DirtyComanche

Well, then, that's the easy way.

Welding stores. Equipment suppliers. Etc. I'm not talking about thermite...

Forklift is the standard practice. You're supposed to flex it out to determine not only needed travel but the mounting location. If you're running a fab shop, great. If you aren't, you go by what other people did or guessing. For 6" lift using the stock mounts in the front end, 12" is just about ideal. But, it depends where you want to put your bumpstops (if you've cut fenders, run large tires for the lift, etc).

I've never seen an aftermarket track bar that I actually liked. I think jeep desinged it wrong to start with, and nobody is going to sell a bar/bracket that's really different. The mount on the axle should be the same height as the tie-rod (which shouldn't be an inverted Y), and the tie-rod should have been on top of the arms cast into the knuckles. Then the frame side bracket should be higher to reduce the sheer leverage on it. The joints should be something nice and rebuildable (rod end with an insert) and should be oriented in the direction which offers the most travel. But alas, no, I'd have to build something like that myself.

You'll want 12" fronts. Rear is up to you. The real answer is to lift it, flex it, measure, then buy.

He means 20K. I hate people who think their $#!& is gold.

I'd buy stick. But that's me.

Oh, when I looked in the shock category all that was listed was ranchos overpriced crap. Guess I missed that.

Gears must be set-up properly or they'll be non-existant by the time you test-drive it around the block. But, you can swap them from one axle to another using the same shim stack-up about 90%~ of the time... Providing the housings are the same casting.

Can't risk damaging the seals in the ram... At least, I'd rather not risk it. They're ony good for a couple hundred degrees. But it's out, so, w/e.

I got it out. A little filing and then the vice grips got 'em. Now to figure out how to mount this bloody ram.

Rounded head, that is. Turns out the ignoranus who put the one of the plugs in my ram tightened it down way too much, then they painted over it. As it was an internal wrenching (allen) head plug, it's now round. Really round. I can't cut it. The surface behind it has to be flat for the fitting to seal. Do any of those reverse cut bolt extractor things work? I'm really thinking of just taking it back and bitching. But, I didn't buy it locally, so it'd burn up time. I'm gonna go try the vice-grips before bed though. I wish...

I need a vendor too if nothing else. PORC only had expensie stuff... I'm leaning towards cheap. My $30 rusty's shocks dampened really well. When you've got front leafs ride is really quite irrelevent anyways.

Well, the catch is they need to be 12" travel minimum. 14-16" would be great.

Bad.

Sure? I thought they converted later? Maybe not? Anyways, one way or another I think this is a bad idea.

Need ideas. I had a little clearance problem with my rusty's and the front leaf springs. I noticed things were riding a little funny, then I went and looked and realized they were getting kinda '>' shaped. Stiff as hell works for me. I'm probably going to get creative with the upper mounts.

If I wasn't lazy I'd throw the 37s on mine to show you...

I'd look in Eagle's yard/driveway. Bound to find one or two there :brows:

Mmm... 9/16th Gr8 SAE will be close I think. Providing those bolts are 10.9s - not 12.9s. If they're 12.9s, go to junkyard and get 'new' ones. But, that's going by memory.

What warn bumper/winch? They don't weight THAT much. I've been through this before but... If you have 150lb/in coils, you'd need to put 300lbs on the front end to compress the coils 1"! A lot of the aftermarket ones are of an even higher rate than that (upwards of 180). My front bumper on the XJ only weighs about 35lbs. It's not 'light-duty' either, as it's all .250 or .500. My 8k winch (100' of cable) weighs maybe 60lbs. You shouldn't need to add a 1.5" spacer to the front! Measure from hub to fender flares to see where you're at. Smart people on this site know what stock measures.

It's not the rust that bothers me, it's the major PITA that it brings. I changed the oil on the XJ, and that ment bringing it into the garage. Since it is 18*C in there the snow melted off of it... Lying under it with dirty water dripping on you. Very fun. (Which also brings me to the tangent of jeep's vertically mounted oil filters. WTF is up with that?) I should have just left it outside and done it.

Actually, depending on how bad it is, they can... But, it is NOT FUN!

He's only 61" - If that front axle is the same as mine (it should be).

I always weld with the battery hooked up. The only time it will cause a problem is if there is already a problem (short), or you put the ground in a bad spot.