[{"id":162000896084,"handle":"14-bolt-axle","title":"14 Bolt Axle","updated_at":"2021-08-02T07:20:21-05:00","body_html":"The Corporate 14 Bolt Axle is one of the most commonly used \"one ton\" axles utilized when building a custom rock crawler or rock bouncer.  The Corp 14 Bolt is often referred to simply as a \"14 Bolt\" because of the 14 bolts used in the diff cover.  Keep in mind there are some other differential housings out there that also use 14 bolts so you need to pay attention when identifying a Corp 14 Bolt Axle Housing. To Make this even more difficult the 14 Bolt Axle is offered in both a semi float and full float version.  The full float Corp 14 Bolt Axle is the one most commonly used because of the pinion support and full floating axles.","published_at":"2020-04-03T09:30:06-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"14 Bolt"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Corp 14 Bolt"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"14 Bolt Axle"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"14 Bolt Diff Cover"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":161998602324,"handle":"axle-products","title":"Axle Products","updated_at":"2021-08-02T14:20:27-05:00","body_html":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eMotobilt offers many different products for the DIY fabricator, professional fabricator \/ installer and DIY person bolting parts on at home.  In the Axle Products section you will find products for various axle models to include suspension parts, heavy duty diff covers and more. Feel free to shop by the specific axle type or by product type including heavy duty axle trusses.  If you need assistance determining what product you need please feel free to contact our experienced staff at Motobilt.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2020-04-03T09:30:06-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Axle Product"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"14 Bolt"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Dana 30"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Dana 44"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Dana 60"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Dana 80"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Dana 35"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Super Duty Dana 60"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Sterling 10.25 \/ 10.5"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"AAM 10.5"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Ford 8.8"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Rockwell"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Axle Trusses"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Disk Brake Brackets"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"JL Sport Axle Standard"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"JL Sahara Axle Standard"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"JL Rubicon Axle Standard"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"JL Sahara Axle Optional"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Ultimate Dana 60"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"M186"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"M200"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Sterling Axle"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"M220"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"M210"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":162558378068,"handle":"best-selling-collection","title":"Best selling products","updated_at":"2021-08-02T20:45:35-05:00","body_html":null,"published_at":"2020-04-14T11:41:26-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":null,"disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"variant_price","relation":"greater_than","condition":"0"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":162558771284,"handle":"best-selling-products","title":"Best Selling Products","updated_at":"2021-08-02T20:45:35-05:00","body_html":null,"published_at":"2020-04-14T11:55:50-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":null,"disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"title","relation":"contains","condition":"Best Selling"},{"column":"title","relation":"not_contains","condition":"Best Selling"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":162026127444,"handle":"diff-covers","title":"Diff Covers","updated_at":"2021-08-02T13:05:36-05:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eHave you ever slammed a rock when off-roading and been worried about knocking a hole through your diff cover?  I have personally had something like this happen. During my college years I had a full width axle Jeep YJ for an everyday driver.  I backed into a big rock one weekend and bent the factory diff cover into the ring gear.  You can imagine what happened, the ring gear rubbed a hole through the diff cover.  As luck would have it I found out about the failure an hour into a 3 hour drive back to college.  If there had been heavy duty diff covers available back then the problem would have never occurred. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI started another company (Blue Torch Fabworks) in 2001 and one of the first products I designed and offered was fabricated heavy duty diff covers. The diff covers we developed back then spread across the offroad market quickly.  Now many different companies manufacture similar covers.  Some claim all sorts of things about their covers. I have been building them for close to 20 years.  I stand behind the diff covers we manufacture here at Motobilt.  Our warranty on them is simple... if you break it we will replace it. Take a look around at the Motobilt Diff Covers.  We have a variety to choose from covering the popular axle housing.  If you have any questions please contact us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll Motobilt diff covers are manufactured in house.  We design each of the covers in a 3D CAD design program to ensure proper fit.  We laser cut them and formed them here at Motobilt paying close attention to the design process all the way through the shop.  You business is appreciate.  Thank you for your business\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Dan DuBose\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-04-03T21:51:33-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"diff cover"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"DIY Diff Cover"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2020-04-16T21:28:53-05:00","alt":null,"width":4032,"height":3024,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/8736\/collections\/image_b79b70a3-a766-44ff-a661-169528837348.jpg?v=1587090535"}},{"id":162137079892,"handle":"motobilt","title":"Motobilt","updated_at":"2021-08-02T19:30:29-05:00","body_html":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2020-04-06T12:39:03-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Motobilt"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":162192097364,"handle":"black-jku-build","title":"Motobilt Black JKU Build","updated_at":"2021-08-02T07:20:21-05:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe Black JKU Build has been a long time in the making with countless hours spent researching and designing new products to make one of the baddest one ton Jeep JK builds on the planet. This build started out with the customer bringing in a CJ7 to build.  The customer explained in detail what they wanted the build to be in the end.  Long story short the customer sold the CJ\u0026amp; and purchased a standard shift 2wd Jeep Wrangler JK Unlimited. Yes, you read that correctly a 2 wheel drive.  We recommended the customer purchase the 2wd to save money on the initial vehicle purchase. No sense in buying a 4wd when all of the stock parts were going to be removed. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"divtext\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis build left no bolt unturned.  The Jeep was completely stripped down to the bare frame.  Literally we stripped all of the factory brackets off of the stock frame only leaving the body mounts.  The frame was then cut in half about two thirds of the way back and the Motobilt crew designed a back half frame kit.  We opted to back half the frame to make plenty of room for the coil over shocks and bypass shocks.  We wanted to have room to allow the axle to articulate with the 41\" Super Swamper Irok Tires.  The front of the frame was also cut down for the Motobilt Front Frame Chop Bumper. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am sure you have plenty of questions about the build.  I think it might be easiest to move to suspension now since we were discussing the JKU frame modifications we made. The rear suspension is a double triangulated 4 link. The Motobilt team designed a rear cross member that goes between the frame rails and up and over the rear driveshaft.  This cross member provides bracing for the rear 4 link suspension mounts. The rear link mounts may be a little overkill for the average trail rig.  We built them with racing in mind. I am sure someone will end up installing this kit to race at the King of the Hammers.  The rear suspension as mentioned features 16\" travel FOX coil over shocks and triple bypass shocks.  We designed the fabricated rear shock towers to work with the JK\/JKU Back Half Frame Kit.  The rear suspension also received a Currie Anti-Rock Sway bar.  Their JK rear sway bar worked by bolting in and we did have to make some minor adjustments to the sway bar arms for clearance.  The rear axle truss is the Motobilt 14 Bolt Axle Race Truss with pinion guard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front suspension started out with us designing a Super Duty Dana 60 front conversion truss for the JK\/JKU.  The Motobilt SD60 Conversion truss features mounts in the stock locations so it can be bolted into a JK.  The frame side of the suspension is a new Motobilt product we designed.  It works with the heavy duty Motobilt JK cross member.  The upper and lower link mounts are boxed in for ultimate strength.  The weld to the frame rail and bolt to the Motobilt HD Cross Member.  The front received a custom track bar and bracket we fabricated here at Motobilt. The received 14\" travel FOX coilover shocks and triple bypass shocks.  On the front we designed a custom tubular shock tower and engine cage.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe steering is something we had to address.  We designed and fabricated the new Motobilt Super Duty 60 High Steer Arms.  The arms weld to the Super Duty steering knuckles as well as bolting.  The steering drag link and tie rod were fabricated using Motobilt DIY fabrication parts found here on the website. The steering also received a full PSC Motorsports big bore hydraulic assist steering kit. The PSC kit steers the Jeep with ease. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the rear of the Jeep we designed another new product.  The fuel cell and skid plate were designed to work in conjunction with our back half frame kit.  The stock location for the gas tank would not work with the extensive suspension modifications we made to the Jeep JK. The Motobilt fuel cell uses the factory Jeep JK fuel pump.  We offer the clamping ring separate from the fuel cell for those wanting to make their own tank. You can read in detail about the fuel cell by visiting that page here on the website. We also made a rear access hatch that goes in the rear floor board of the Jeep JK.  It allows you to remove the fuel pump without dropping the fuel cell out of the Jeep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rear sheet metal on the Jeep needed a lot of work to clear the tires and the huge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/8736\/files\/E9D2A7EE-85A2-44F9-B38B-81233E017C27_480x480.jpeg?v=1588632816\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eshocks.  We designed another new product found here on the Motobilt website.  The rear high clearance inner fender set was made to cover the new shock towers that were moved in on the back half half frame kit.  This will keep the inside of the Jeep sealed from the elements.  The rear corner armor was made to cover where we cut out the rear wheel opening to clear the 41\" Iroks. We moved the rear axle back a couple inches to clear on the front side better and cut out the rear.  The new corner armor will be offered in a many different versions including with weld on fender flares like seen on this build. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior received a prototype roll cage.  We would like to offer this cage as a fully welded kit for you all at some point.  We just do not have enough man power at the shop to do so currently.  We will more than likely be adding all of the roll cage mounts to the website very soon for the DIY builders out there. The cage is all 1.75\" OD x .120\" wall DOM tubing cut on our Tube Dragon. The interior also got new PRP Seats front and rear.  The floor of the Jeep was Line-X sprayed.  The stock center console was modified to fit a Winters Shifter and Atlas Twin Cable Shifters.  We laser cut trim pieces to finish off the console and to hold three additional gauges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking of gauges all of the factory gauges were removed and replaced with aftermarket.  We opted for a speedometer that operates with GPS.  Now this is were some of you may be wondering about the engine swap and the wiring done to make all of this work.  After discussion with the customer we made a pretty dramatic move.  We gutted all of the factory wiring from the Jeep.  We completely rewired ever circuit in the Jeep.  We used a universal harness to start out with.  The engine harness was provided from Turn Key Engine Supply and we connected it to the new wiring harness we made for the Jeep JKU. The Motobilt crew spent time making all of the power windows and ac operate with the new harness.  No more CANBUS System. When looking at the Jeep you may notice the steering column has been changed.  Due to going with a much easier to work on wiring system we changed the steering column out for a Jeep YJ tilt steering colmn. This made wiring the ignition and turn signals a easier. We did have to shorten the column and built a custom mount for it.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Be Continued...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"video-responsive\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l3jSUPwDiRM?controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cz-embed-gallery\" id=\"cz-embed-gallery29360\"\u003e\u003c!-- ALWAYS KEEP THIS EMPTY --\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cinput type=\"button\" value=\"Read More\" id=\"btndisplay\" class=\"btn\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-04-07T09:17:15-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Black JKU Build"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Black JKU"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2020-04-25T12:05:20-05:00","alt":null,"width":1000,"height":800,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/8736\/collections\/image_e5f2f30f-55e1-4172-b7bd-b3687140d75c.jpg?v=1597855999"}},{"id":162192031828,"handle":"motobilt-green-yj-build","title":"Motobilt Green YJ Build","updated_at":"2021-08-02T14:20:27-05:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe Green YJ Build has become an iconic Jeep build for Motobilt since it’s completion in 2013. Many new innovative products were designed and released as production parts from this custom build. Some may think Motobilt is a new company.  Dan DuBose the owner previously owned Blue Torch Fabworks before selling that company in 2009.  In the late 90’s and early 2000’s Dan become know for building wildly modified Jeep YJ’s. When Motobilt began it was only natural to begin with a heavily modified Jeep YJ build.  It was like second nature.  The 4 link system and many other products designed on this build were from many years experience fabricating custom YJ’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Green YJ features a Chevy Dana 60 front axle and a Corporate 14 Bolt full float rear axle.  The Jeep was delivered to the shop with the axles bolted under the Jeep with an old school spring over suspension. That is when things rapidly changed for this Jeep.  The front and rear 4 link system was designed to make future installs on the Jeep YJ and Jeep TJ platforms much easier and faster.  In years past the parts were priced together from generic DIY builder parts.  As a business owner who does 4 link suspension conversions often having a faster way to perform the fabrication work would be much more profitable. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe build received a back half frame kit to allow the rear suspension to sit lower.  In addition the Motobilt High Clearance Rear Fender Tops were an industry first.  They all the wheel opening to be cut much high allowing room for large tires and a super low bump height.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front and rear axles received Motobilt axle trusses.  Both axle trusses used on this Jeep YJ build can be found below in the section where we have added some of the parts used to build this Jeep.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cz-embed-gallery cozy-gallery-lazy-load\" id=\"cz-embed-gallery29364\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- ALWAYS KEEP THIS EMPTY --\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2020-04-07T09:17:15-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Green YJ"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Green YJ Build"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":161999716436,"handle":"shop-by-axle","title":"Shop By Axle","updated_at":"2021-08-02T14:20:27-05:00","body_html":"Shop products like axle trusses, disk brake conversions, axle tabs, 4 link mounts and more by your specific axle model. We are aware some of you may not know the difference of a Dana 44 or a Dana 60 axle housing and that is OK.  Do not be embarrassed to contact Motobilt with questions if you need to.  We understand not everyone speaks specific axle terminology. Some of the axle types that gets confusing we listed out the vehicle type. An example of this is the Jeep JL and Jeep JT.","published_at":"2020-04-03T09:30:06-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"14 Bolt"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Dana 80"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Dana 60"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Dana 44"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Dana 35"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Dana 30"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Super Duty Dana 60"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Sterling 10.25 \/ 10.5"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"AAM 10.5"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Ford 8.8"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Rockwell"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"JL Sport Axle Standard"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"JL Sahara Axle Standard"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"JL Rubicon Axle Standard"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"JL Sahara Axle Optional"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Ultimate Dana 60"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"M186"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"M220"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"M200"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"M210"}],"published_scope":"global"}]