Okay, so the Jimmy is a bit on the heavy side. She weighs in at 6780 with 3/4 fuel, hard top, DIY rack on the top, winch, dual batteries, DIY rear swing out bumper, DIY side steps, add a leafs all the way around, and 35" tires, plus most of my tools for work and spare parts. I just replaced the bushings on the sway bar to try and get rid of the body sway and it helped quite a bit. Holy crap they were bad. Brakes are good all the way around and I also just replaced the hubs since the guys who did my ball joints said they needed replaced. I think they know more about Yotas than they do Chebbies. On the way are leaf spring bushings from ORD and that should help a bit with the body roll. Just to stack the odds in my favor, I'm going to put the Jimmy on a diet. The rack is 140 lbs and when I took it off, I realized I might be able to shave 30 maybe 40 pounds on that. I have a Softtop that I will hopefully have time to install this week and that should shave another 2 or maybe 300 pounds. I can probably add a tote for just offroading that would save 50 lbs in normal daily driving. Bottom line, just trying to save weight to limit the body roll. Trying to save fuel went out the door a long, long, long time ago.
Joel
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Joel
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