Ricky8227 Posted April 28, 2025 Share Posted April 28, 2025 Best way to lower the rear a couple inches? Remove a leaf? If so which is the best one to remove? The front is lifted about 6 inches and the rear looks to be like 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted April 28, 2025 Share Posted April 28, 2025 Change the rear leaf shackle to the one from an XJ. I believe that's the easiest way. It's like $35 for a set from moog and they lower your rear a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle_SX4 Posted April 28, 2025 Share Posted April 28, 2025 Start by getting some shorter shackles. Those appear to be longer than factory. The factory ones are 4 3/8 eye to eye. Not sure what springs those are but the Comanche never came with 6 leafs. Pulling a leaf would lower it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted April 28, 2025 Share Posted April 28, 2025 Well, I was going to say that you should swap to an XJ shackle and pull a leaf, but they beat me to it. I agree, you’ve definitely got some sort of custom leaf pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghetdjc320 Posted April 28, 2025 Share Posted April 28, 2025 I’d pull the bottom two leaves and some regular MJ shackles. Bet that will get you close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 29, 2025 Share Posted April 29, 2025 too many leafs. can you snap a photo of the underside showing the tips of all the leafs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky8227 Posted April 29, 2025 Author Share Posted April 29, 2025 Thanks guys I appreciate it. I was reading on other forms and people said that the xj shackles messed with the pinion angle and caused vibes? Would it just be better to remove bottom 2 leafs and get mj shackles or maybe get a set of adjustable shackles and leave the leafs in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky8227 Posted April 29, 2025 Author Share Posted April 29, 2025 Here’s a pic of the leaves from the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted April 29, 2025 Share Posted April 29, 2025 Yeah, those are not MJ leaves, MJ leaves do not have those angled ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 29, 2025 Share Posted April 29, 2025 any change to the operating angle of the driveshaft ujoints can cause vibes. if they are old, I'd replace them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted April 29, 2025 Share Posted April 29, 2025 18 minutes ago, Ricky8227 said: Thanks guys I appreciate it. I was reading on other forms and people said that the xj shackles messed with the pinion angle and caused vibes? Would it just be better to remove bottom 2 leafs and get mj shackles or maybe get a set of adjustable shackles and leave the leafs in? It's really hard to say with out knowing how your truck is set up. It could be that the pinion angle is already not correct and maybe an XJ shackle would correct it. I'd steer clear of adjustable shackles. To me, they seem flimsy would have a lot of side to side deflection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghetdjc320 Posted April 29, 2025 Share Posted April 29, 2025 Looks like a custom pack. No overload springs and all the leaves are about the same thickness. Good spring recipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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