Another build thread.. Shamu rebuild

[Smash Hole]

Groovy

 

[XJ&CHZ4ME]

I hear that "Groove is in the Heart"....

Cheese "Dee-Lite" Man

 

[Fore Wheeler]

Humm, curious how that works, I can only imagine it will greatly improve off road, but wear mucho quicko on road.

I'll be watching.... :eyes:

 

[John D]

Were you unhappy with the way the tires worked?

 

[Smash Hole]

They don't work as good as they used to. They're also less than half the tread as they were new. Hoping this puts some life back into them

 

[Smash Hole]

 

[Fore Wheeler]

Those don't look like coilovers.

 

[Smash Hole]

Those don't look like coilovers.

Nope. I decided against it. Hope I made a good decision.

I figure if I'm not happy I'll throw it all on the silver jeep.

 

[Smash Hole]

Yeah I snapchat.. No dick pics for you weirdos

 

[XJ&CHZ4ME]

Well....the questionis, why? and why not?

Cheese "zoom lense" Man

 

[Smash Hole]

Figured I'd copy a post from another thread in here as an update

Got the springs in. Shackles did not work out. The rear axle would move 2" side to side with the extra length.

I threw the old 1" shackle back on. With the axle free hanging I'm pulling about 9" of down travel. With the long shackle I got all 12" as expected.

Flexing out I still pull all 12" with the the short shackle. I'm going to pull the sway bar up front off as it seems the rear is doing all the work with the new springs.

Some pics.

Long shackle

Short shackle

As you can see I have lost about an inch of up travel going to the deavers. The shocks are not charged either so I'm assuming that will probably bump it up another 1/2".

I'm going out of town, I'll revalve the shocks and get the shaft bumps on next week.

 

[Smash Hole]

Well....the questionis, why? and why not?

Cheese "zoom lense" Man

All in all, I didn't want to buy 8 heims and redo the exhaust.

Chetta "lazy" cheez

 

[Fore Wheeler]

Re: Re: Another build thread.. Shamu rebuild

All in all, I didn't want to buy 8 heims and redo the exhaust.

Chetta "lazy" cheez

I'm thinking he's talking about the dick pics.

:eyes:

 

[vt98xj]

did you only groove one tire?

 

[Smash Hole]

did you only groove one tire?

Haven't got to the drivers side yet.

 

[XJ&CHZ4ME]

I'm thinking he's talking about the dick pics.

:eyes:

haha! yup....all this talk of Jeep crap is just plain silly. If I had snapchat, I would either have a cult following or a lot less friends....it would be a toss up.

Cheese "most dont get my humor" Man

 

[89eliminator]

i've seen yota guys run shackles like that. wonder how they are doing it.

 

[Boostwerks.com]

i've seen yota guys run shackles like that. wonder how they are doing it.

A pan-hard bar will more than likely be required to keep the axle centered. Since the shackles are now free to move side to side, the axle is relying solely on the U bolts to keep it square to the chassis.

I went ahead and updated the product page on our website to reflect this as well.

 

[Smash Hole]

Revalved the shocks tonight and got it all back together for the final time. What a difference the deavers made. Almost doesn't feel leaf sprung.

255/100 valving is what the bilstein engineer recommended @ 250 psi

 

[XJ&CHZ4ME]

nice shaft dude.....