beakie
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Being that my shock mounting hole are way XXXXed up because of rust I was going to make a new cross member with the shocks at the back of the axle.
Why is everyone so worried about axle wrap? The shock doesn't do a damn thing to prevent iAnd they are only used to dampen load and opposing force.
because the shocks as you say "dampen load & opposing forces" axle wrap is just that. if the axle tries to wrap around the axis of the tubes, staggered shocks can combat that... by "dampen load & opposing forces". make sense?
How many sand cars, desert buggies, and some tropy trucks have angled shocks? Even some RC cars have angled shocks. Being angled doesn't affect its performance.
shocks can be set up properly to run at angles, they can even be set up to run horizontal (think cantilever designs) but they are designed or valved to run in that configuration and a lot of time/money/effort is put into making them work that way. the shocks in the pictures are not designed to run at that angle, so the valving they are designed with is not working as effectively as it could be. will it be noticed at the slow speeds that are used in? maybe not, but as stated why not use them as they are designed to get the most out of them.
As long as the shafts protrudes into the shock body dampening will happen. Yes it is out of the norm for an xj but not necessarily a bad thing. And the bump stops are not the end of the world. More needed on a jeep speed than a rock crawler.
the lack of bumpstops may not be the end of the world, but seeing as they are a simple addition to an already modded rig, again why not add them?
as for jeepspeed more then rock crawling... have you ever been in a rig that drops off a big rock without bumpstops? it's either axle onto frame which is a pretty stiff jolt, or the shocks bottom out which really doesn't bode well for them lasting very long. for about $20 in parts you could atleast grab some after market universal bumpstops that can be made to work on a stock XJ, and would save your back & shocks from a lot of un-needed punishment.
Over all unless you have to run the shocks symmetrically for a reason I would bother.