I lost a spring while going through a hole at the Snowbird Jeep Jamboree in Florida. I was impressed with the trail guides (red shirts) who had me back up back over the hole, which droped the tire. They then lifted the jeep with a hi jack, and stuck it back in. better then calling AAA.
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- Thread starter Tom D
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What springs do you have? I recently changed out my Rubicon express 3.5 with 4 inch currie springs because I feared mine would come out also.
Glad to see they helped you out and had you moving again.
Glad to see they helped you out and had you moving again.
Just the stock springs with a 2.5in spacer lift. They said you could buy some kind of retainer clip, but the trail guide said it was just a one in a million chance it came out.
Strangely my jeep only came with 1 retainer clip on the front passenger spring. Or at least only had 1 left by the time I owned it. That would seem to fix it from ever happening again.
How was the trip other then losing a spring.
It was a fun jamboree. Not as challenging as some others, but it was great for Florida.
I don't understand about the shocks. When I bought the jeep it had the spacers and longer shocks.
I don't understand about the shocks. When I bought the jeep it had the spacers and longer shocks.
Might be a good idea to get springs that are the right length instead of running the spacers - will give you a greater extended length before falling out if they are the right brand/type (Currie). Or if you really want to look cool grab some limiting straps lol! He’s saying longer shocks allow more droop than your springs allow, although I disagree about making your shocks the limiting factor - it’s not a bad point.