Spring Perch Q's

I have seen these longer "Anti-wrap" perches...

I am installing my 8.8 on saturday and wondering if the short perches are fine or if i should make some longer ones.....



Oh... BTW... How will 33's with 3:55 gears be?

My gear guy forgot the damn gears tonight and i need to install on saturday....... Grrrr.....

#1 I used RE 1930 Anti Wrap Perches on my SOA 44 for my MJ which did fine for what I wanted to do with it.

That same 44 is out from under , and I am ordering new MORE perches here in just a moment. (have to get the the stock SUA and the RE SOA pads & 2x fwd shock mounts cut off the tubes and not clear how they will fair for reuse)

It looks from the picture that the MORE pads are a bit longer than the RE (for a bit more $) and have 3 holes vs one to allow wheelbase tuning. Plus they are 1/4 thick & cut for various tube dia.

If 'wrap' is a concern, attach a mount for an anti-wrap-bar...you gots the welder IIRC. a TJ/XJ front UCA mount would do, probably, tied into a shackle and an upper frame mount.

Like everything else it becomes a compromise.It will "effectively" stiffen the spring rate and limit flex some.If you can you would be better off building a "traction bar".

#2 3.55 and 33s will sawk arse. In 4 Low in the mud no big deal, but on the road. :doh:

I rode 3.07s/33" with a 5 speed for a couple months. Installing 4.56 was like Christmas in May. Been with 3.55 and 33s for almost a year in the XJ, so swapping in that 4.56 44 will be like Christmas in April. Not so much for off-road (Just Nail It) but for day to day.

..If you have access to maybe some welding equipment,like a plasma cutter and a MIG welder could'nt you fabricate some out of 3"x5"x1/4" rectanglar tube for about $14.00 dollars for the metal,as opposed to $116.00 or something at one of the off-road vendors .

I read an article here at sometime ago,I have one of those 1997 Ford Explorer 8.8's axles also and am in the process of fabricating up some longer leaf spring perches ( 7" long). If you like I can send you the article on custom fabrication via the "back-channel"(email) if you are interested.

I am gonna use short perches and consider a traction bar of some kind to ward off wrap if i find it to be a problem

you could make some perches out of some box tubing and just drill a new center pin. when i built my current rear axle i just bought the re anti wrap ones. the new ones have 3 center pin hole options on em. i think i paid 35 shipped for them from DC's.

Hunter