Factory Parts Lift?

[xj_dummy]

I have heard from somewhere that I can use the rear springs or a portion of the springs from a cherokee to lift my 86 mj long bed. Also would installing the axel under the rear leafs be better or worse. I'm not trying to go nuts on a humungas lift, just enough so the rear dosent drag when 4 wheeling.

I'm trying to keep it some what stock looking.

All coments are welcome.

Thanks

[Eagle]

I have heard from somewhere that I can use the rear springs or a portion of the springs from a cherokee to lift my 86 mj long bed. Also would installing the axel under the rear leafs be better or worse. I'm not trying to go nuts on a humungas lift, just enough so the rear dosent drag when 4 wheeling.

I'm trying to keep it some what stock looking.

All coments are welcome.

Thanks

You really should spend some time reading the many threads on this site that discuss lifting the Comanche but, to get you started, your sources are very badly in error.

 

Cherokees have the springs over the axle, so the rear springs have a lot less native arch than a Comanche rear spring. Plus, they are 5" shorter. Using Cherokee leaves is unlikely to produce any serious lift. In fact, I think that using a Cherokee main leaf in my Comanche springs (with the eyes cut of the XJ leaves, of course) will get me extra capacity without generating any lift.

 

Converting the MJ rear axle to put the springs over the axle is an (comparatively) easy way to lift the rear. But ... you will be lifting by the diameter of the axle tube, plus the offset of the spring perches x 2, plus the thickness of the spring pack. In general, the MINIMUM lift you'll get that way is between 5 and 5-1/2 inches. That sounds like more than you want.

 

If you just want to level it out and get a bit of extra capacity, get a Rancho full-length add-a-leaf kit for $50 and call it good.

[johnnyc]

I have heard from somewhere that I can use the rear springs or a portion of the springs from a cherokee to lift my 86 mj long bed. Also would installing the axel under the rear leafs be better or worse. I'm not trying to go nuts on a humungas lift, just enough so the rear dosent drag when 4 wheeling.

I'm trying to keep it some what stock looking.

All coments are welcome.

Thanks

 

Mike, I put some XJ main leafs (with the eyes cut off) in my MJ packs and got 2 inches of lift. This was enough for me to run 245/75/16 tires.

 

Maybe it was ME that you heard it from when you came down for the M&G. ;)

 

This is what it looked like with the modified leaf packs and V8 ZJ front coils and 1.5" coil spacers. The street ride was unaffected, but I don't know how it would be offroad.