Weld-On Shock Mounts

[Jeep Driver]

Setting up my rear axle and I need shock mounts. I want to raise the mount location about 1 inch as my shocks are a little on the short side anyway.

 

Any recommendations?

 

These look about right? http://www.jegs.com/i/Currie/272/95005/10002/-1?CAWELAID=1710816411&CAGPSPN=pla&catargetid=230006180000514892&cadevice=c&gclid=CjkKEQjw8YSdBRChhPXJvPvMztABEiQAkn893rKyP4pqNtxh-JwRpDgo0IQuy2pDvBYID7SWNDdmqwXw_wcB

 

And what about spring plates? Thought about snagging a pair of XJs, but I'd really like something that hides the nuts......thoughts?

 

 

Thanks

[89eliminator]

i run the same shock mounts.  they work good.  and i reused the factory spring plates.  

[Herc]

Here is one from Rubicon Express

 

Spring plate with skid

 

And those shock mounts I used on my 44 in the YJ, they work great!

[Timeless]

The Currie ones are alright, but I have never been a fan of mounts that put the shock bolts parallel with the axle.

 

Pick your poison of shock mounts:

http://www.barnes4wd.com/Shock-Brackets-Tabs-and-Towers_c_9.html

 

I ran these: http://www.barnes4wd.com/Behind-The-Axle-Shock-Bracket_p_290.html below the axle CL, omitted the little adjustable piece and simply put a bolt thru the hole and attached the shock.  Worked just peachy.

[Incommando]

Barnes: twice the beef half the cost. Put these on when I did my SOA

https://www.barnes4wd.com/mobile/home.asp#page-46

[Jeep Driver]

The Currie ones are alright, but I have never been a fan of mounts that put the shock bolts parallel with the axle.

 

Pick your poison of shock mounts:

http://www.barnes4wd.com/Shock-Brackets-Tabs-and-Towers_c_9.html

 

I ran these: http://www.barnes4wd.com/Behind-The-Axle-Shock-Bracket_p_290.html below the axle CL, omitted the little adjustable piece and simply put a bolt thru the hole and attached the shock.  Worked just peachy.

Why?

[Eagle]

The Currie ones are alright, but I have never been a fan of mounts that put the shock bolts parallel with the axle.

The upper and lower eyes should be parallel. Since the upper mounts on MJs are parallel to the axle, the lowers should also be parallel to the axle.

[Incommando]

Just curious as to way they should be parrallel ? The fronts have no idea if they are parallel or not due to their top mount. If the internals of the shock required such clocking shocks would be marked for alignment. So I guess it must be an external factor that comes into play? I chose tabs (linked above ) that do place the shock mounts parallel.

[Timeless]

 

The Currie ones are alright, but I have never been a fan of mounts that put the shock bolts parallel with the axle.

 

Pick your poison of shock mounts:

http://www.barnes4wd.com/Shock-Brackets-Tabs-and-Towers_c_9.html

 

I ran these: http://www.barnes4wd.com/Behind-The-Axle-Shock-Bracket_p_290.html below the axle CL, omitted the little adjustable piece and simply put a bolt thru the hole and attached the shock.  Worked just peachy.

Why?

 

 

Perpendicular to axle allows shock mount to rotate rather than bind.  Also permits you to run shallower shock angles (tops of shocks closer together than bottom) assuming one is no longer using OEM mounts.

 

It does not matter if the shock eyes are parallel or perpendicular to each other.  Both perpendicular to axle is the way to go though.

[Incommando]

One says parallel and one says perpendicular. Auugh. If a certain position binds at the axle end I don't understand why it wouldn't also bind at the frame end. I can see were perpendicular would allow the bushings to rotate as an axle side dropped or raised. I ran mine parallel to mimic the factory lower shock mounting that I replaced & the retained upper mount. However the XJ mounts are perpendicular and 90* from the MJ's factory mounts.Oh well. They are on there now.

[nitroxsteve]

Shocks mounted like / \ should have the mounts perpendicular to the axle and shocks mounted like l l as on our trucks should have the mounts parallel with the axle. This allows the angle of the shock to change as the axle moves. Its not that one is better than the other its determined by the mounting location and shock position.

[Incommando]

Thanks. In yet another case of even a blind squirrel finding a nut I accidentally got it right.

[Timeless]

Mounts parallel with the axle on the frame side will bind just the same.  Its not like the binding, either on axle end or frame end, will be noticeable or terribly bad, but depending how much they bind, the bushings will be somewhat unhappy.

 

For a rig that see's mainly road time, it doesn't matter.  If your rig goes off road alot, where the axle does not remain flat and move just up and down, having the mounts perpendicular to the axle will allow them to happily pivot and otherwise last.