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- From: q1hl@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Nameless CS Student)
- Subject: Re: Lifting a JEEP Wrangler?
- Message-ID: <1992Oct9.220023.14270@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
- Organization: University of New Brunswick
- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 22:00:23 GMT
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- In article <Bvv7E6.6Dw@cup.hp.com> dhepner@cup.hp.com (Dan Hepner) writes:
- >More arched springs will result in more wheel travel, useful when
- >traveling over rough terrain. Spring shackle changes, or adding one
- >block above the spring and below the diff, will all constitute fairly
- >inexpensive ways of raising the fender well to clear larger tires.
- >On jeeps with the spring below the diff, it is possible to move it
- >above.
-
- PLEASE SAY WHERE I CAN GET THIS KIT! I've been searching *forever*
- for a spring mount conversion to put my springs ABOVE the axel, but
- most off-road shops just look at me like I've got 2 heads or
- something.... I know they exist, but where? (I have an '88 Jeep
- Wrangler/YJ) Please send MAIL, as the newsgroups sometimes scroll
- between reads.
-
- >Add a leaf will increase stiffness as well as provide some lift;
- >increased stiffness is not what one needs when traversing rough
- >terrain, but may be fine for urban cool. Stiffer shocks will increase
- >stiffness while not providing lift. Stiffer shocks are for handling
- >weight, not for lift.
-
- Well, with a 2" add-a-leaf lift and a Rugged Trail RS5000 shock on
- each corner, I can now feel every crack and pebble on the pavement.
- Mind you, I can also carry over 1000 lbs of people and equipment
- off-road without even *thinking* about ground clearance or bottoming
- the shocks. :-)
-
- >Significant lifts require modified steering and driveline parts.
-
- What is significant? What do the mods entail? The drive shafts
- (front and rear) are both telescoping, and the steering shouldn't
- require more than a simple adjustment to re-center the wheels- the
- Jeep steering seems *designed* for high-lift use: the wheels are
- connected by a tie-rod (which controls toe-in/out), and the wheels
- are turned via a "center link" which runs from the right wheel to
- the steering arm on the left side of the vehicle. Raising the Jeep
- should involve no more than lengthening the center link to adjust
- for the (marginally) greater distance between the right tire and
- the steering arm. 6-inches of lift would require less than a
- half-inch of adjustment, well within the adjustable range of the
- center-link ends.
- --
- Chris.
-