madmike283
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Lakewood, CO
Quick history... Just bought this XJ last week. It's got some sort of 4.5" lift with leaf pack and seems to be a 1" block.
Had YellaHEEP check it out yesterday and he's not sure which pack it is. He suggested rebuilding the leaf to gain some arc and lose some stiffness.
Went and did some very mild wheeling today which included a lot of washboarded dirt road and small rocks. The ride is terribly stiff. So now I'm looking at options to soften up the ride and improve flex. Also during the wheeling last weekend and this I have realized that one or more of the leaf bushings seem to be shot causing some clunking when rocking back and forth on rocks. This isn't a DD, but I don't want to build it to a trail only rig either. Will likely stick to around 5" of lift and no larger than 33s to keep me from HAVING to regear.
Here are some pics I took to show what I've got. Any idea which springs these are? The only markings that we can see is "CANADA" on the aft-most portion of the leaf on that vertical surface. Would you try to reconstruct these to give them some more manners? Would you just go with a full new pack that's proven? How about shackles? Who knows what the shocks are also, so they may get swapped out as well someday.
Had YellaHEEP check it out yesterday and he's not sure which pack it is. He suggested rebuilding the leaf to gain some arc and lose some stiffness.
Went and did some very mild wheeling today which included a lot of washboarded dirt road and small rocks. The ride is terribly stiff. So now I'm looking at options to soften up the ride and improve flex. Also during the wheeling last weekend and this I have realized that one or more of the leaf bushings seem to be shot causing some clunking when rocking back and forth on rocks. This isn't a DD, but I don't want to build it to a trail only rig either. Will likely stick to around 5" of lift and no larger than 33s to keep me from HAVING to regear.
Here are some pics I took to show what I've got. Any idea which springs these are? The only markings that we can see is "CANADA" on the aft-most portion of the leaf on that vertical surface. Would you try to reconstruct these to give them some more manners? Would you just go with a full new pack that's proven? How about shackles? Who knows what the shocks are also, so they may get swapped out as well someday.