woodkrawler
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
first of all im a noob on here, been on JU and POR for quite sometime but this is my first post here....i wanted to say "what up" im no stranger to XJs, i've had my XJ since i turned 16 and its seen a lot of progression since the days of 3" and 31s, its now on its 4th suspension system and 4th different height...with plenty of war wounds to prove it!! anyways on to my post...........
so i've read about everybody troubles with rockkrawler a i've had the kit on my 91 since november and have had no problems, until today!! today my torque arm broke. the arm accually tore away from the bushing end, leaving a perfectly good weld. there were no problems with the weld, the arm tore away in one loud pop. this left the torque arm dangling and the pinion rotated up and everything out of order up front. luckly i was in the parking lot getting ready to leave and not going 65 down the interstate....thats a scary thought!! they are sending me a new torque are free of charge, guess they were afraid i would sue, Ill be the first to say they were really nice about it and no questions asked they are overnighting me the new arm. Thats some of the best customer service i have every recieved, so they get an A+ in that category but not in the torque arm set-up category.
reguardless of the new arm i don't want to put my life in that kindof danger again. luckly i was just in the parking lot when it happened this time.
so i have two options....stick with the coils or go to leafs. after seeing a few rigs like Jeep94xj's rig and some others i think really want to do a front leaf set-up. i may be very naive but it really didn't look all that hard. i have decent fabbing skills and i think i can pull it off. my only real difference is im still going to run my hp 30 in the front(i just regeared it and am on a college budget so its the d30 for now) and im going to try to stay around 8" to run 37 mtrs.
speaking on a basic level it looks as though i just need to beef up the frame with looks to be 3/16 or 1/4" plate at the mounting points, get some perches, cut off my old bracketry and add some leafs.(keep in mind this is the simple version) but for now i would just like to hear some opinions and suggestions about what to do, how to do it, what springs to use, etc...sorry to be so long but i wanted to give you guys(and girls) my background and maybe get some help with this when i have questions....i would really appriciate it!! i know that Jeep94xj has a good write up are there anyothers? also he used the rancho 44044s, which gave him 9-10" those are nice but i don't really want to be that high..like i stated before i would like to right around 8"...what are some other good springs i coudl use for this set-up? the RE YJ SOA springs possibly?? Pics would be great too...
PLEASE don't take this the wrong way, im not trashing Rockkrawler in any way im just stating what happened and how i and anyone in my jeep or on the road around me could have been seriously hurt.
thanx
lincoln
so i've read about everybody troubles with rockkrawler a i've had the kit on my 91 since november and have had no problems, until today!! today my torque arm broke. the arm accually tore away from the bushing end, leaving a perfectly good weld. there were no problems with the weld, the arm tore away in one loud pop. this left the torque arm dangling and the pinion rotated up and everything out of order up front. luckly i was in the parking lot getting ready to leave and not going 65 down the interstate....thats a scary thought!! they are sending me a new torque are free of charge, guess they were afraid i would sue, Ill be the first to say they were really nice about it and no questions asked they are overnighting me the new arm. Thats some of the best customer service i have every recieved, so they get an A+ in that category but not in the torque arm set-up category.
reguardless of the new arm i don't want to put my life in that kindof danger again. luckly i was just in the parking lot when it happened this time.
so i have two options....stick with the coils or go to leafs. after seeing a few rigs like Jeep94xj's rig and some others i think really want to do a front leaf set-up. i may be very naive but it really didn't look all that hard. i have decent fabbing skills and i think i can pull it off. my only real difference is im still going to run my hp 30 in the front(i just regeared it and am on a college budget so its the d30 for now) and im going to try to stay around 8" to run 37 mtrs.
speaking on a basic level it looks as though i just need to beef up the frame with looks to be 3/16 or 1/4" plate at the mounting points, get some perches, cut off my old bracketry and add some leafs.(keep in mind this is the simple version) but for now i would just like to hear some opinions and suggestions about what to do, how to do it, what springs to use, etc...sorry to be so long but i wanted to give you guys(and girls) my background and maybe get some help with this when i have questions....i would really appriciate it!! i know that Jeep94xj has a good write up are there anyothers? also he used the rancho 44044s, which gave him 9-10" those are nice but i don't really want to be that high..like i stated before i would like to right around 8"...what are some other good springs i coudl use for this set-up? the RE YJ SOA springs possibly?? Pics would be great too...
PLEASE don't take this the wrong way, im not trashing Rockkrawler in any way im just stating what happened and how i and anyone in my jeep or on the road around me could have been seriously hurt.
thanx
lincoln