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02-03-2012, 04:12 PM
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#22861
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Web Wheeler
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: OR
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^ I do that everyday.., today i drove just to be happy that shes shifting right again
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02-03-2012, 06:00 PM
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#22862
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Rock Island, Illinois
Posts: 10
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Brush guard is on! Ill add pics later
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02-03-2012, 06:17 PM
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#22863
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Niceville, Fl
Posts: 299
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Oh lol well let me pull my foot out of my mouth on that one. What is a boom tho? Why are shackles so bad?
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02-03-2012, 06:37 PM
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#22864
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Wot's...uh The Deal?
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Roseville, Ca.
Posts: 2,892
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Originally Posted by mangoman123
Oh lol well let me pull my foot out of my mouth on that one. What is a boom tho? Why are shackles so bad?
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This is what happens when you catch your long shackle on a rock. I got lucky, that's all that happened. It could be much worse, like a broken transfer case.
The second pic is a Boomerang shackle. That can't happen anymore.
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White '94 YJ 2.5L 5 speed, 35" BFGs KM2's, 5" lift, Mark VII 2 speed fan, Milemarker PE8000, Front Aussie Locker, Power steering conversion, '98 Cavalier seats, MORE Boomerangs in front, 136 amp ZJ alternator, JB conversions SYE, Tom Woods custom drive shaft, 8.8 with ARB, 4.88 gear ratio, Teralow
My Jeep
'89 XJ Laredo Bone Stock
Member:The Wrecking Crew
Ham license:
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Everyone is Welcome
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Originally Posted by Major Sanderson
You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!
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Originally Posted by Beefstew
I may have proven that I am in fact an idiot, by all of your standards...
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Mr.B's post gets you as close to Buddha as you can get on JF...
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02-03-2012, 06:39 PM
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#22865
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Rock Island, Illinois
Posts: 10
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new brush guard
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02-03-2012, 06:50 PM
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#22866
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Web Wheeler
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: The Great Big Box, California
Posts: 4,750
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Stitched my dilapidated soft top back together. Only to have one of the zipper strips tear off as i'm re-assembling. Guess i'll have to stick it again on monday. But at least it's holding tighter now.
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-1989 Jeep Wrangler 2.5L, soon to be 5.2L
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If they're gonna bend you over for that much, I'd definitely pay extra for the lube!!
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02-03-2012, 07:38 PM
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#22867
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Web Wheeler
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Ripon, California
Posts: 13,164
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Originally Posted by mangoman123
Oh lol well let me pull my foot out of my mouth on that one. What is a boom tho? Why are shackles so bad?
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The castor angle is changed with the longer shackles and your steering can be compromised in a very scary way. Bumpsteer is the road controlling the steering wheel through the tires, which is the opposite way it's supposed to work.
Gimme a few days and I'll have you pm your info to Travis.
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You're the Oprah of jeeps, slap your name on it and it sells like hot cakes!
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I would like to thank everyone who thanked Anticanman.
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Well canada is a different story this is american talk here silly :rofl:
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02-03-2012, 07:54 PM
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Blimps are terrible...
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Warrensburg, MO
Posts: 3,145
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Originally Posted by Mr.B
This is what happens when you catch your long shackle on a rock. I got lucky, that's all that happened. It could be much worse, like a broken transfer case.
The second pic is a Boomerang shackle. That can't happen anymore.
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It can still happen with booms. Here's the thing that caused me to upgrade my springs finally from RC to BDS:
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05 Liberty Limited (Wife's): 3.7/Auto, OME + Clevis + Rear Iso's, JBA upper arms, 245 70/17 Duratracs w/stock 17" Limited wheels and 1.25" spacers.
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02-03-2012, 09:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Somewhere in, Connecticut
Posts: 74
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Can't find who said it but...
When you go to start your YJ you pray it starts.
God I miss this days and can't wait to find the right YJ to get me back in to the Jeep world.
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02-03-2012, 10:30 PM
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Wot's...uh The Deal?
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Roseville, Ca.
Posts: 2,892
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Originally Posted by dillonjm
It can still happen with booms. Here's the thing that caused me to upgrade my springs finally from RC to BDS:
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Well those booms are a lot longer than mine, and mine have a shorter end on the frame side. Either way they can only go back so far. When I bent my spring, the shackle was pushed back flat against frame.
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White '94 YJ 2.5L 5 speed, 35" BFGs KM2's, 5" lift, Mark VII 2 speed fan, Milemarker PE8000, Front Aussie Locker, Power steering conversion, '98 Cavalier seats, MORE Boomerangs in front, 136 amp ZJ alternator, JB conversions SYE, Tom Woods custom drive shaft, 8.8 with ARB, 4.88 gear ratio, Teralow
My Jeep
'89 XJ Laredo Bone Stock
Member:The Wrecking Crew
Ham license:
KB6(tooeasytosearch)
Everyone is Welcome
www.rubiconramblers.com
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Originally Posted by Major Sanderson
You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!
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Originally Posted by Beefstew
I may have proven that I am in fact an idiot, by all of your standards...
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Originally Posted by ritjobbie
Mr.B's post gets you as close to Buddha as you can get on JF...
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02-04-2012, 12:42 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Savannah, Tennessee
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Originally Posted by Mr.B
This is what happens when you catch your long shackle on a rock. I got lucky, that's all that happened. It could be much worse, like a broken transfer case.
The second pic is a Boomerang shackle. That can't happen anymore.
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So what your saying the shackles I have that give me 2" of extra lift could be bad eventhough they've been good so far?
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02-04-2012, 01:03 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Niceville, Fl
Posts: 299
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Would I be able to clear my 33x 12.50s with booms? I have a decent amount of clearance with my shackles on now.
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02-04-2012, 03:56 AM
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Web Wheeler
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Orange Park, FL
Posts: 1,947
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So what your saying the shackles I have that give me 2" of extra lift could be bad eventhough they've been good so far?
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I have 2" shackles and 4" lift and have no steering or other problems. I was told the way to prevent this from happening is to put in a shackle reversal kits thus putting the shackle in the back under the cab.
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The problems of owning 2 Jeeps ... I never know which one to work on or which YJ gets the next mod ...
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02-04-2012, 04:19 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Bridgeport NY
Posts: 1,048
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Not done to mine but put some 15,000 lb d ring tow points onto a buddies YJ.
Front
Rear
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02-04-2012, 07:38 AM
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Web Wheeler
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Jacksonville, NC
Posts: 2,026
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Originally Posted by ruthole
So what your saying the shackles I have that give me 2" of extra lift could be bad eventhough they've been good so far?
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are they 2" of lift or 2" extra in length over stock. you only get 1/2 the amount of lift that the shackle is over the stock length.
stock shackles are 4" eye-eye. for a one inch lift you get 6" eye-eye. for you to have a 2" lift that means your shackles are 8" eye-eye.....
thats Friggin HUGE.
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