I am very confused and just trying to see if anyone has ran into this problem before. Here's what I got:
1996 XJ, 5" lift, 33's, no SYE, 30/35, 4.0, auto......
Here's the problem:
I bought the Jeep three years ago pretty much the way it sits now and it had a 1" drop on the crossmember. Well I drag the crossmember over everything and am always getting hung up on it so I finally decided that I want to do a flat belly skid on it. I don't have the money for a SYE and a new drive shaft so I was just going to do it if I could get it up there and not have any vibes. I took the spacers out last night and bolted the crossmember up in it's stock location. The thing vibrated and felt rough just sitting still. I went to put it in reverse to back out of the garage and it felt like it was harder just doing that. I said screw it and took it around the block, that's when I started hearing something hitting the fan so I jumped out to take a look. Some how just by removing the 1" spacers it forced the engine up far enough to where one of the pulleys actually hits the electric fan????? Am I missing something???? All I did was move it up to it's original location. Sorry for the novel just really confused by this. BTW, yes the driver side motor mount is broke (at the bottom). I found this out while looking it over trying to figure it out. Even with it broke I do not see how it is possible for it to be doing this. The rubber in both of the mounts looks like it is being forced forward??? I had to change it back so I could get to work but if anyone needs pictures I can take some this weekend. Thanks for the help.
1996 XJ, 5" lift, 33's, no SYE, 30/35, 4.0, auto......
Here's the problem:
I bought the Jeep three years ago pretty much the way it sits now and it had a 1" drop on the crossmember. Well I drag the crossmember over everything and am always getting hung up on it so I finally decided that I want to do a flat belly skid on it. I don't have the money for a SYE and a new drive shaft so I was just going to do it if I could get it up there and not have any vibes. I took the spacers out last night and bolted the crossmember up in it's stock location. The thing vibrated and felt rough just sitting still. I went to put it in reverse to back out of the garage and it felt like it was harder just doing that. I said screw it and took it around the block, that's when I started hearing something hitting the fan so I jumped out to take a look. Some how just by removing the 1" spacers it forced the engine up far enough to where one of the pulleys actually hits the electric fan????? Am I missing something???? All I did was move it up to it's original location. Sorry for the novel just really confused by this. BTW, yes the driver side motor mount is broke (at the bottom). I found this out while looking it over trying to figure it out. Even with it broke I do not see how it is possible for it to be doing this. The rubber in both of the mounts looks like it is being forced forward??? I had to change it back so I could get to work but if anyone needs pictures I can take some this weekend. Thanks for the help.
