Hey... I've always got a cool jeep if I need to pick a lady upSo,,,,,you like being single?
Yep! Space is nice, the puppy LOVES it. I don't really love it but eh the used car market is crazy right now so I'd take a boring van with low miles over something "cool" with 200k+
Make sure you torque it to spec correctly. Jb calls for something like 220 ft/lbs for the yoke to cinch up against the tone ring
Damn that's tight. Looks like it's time for a new torque wrench.
second times the charm I guess
I would measure without the jaunces in there, just so you know where you're at from good reference points.
Okay thanks... I want to measure without them because they will pretty much fully compress right? I'm just measuring so I know how much height I need to add in pucks to have them stop the axle before anything collides right, not like any kind of specific inches I need anywhere?
Id measure without the cup too, in order to know the full bump stop number. You'd subtract the cup distance from the puck to get the final amount you add though. But yes, the jaunce from what I recall will fully compress (it just slows the final movement). Don't buy into the accordions that MC sells (ask me how I know!).
Yeah, you want to stop the movement before it impacts anything. There's some discussion around whether or not the shocks being the final bump stop is okay or not. I lean toward it's fine if the movement is slowed.
You should be in good shape with the OEM setup for a while. Let me know if yours are torn up, I think I kept mine which were fine (had maybe 55k on them).
Okay cool and I want the full bumpstop number because that tells me about my up travel which is important in understanding how my jeep is built currently?
The movement being slowed at the end of the shock comes from something like the currie bumps and not something that will be very safe with the really soft stock ones? Thanks for the offer - I'll see how mine look soon. I have some more reading to do... Do you have to find really long bolts to fit pucks in?
I wish my reason was so noble, my thought was the cup or replacements or other bump stops you later move to won't likely all be the same. However the axle spring perch and upper support will be reliable places to measure from as future references regardless of what bump stop mechanism you use.
Anything that compresses should slow the axle travel speed. I don't know if it matters or how much it might matter - none of my shocks have exploded yet.
I did the same thing! except I had set it on the exhaust, so I looked up and saw itBoy I'm not sure it gets much more fun than getting it nice and sealed and then looking down to see the selector fork spring sitting on the ground
Ah yeah that makes sense, be nice to not have to repeat the work later. I'm at about the same lift so cool sounds pretty easy to just do the top
mine sure doesn't look like that, I have no idea why yours looks like that lol
I know the rear axle was rebuild at once point by someone, supplied by Jasper, so they probably fucked it up... No idea what idiot would run line like that it's gotta be harder to make a loop in it than making it straight??
happy to help, sucks about the weird wiring