That's fairly typical for factory mounts. The factory rears are harder to get longer travel with good bias than the front is.
Longer control arms for more articulation
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That's fairly typical for factory mounts. The factory rears are harder to get longer travel with good bias than the front is.
The key to understanding how to move the mounts begins with cycling the axles. You will do it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. There are several relationships between moving parts that all need to work together. You will be determining and defining them and building them.
thank yall very much for the info. its a little complex, i not afraid to do the work i just like to do it one step at a time. Looks like i really need to get my jeep up on jack stands and find out whats binding. and maybe plan to move my shock mounts.
wow i need to to find someone locally that has done this before. like a pro 4x4 shop.
While difficult, it's nothing to be afraid of if you are patient and methodical.
No, not that I wouldn't if I felt comfortable doing it myself or the extra $$$ to have Blaine do it. But I'm not sure I will now at this point with not quite as much wheeling going on for me right now. Hopefully to pick up again soon.
Good luck. It should trouble you how often a pro shop screws this up. The problem is that not enough people understand good shocks on a on off-road vehicle. Most seem to build for big droop and lose sight of balance.
yall keep pushing me to do this. ill get some 6ton jacks from somewhere and start the process. can i do it with 2 jacks doing the front then the rear of do i have to have 4 jacks to do it properly
You can and should do one axle at a time. 2 stands and a floor jack are what you need.
what do you think the mid arm was primarily designed to do Compaired to the standard short arm ?
which axle would be the easier to do First ? I am about to replace my gas tank skid plate. So I’ll have the tank out of the way if that would help ?
The shocks will tell you where the mounts need to go.
Whichever is most convenient. At this point, you are just learning how things move around.
Looks like my front shock travel is 10&3/4” . Is that the 11” your talking about ?
The mid arm corrects some very specific suspension behaviors that occur on larger builds in certain scenarios.
Start by figuring out how your shock travels are divided. From ride height, how much up and down travel is there. You will want to cycle the axle to determine this.
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