[CrazyCooter]

Well I got tired of the ride of the leaf springs and decided to do something about it. I acquired a the front of a TJ frame w/ 3" Tera lift and the leftovers of an XJ from my engine/trans swap. This should eat up the desert washboard!

These links are just for mock up. I have RE joints and bushings to make new ones.


No going back now




Frame notch


TJ upper arm mount


All fits....time to burn it in.


Track bar bracket




Flexxed out

Gotta trim the inner fenders tomorrow and roadtest. It rode well in the dirt lot behind the shop.

[bunkrdfool]

mmmm sexy...

[Roach]

Nice. .

[Randy.YJ]

Its about time a new decent post comes up, great job.

[gettrdone]

Just a few questions..

Did you mount the rear control arms to the factory spring hangers or did you use the TJ mounts there also?
Are there only 2 control arms per axle?
What are the lengths of the control arms?
How did you make the spring perch for the axle, or did you use Tj/Xj axles?
What was the rough cost for the project?

Thanks for the help in advance, I am considering something like this in the future.


Tom

[yjcrawlr]

Nice work. I have been eyein some bronco buckets for a while now and thinking about doing something similar You may have pushed me over the edge. How is the ride? Do you have limit straps?

[Tomb Raider]

Damn, that looks nice. Great fab work.

[rustywrangler]

Are you going with coils in the rear as well, or just staying SOA??

[jimaug87]

ooh ooh ooh me next!

Nice work, I'm waiting for the ride report.

[CrazyCooter]

Originally Posted by gettrdone

Just a few questions..

Did you mount the rear control arms to the factory spring hangers or did you use the TJ mounts there also?
Are there only 2 control arms per axle?
What are the lengths of the control arms?
How did you make the spring perch for the axle, or did you use Tj/Xj axles?
What was the rough cost for the project?

Thanks for the help in advance, I am considering something like this in the future.


Tom

Yep, used the stock leaf mount for the lower link. Added 6" to the TJ link length. There are 4 links just like a TJ/Cherokee.

Used a Cherokee front axle so I could have the mounts and HP.

The cost of this project is like $40+ electricty and grinding wheels. I have been acquiring parts for almost a year with this in mind.

It was much more work than I had planned. If I had to do it all over again, I would make my own buckets as to use the TJ's, was a lot of work.

[CrazyCooter]

Originally Posted by yjcrawlr

Nice work. I have been eyein some bronco buckets for a while now and thinking about doing something similar You may have pushed me over the edge. How is the ride? Do you have limit straps?

The ride is killer, but I have yet to try it on the road.

No limit straps, just the shocks.

I'm on my way down to the shop to finish her up.

[CrazyCooter]

Originally Posted by rustywrangler

Are you going with coils in the rear as well, or just staying SOA??

No plans for coiling the rear. Many serious TJ wheelers install leafs in the rear for better handling on downhills.

Thinking about some of these JKS ACOS Pro http://store.jksmfg.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=ACOSPRO&Store_Code=JKS01&Categ ory_Code=Coil_Spring and a pair of RE 2.5 Extreme Duty rear leafs. Then getting ny ladder bar on again.

This thing is my street wheeler, and daily driver. I have a 58 CJ and a Chevy 1ton 4x4 that are going to get mated for a real wheeler!

[rustywrangler]

For the rear, could I recomend you look into BDS springs.... Very good rep on this board and an all around quality product.

[CrazyCooter]

[1 ton yj]

Why go through all that trouble and keep the links short? If you're building new ones anyway, why not go all the way back to the skid? It would work a lot better.

Cool idea using the TJ bucket though.