I have a fully inflated 285/70/17 toyo AT, roughly 7-8/32s tread as a spare and it clears the track bar by a pinky finger and pretty much touches the hitch, but it does fit.
I had co-worker jump on hitch as hard as he could and the track bar never came in contact with the tire, it did get very...
In my experience(lots of re-geared jeeps) some gear sets are louder than others, usually high vs low quality, however an improper set up(regardless of gear quality) will cause gear noise and premature wear. I would wait until the break-in period is over and re-evaluate, at that point I would...
Left handed thread means that turning the bolt to the left(counter clockwise) will tighten the bolt, and in this case move the tensioner pulley to allow install/removal of the drive belt and turning it right(clockwise) will loosen the bolt.