I Leak Oil

Yeah thats no good. Glad yall are safe

Kotsie 13

I bet especially w the kiddo

brdavis9

Passenger side leaf pack replace "project" is complete except for JK shock ...which I might not be able to use: when I went to press the lower metal bushing out of the stock shock, I finally noticed there was no bushing in it ...which goes a long way to explaining why the rubber was totally destroyed, eh.



(And yeah: I'm spending a significant amount of time cleaning as-I-go ...and there really is very little rust.)

I put it back on the ground after the pix (to switch sides in the garage, so I could start the driver side tomorrow), and the height measured exactly one inch over stock at 18 1/2 inches center-to-flares (courtesy of the new Crown HD - aka "upcountry" - #4886186AA leaf packs) ...which was almost 2 1/2 inches from where it started lol. I needed to measure to see what I might need for the front.

I'll order the new coils tonight (Moog CC782, which should put the front in the air an additional 1 inch over stock too) ...and probably new shocks (and so much for my Craigslist "good deal", sigh).

96lockednloaded

Thanks little guys only.7 so.of course to him it was hey that was fun lol

96lockednloaded

Ya but all fixed always carry all kinds of bolts w me just for things like this but think I'm gonna look into a one ton upgrade now and new Trac bar too

Kotsie 13

Haha true , sounds like my younger one, I took my girls (5&8) out back in the trails & let the older one do lil snow wheeling herself, then the lil just had to sit on my lap & steer , sweet memories...

I Leak Oil

Well hell yeah lol.

I Leak Oil

Yeah thats a good idea. Cost means nothing when it comes down to it.




Weird

theyammieguy

Something like this?
http://www.iboats.com/Nylon-Drain-Pl...-view_id.49388

Barrelmaker

Bushing in the shock? I only had bar pins on the top nothing on the bottom.
***edit: just asking not trying to bash, just wanted to make sure i was on track with op.

bheath

Close. The part that sat against the floor was just a push in style like the christmas tree things holding panels on vehicles. I actually like those ^^^ better.

Kotsie 13

Been sway less up front for last day it so & not to bad thinking if putting in my old jk disco & front sway & taking the rear off... I hear won't change anything removing the rear except better flex...

brdavis9

No problem: I say stupid crap all the time, and don't mind at all when someone sets me straight.

As far as what I was saying ...a pix is worth a 1000 words:



...unless the bushing really isn't on the stock XJ shock? Damn thing is mangled all to hell, and I just kind of assumed somebody pressed a bushing out (the top pin bolted right on btw). Driver side looks the same: totally wasted.

...blows my mind if it really is designed that way lol.

...and yeah, I really didn't think about it not being there until the day after I took it off, and the JK bottom wouldn't slide onto the lower shock mount (and vaguely recalled someone writing that the JK's had to be slightly modded to fit: thought this was part of that).

...and fyi that measurement indicates the JK's are 3 inches or so longer at full extension than the factory shocks (they're about 2 1/2 inches longer when compressed).

Barrelmaker

What would be the extended length?
No bushing on any I've seen in the rear, did you have a washer for larger surface contact with bushing?

brdavis9

There was a large-ish washer on the nut side, but nothing on the other but the flat mount surface ...the rubber had smooshed out around that washer though (same on both sides) ...but since you got me wondering, I just went back and reread a few of those "JK in XJ" installs, and they mention that you have to press out the lower bushing in the back. My bad. So ...might work after all?

I s'pose I should'a re-read earlier sigh (cuz' I know not to trust my memory). But seeing what happened to the stock shocks, I'm going to add washers/spacers to each side.

Maybe the stock rubber had turned to crap simply because they were 150K old? (Aargh: I could've been totally done with the passenger side.)

Thanks! - You [probably] just saved me $122 (I had 4 new fr/rr Sensa-tracks in an Amazon cart).

As for extended length ...23.25 inches center (hole) to center (of pins) for the rear's. Actually, I made a detailed post on JK shock dimensions, etc., on an old thread at jeepforum, if you're curious.

(At some point when I'm done with this over the next few days, I'm thinking about doing a build thread with my adventures, for benefit of anyone else who's considering a "mini-lift" ...or just back-equipping their dd XJ with the UpCountry "option" ...which isn't what I set out to do, but what it's turned into lol.)