halmca
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Tallahassee, FL
Box stock '98 XJ 2wd. 4.0L Installed '98 AW4 with np231. Lifted Jeep 2" with pucks in front, stiffer leaf aft. Wedges between leaf springs and axle pads supposedly good for 2" lift. (correctly mounted with thick part toward the back of the jeep.)
Angle between engine and drive shaft is 10.6º drive shaft to differential is 7.7º Drive line operating angle is 2.9º, but each U-joint is well beyond the recommended 3º and of course, the drive train rumble from about 25mph through 40 mph is awesome. (angles carefully measured with Tremec's app)
I guess my question is WTF? Is it possible that the 2wd 8.25 diff has the spring mounts at a different angle than the equiv 4wd -- given the much shorter driveshaft in the 4x4?
The remedy, short of an SLE, seems to be lowering the transfer case as if the jeep had a 6" lift. Once again, WTF? Comments? Observations? Slander?
Angle between engine and drive shaft is 10.6º drive shaft to differential is 7.7º Drive line operating angle is 2.9º, but each U-joint is well beyond the recommended 3º and of course, the drive train rumble from about 25mph through 40 mph is awesome. (angles carefully measured with Tremec's app)
I guess my question is WTF? Is it possible that the 2wd 8.25 diff has the spring mounts at a different angle than the equiv 4wd -- given the much shorter driveshaft in the 4x4?
The remedy, short of an SLE, seems to be lowering the transfer case as if the jeep had a 6" lift. Once again, WTF? Comments? Observations? Slander?