stretching the rear

[bburris]

No - I'm not talking about the move Jerry puts on Frick every thursday night...

I finally decided to take the plunge and cut some unecessary crap off the Jeep. I've had the itch to flop the leaves around to get a little extra wheelbase for a while... so I went to town with the cut off wheel.

http://www.tamor.org/members-rigs/albums/album12/DSC00471.jpg

I also decided to ditch the old leaves in favor of this new configuration. It sits a little lower now, but they seem to be just as soft as before. The shocks that are leaning on my tire should be on tomorrow.

I took my driveshaft to a local shop to get retubed and rebalanced on thursday and picked it up friday afternoon. They added six inches to it, bringing it to a whopping 27". They even painted it flat black to cover up the surface rust that had taken over the grey paint High Angle used.

http://www.tamor.org/members-rigs/albums/album12/DSC00470.jpg

I checked upward travel in the safest way possible. :D A 48" high lift is apparently just enough to get both rear tires to come off the ground.

The gas tank is out and will be relocated tomorrow. I didn't take pics today so I'll get some finished pics up tomorrow sometime.

[eight]

Is that the ride height there? What are the new springs?

[bburris]

No, that's maxed out.

New springs are an XJ main and 2nd leaf, then the lower 4 leaves from a YJ 5 leaf pack. I put some nifty spring clamps on them to keep the leaves from fanning out too bad, and I'll put a traction bar back there when I get around to it.