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Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Havent made a whole lot of progress the last few days, been kinda going backwards in order to move forward, I modified my Ironman front trackbar a little bit and got a low profile axle mount built for it, got the angle matched to the drag link and the length the same -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Anywhere we see fit lol, favorite spot that’s fairly close is the pipeline in mountain just east of antigo -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Mosinee, hop skip and a jump away! Where do you do most of your wheeling? -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Personally I wouldn’t since the fiberglass is still going to break if you ever rubbed up against something -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
I like them, I completely cut the old sheet metal out and then installed them, so they fit pretty good, I would not recommend putting them on on top of factory bedside. I live in the middle of Wisconsin so all it is is trees around here, you just have to be cautious with them -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Got the brackets welded on, I made the frame side bracket long in case it had to be trimmed shorter... I ended up cutting it down about 3 inches to keep my TB angle fairly flat at bump. Track bar came out to 43” long so it shouldn’t push or pull the axle very much at all -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Here are the brackets I came up with, axle side bracket on the left and frame side on the right. They should position the track bar at a slight angle at ride height -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
I will get a few tonight, I appreciate the input, I will probably try to make it similar to that third picture. I don’t want too tall of a bracket as it well cause the axle to “swing” when being flexed on one side -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Didn’t make a whole lot of progress tonight.. I was able to get a frame side rear track bar bracket built and then started measuring for the axle side bracket but am debating what I want to do... I really would like to keep the track bar straight but if I keep it straight the brackets are going to stick out 5.5” off the back end of the rear axle, but I could put a bend in it to clear the diff cover to keep the brackets a bit more low profile. Any opinions? -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Thanks guys, I am very happy with the way it is turning out. I really wanted to start this thread as I haven’t came across many at all or even seen any coil swapped Comanches -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
To keep it simpler and to keep the fuel tank in stock location -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
I cut into it but did not remove it yet, I’m on the fence whether to leave what’s left of it in or cut it the rest of the way out, I’ll get a picture of that eventually -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
Yessir😁 I just loved it too much! It’s too nice of a paint job to change also. My little bro has a Comanche that my twin brother and I are helping him with I will do a detailed write up on that one too, but that one is going to be a one off design, it’s going to be tight🤙🏻 -
Rear coil swap/ full Comanche rebuild
1988gecko replied to 1988gecko's topic in MJ Hardcore Tech: Epic Journeys to Greatness
As far as rear suspension goes I did a slightly triangulated three link with a track bar and used heavy duty front xj coil springs. I had to notch the frame out about 2.5 inches to make more room for the springs and used Clayton off-road spring isolators for the axle side spring cups
