JerrytheJeep

I don't know much about the size. When you go to remove them, heat em up with a torch and tighten them down a little tiny bit. Like less than an eigth of a turn, then try taking em out. Sometimes the tightening helps break the tension, or stretches it out more or something like that. It helps.

Bretts2000XJ

Ok be honest its a 00 and the underneath is ridiculously clean and rust free so between that and the pb I'm hopeful. I was worried about putting heat there and burning the carpet if it gets the metal too hot but I was still strongly considering heating them first and that should allow the metal to flex more without breaking too. If not I'm going to smack the weld nuts off and use wire to fish new bolts thru. Wish my garage wasn't so tight and had a compressor to run my air tools..I'll make it work.

Bretts2000XJ

I feel like getting this lift done is my right of passage so its going to happen either way with a bfh , all 165lbw of my small *** laying into it and a little help from leverage and the jeep gods lol

brdavis9

Mine were 5/16 x 1 x 16 tpi if I'm remembering correctly (but they were part #74623-C for grade 8 at Ace Hardware ...dunno how much use that was though); the stock ones are grade 5 (that's why they break: they're probably loctited), so replace them with grade 8's if you get them out clean.

My rig isn't rusty either. So all I used was CRC-Freeze Off (magic!) penetrant, and a REALLY long 3/8 drive extension. I didn't force anything; just go slow, and enough pressure to get them moving & then shoot them a second time with the CRC. I didn't break a single bolt that way.

I also anti-seized the threads when I put the new shocks/bolts in. No washers.

Bretts2000XJ

My man. I have an ace down the road incase. Just as you described it is how I have it in my head. I'm going to bump then with just a bit or torque and keep bumping them until they start moving instead of just leaning into them with a breaker bar and 5' pipe. Where did you score that crc at? Ive seen plenty of crc products but never freeze of..I'm liking the sound of it.

Lyferxb9s

what do you guys think of these options?

Xj88

Id say go with the guard-dogs

dukie564

i think you need to re-assess your budget. You usually get what you pay for with tires - and for $110, you don't get much.


I'd rather spend $200/tire and have them last 60,000 miles then $100/tire and have them only last 20-30k, and get better traction and performance out of them as well.

Lyferxb9s

My budget is what it is. and a tire for 100 that last 30k or a tire for 200 that last 60k, in my eyes that equals the same thing.

Bretts2000XJ

I was reading someone took their trailer hitch bar off to install lift kit . I have a factory trailer hitch and all I have to do is drop leafs and I'm looking at it and I see know reason why it has to its not in my way

brdavis9

I read about it on Amazon when I was looking for something else lol. And the guy who reviewed it obviously knew the importance of penetrants, and that F-O was somethin' special. I was at O'Reilly's (or Autozone?) for something else, and asked if they carried it. Yep. Cheaper than Amazon too lol.

...face it though: when you ain't got a lot of rust to contend with (mine's an AZ/CA car, and has only seen a few days of Washington winter driving: we don't get out much when it snows lol), you're probably not going to have those kinds of issues (or at least to nowhere near the degree).

I feel pretty damn fortunate in my XJ being almost entirely rust-free ...lord knows when I bought it, I was too clueless to have even checked, woot (I just knew guys said the engines could probably go a half million miles, and that and the 4WD was 'nuff to sell the Crown Vic' and buy a 'kee before we moved to eastern Washington).

Good luck w/your leafs. Oh. And it's easier to put on the [new] shackle on the leaf BEFORE you slap the new leafs on (i.e., put the top bolt in last). And the threaded portion of the rear leaf spring bolt goes to the outside (don't ask, sigh).

brdavis9

My "lift" was less than 2 inches, and the trailer [receiver] hitch wasn't in the way at all.

Bretts2000XJ

Ok cool great advice should have before and after pics tomorrow night

bhennessee1

I did the same with putting the leaf/shackle bolts thru the wrong way. It was just the icing on the cake.

Bretts2000XJ

Yay should be a fun day then. I'm going to pick up my buddies compressor and small snap on impact. Going to set it to lowest setting and run it barely off 80 psi and try giving a few taps to the trigger and see if one rear upper shock bolt will play nice.. I think its my best chance with the impact tapping action compared to straight constant torque with a breaker bar.