bog, a poker run with cash prizes, and a Jeeps and Java event just to name a few. The light parade through downtown St. Ignace will begin at 9:30 p.m. and is a sight to behold. If you want to see what is likely soon to be dubbed the largest light-up Jeep parade on the planet, or to learn everything else this amazing yearly event has to offer, we’ll have the link in the show notes for this episode at JeepTalkShow.com.
Newbie Nuggets with Wendy
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plans to build in Georgia. The move is an unusual one for the auto industry, which has largely stuck with ventures that involve ground transportation and vehicles with wheels, rather than propellers. But Jeep did make the amphibious Jeep and THAT had a propeller so who’s to say they aren’t just picking up where they left off? In recent years, Stellantis has also invested in a car-sharing rental firm, similar to Zipcar, and, like other car companies, is trying to diversify its business model, particularly in urban areas where many people don’t own a car. In fact, Stellantis Chief Executive Carlos Tavares said its decision aligns with the auto maker’s broader strategy of providing other transit services to customers, outside its traditional business of selling them individual cars and trucks. The aviation company’s first model, the Midnight, is designed to carry up to four passengers, plus a pilot. The flying Jeep taxi would take short-distance trips of about 20 miles with a 10-minute charging time in between, according to Archer’s Midnight Spec sheet.
Tech Talk with Jeep Talk
What do you do for your guests when you wheel and they have to pee? What about you? Well, I have a simple suggestion.
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Tech Talk with Jeep Talk
There is no shortage of episodes where we here on the Jeep Talk Show have covered a topic related to brakes. Whether it’s interviewing someone from brake companies like Black Magic Brakes, or diving deep into how your brakes work, and how to troubleshoot issues with them in our Tech Talk Segments. In this installment of Tech Talk, I wanted to talk to you about a component of your braking system that we haven’t really looked at in much depth before. And that’s brake lines. There is a whole industry dedicated just to the length of the hose that goes from the fender to the caliper. Millions are spent every year on upgrading brake systems and one of the most common and oftentimes needed modifications to Jeeps is upgraded brake lines. For many, this modification is a 
necessity. Once you start to lift your Jeep either with suspension upgrades, lift kits, or body spacers, you are increasing the distance from the hard brake line to the brake caliper, the thing that actually does the work of stopping your Jeep. When you press the brake pedal, that pressure is transmitted through a series of subsystems that include things like the brake fluid reservoir, a brake booster to increase the pressure applied, a proportioning valve to ensure most of the braking force is being applied to the front wheels, and finally the lines and calipers themselves. Most of the Jeep is plumbed with what are called hard lines. These are steel metal tubing that is bent and shaped to contour around the frame and other components and mate up to the aforementioned components of your brake system. Save for one. As the hardline terminates at the fender, there is a soft line that connects the hard line to the caliper. The soft rubber line allows for suspension travel, and as you make upgrades to the suspension, that travel increases. 
As your Jeep’s suspension articulates up and down, those brake lines will move and stretch, but if you haven’t upgraded those short factory soft rubber lines, you could be using them as limiting straps. Meaning, that the only thing keeping your suspension from articulating any further when offroad, is that soft rubber brake line…. And that’s NOT a good thing! Some Jeepers can get away with relocating the point where the hard line meets the soft line, and move it down to gain a few more inches of length out of the system. This of course is only going to work so far and is a temporary fix at best. Here is where the aftermarket steps in. Stainless steel braided brake lines are the most common go-to for an aftermarket solution to the need for extended brake lines for lifted Jeeps. They come in all sorts of diameters, colors, and finishes, but they all do the same thing extending the brake line and eliminating the bind, stretch, and bulging of the factory line. Braided lines are also far stronger than the OEM soft rubber lines. These aftermarket extended brake lines will also give you enhanced braking and better brake pedal response just by installing them. The main benefit of braided brake lines is that they help improve performance by reducing the issue of swelling, most commonly associated with standard rubber brake lines. Over time and extensive use, rubber lines can swell under the pressure caused by applying the brakes, and can eventually burst or split. Before that happens though the pressure that SHOULD be going to the caliper to press the pad against the rotor is instead, blowing up your brake line like a balloon, and NOT providing the stopping power you should be seeing.
But first, what is a banjo bolt? Banjo bolts are bolts that hold banjo together of course! No… not really. They are essentially connectors that link brake-fluid lines to brake cylinders. Banjo bolts are built to handle extremely high pressures, which is critical for many fluid systems. A banjo fitting is a hydraulic fitting consisting of a hollow bolt with a hole going through the side of it, and a spherical union that it is screwed into for fluid transfer. It is typically used to connect a fluid line to a rigid, internally threaded hydraulic component, such as a brake line to the caliper of your Jeep. Usually, all you would do is take out the old, clean up the mating surfaces, and install the new hardware. Banjo bolts use a small crush washer made from soft metal to act as a gasket of sorts for the connection. These are usually copper and need to be replaced anytime the banjo bolt is removed. Typically, these 
washers should be replaced rather than re-used, as the act of deforming an annealed copper washer effectively “hardens” the material, making it more difficult to crush next time, therefore you may not get a good seal when re-using a copper washer. After you have replaced your brake line, and as you torque down the banjo bolt with the last turn or two, you will want to hit it with a hammer. Not super hard, but use a little force. What this does is help seat the crush washer further. The impact will allow you to get another turn or two out of the banjo bolt, further increasing its clamping force and further ensuring a better seal. Although this isn’t required, this pro-tip will help ensure that your calipers never leak from the brake line fitting. Now as far as those aftermarket extended stainless steel braided brake lines go, there are a million offerings out there, so how do you know if you’re looking at anything good? Reviews reviews reviews. At this point in time, you could search a hundred different companies and not get anywhere, so let the experience of other Jeeps help you out in choosing the right lines for your build. Typically, the cheap Chinese stuff you find on Amazon for $40 or less isn’t going to be very trustworthy. But that doesn’t mean you need to drop $250 on a set either. Your typical cost for extended brake lines for your Jeep will run you on average between $75 and $125. Let’s look at some of the best-rated brands out there like Rough Country, JKS, Power Stop, and others. These brands have been doing this for a long time and have great reviews, but there are other really good brands out there as well. So do some research and in no time at all, you’ll be stopping like the pros, and looking good while doing it. Just remember the hammer and banjo bolt trick when it’s time for the installation. 
The first engine company stretched a hose line to the B side of the building where police were reporting the heaviest amount of smoke was coming from. An extra 2.5-inch hose line was also pulled off the engine. Crews made a quick knock on the fire inside, but a second alarm was called anyway. Asbury Park Fire Department Tower 89 arrived next and went to the roof to provide ventilation. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time and is currently under investigation by the Monmouth County Fire Marshal’s Office.
Newbie Nuggets with Wendy
It’s hard to narrow it down to just one item but my favorite is the soft shackle. I have done plenty of recoveries and training and I have to say the soft shackle is my favorite item. It’s easy to use, especially for me (a woman). I don’t have to get a “tool” to loosen a D-ring (clevis). The metal shackles are good for some things, but for most recoveries, I use soft shackles. Plus they are safer to use over the metal D-rings in case something breaks. Make sure you get an American-made product along with the highest rating you can find (i.e. 45,000lbs) and you will need 3 on board. Trust me on this. I like the Gear America product but we have used Rugged Ridge and Factor 55. 
