Recent content by jode

I'm not really an expert on XJs or anything, so you'll have to take this with a grain of salt, but it looks like your mount may be broken. :moon:

FYI (you prolly already know this) you can get mroe travel from a too-short shock by leaning it over. The more you lean it, the more travel you can get. Then all it costs is a little fab time. Granted, it reduces the efficiency of the shocks, but hey, we aint indy racing rihgt?

Thanks G ;)

Thanks for the pics...one of the spring with the wheel off would be cool too, especially if you are already doing it for some other reason.

Righteous rig, and thanks for the info. Doubling up the main leaf sounds like a great idea if it maintains flexibility. Now i just have to find two MJs that are looking to donate :D and see if this will work. BTW, if you have pics of your springs while they are installed on your rig on a flat...

Thanks for the info. Working with some modifications here. 1. On the FSJ, the stock configuration is SOA, so a smidge of sag is no worries - the MJ leafs will be adding a bunch of lift (like if they were installed on an XJ iirc) 2. Once the top is off and the rear end is bobbed, there won't...

:gag: Actually, I am trying to figure out how to get them on my FSJ The eye to eye is the same, but I bleev FSJ ones have a centered pin, so it is getting tricky.... Thanks for the info though :us: EDIT - just found out that FSJs are offset too, so this may be a bolt-in swap type situation.

Thanks, So, with a smidge of work on my handy dandy calculator, that means that it is 26" from the front eye to the pin and 31" to the rear eye. So the center pin is 2.5" offset right?

The main reason is that you control the length of the slip joint. With square tube, the entire length of the overlap is a slip joint. So if you need a long travel driveshaft, you can either pony up the big bucks, or, if it for a non-DD part like a PT front D-shaft, or for a crawler-only rig...

Ummm....sorry to resurrect an old post, but does anyone actually know (or would someone be so kind as to measure) the actual eye to eye length of a set of MJ springs? TIA ;)

Sounds like the perfect time to put an upgraded axle in :repair:

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Shoot, that is practically reason alone to do it :cool:

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