CJ Springs

[family XJ]

I tried to do a search on this but no luck. I have a set of 4" lift CJ springs at my disposal. Has anyone ever used a CJ spring pack in their XJ. My thoughts were to use the pack combined with an AAL. The springs have a lot of arch in them, and that combined with the AAL should give a nice lift. Someone I am sure has done this or is using it now. I have no idea what the spring rate is on these as they are not marked in any way. I don't even know if the center pin hole will line up. TIA DuG

[Lawn Cher']

Aren't CJ springs narrower than XJ, YJ, MJ springs? If they are the same width, you could splice a mixed pack together, but I don't think the main leaf from the CJ springs will be appropriate to replace that of the XJ pack.

[family XJ]

Good point, I'll have to look. I think they are 2" now that you say that.

[Eagle]

CJ springs should be 2". Doesn't sound like an ideal solution in an XJ.

[MDMIKE]

FYI, rear CJ springs are 2.5" wide. I've heard of people using YJ add a leafs in rear XJ applications, but can't verify that. Give it a shot and let us know how it goes, if it doesn't work it will be documented and a search will let others know right off the bat. Good luck!!

MIke

[Yucca-Man]

Late-model CJ springs are 2.5", I think '76 was the breakpoint with 2" wide springs prior to that.

[family XJ]

Just thought I would post what I found to NOT work so far. I used XJ top spring and the CJ 4" springs with 2 short AAL's per side. It rides like it has hydraulics so it doesn't work for me so far. I can jump up and down on the hitch and get about 1/2" of movement. I am going to take out 1 AAL and see what happens. I'll keep anyone looking for a cheap lift posted.

DuG