SC Rednek
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Winchester TN
I recently finished putting 44/9 axles under my jeep. My jeep's primarily built for rockcrawling, but I often end up going through miles of desert to get there.
Just going down the main roads in Johnon Valley on Saturday, I went airborn a couple times at under 20 mph. Running Rancho rs9000xl shocks, set almost as hard as they'll go, still doesn't even feel like I have shocks. I drive over an 8" rise at 10 mph, and it will hit top and bottom of the travel on both axles, sometimes more than once.
Within a few hours I bent the rear passenger side shock, and slightly bent and destroyed the valving in the front passenger shock. Immediately breaking the the axle mounts both times, after the second one I had to be done for the weekend.
Looking for suggestions on what I can do to make it better. Not looking to go real fast, but I want to at least be able to drive around at a reasonable speed and not get laughed at by my friend in a stock CJ7 going twice as fast without any problems. I'm capable of fabbing just about anything I need, so any suggestion is welcome.
Just going down the main roads in Johnon Valley on Saturday, I went airborn a couple times at under 20 mph. Running Rancho rs9000xl shocks, set almost as hard as they'll go, still doesn't even feel like I have shocks. I drive over an 8" rise at 10 mph, and it will hit top and bottom of the travel on both axles, sometimes more than once.
Within a few hours I bent the rear passenger side shock, and slightly bent and destroyed the valving in the front passenger shock. Immediately breaking the the axle mounts both times, after the second one I had to be done for the weekend.
Looking for suggestions on what I can do to make it better. Not looking to go real fast, but I want to at least be able to drive around at a reasonable speed and not get laughed at by my friend in a stock CJ7 going twice as fast without any problems. I'm capable of fabbing just about anything I need, so any suggestion is welcome.
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