leave spring conversion woes

[xj_man_646]

ok im doin a leave spring conversion on my xj...actually fixing one that some retard fubar'd. anyways, the axle is out of a waggy. dana 44, low pinion. heres my problem. the driverside (if the axle were to be centered, which is what i want) the perch has to be mounted to the housing totally. anyone have any pictures that i can see of their conversion. i need pics of the driverside mounting.

 

[Eagle]

Search out a link for Clayton's Off Road Engineering (I think that's the full name) and contact them. They are located in Prospect, CT. Clayton is best known for manufacturing an excellent long arm conversion for the XJ (and ZJ, and TJ), but before he made his first long arm setup he was doing Waggy D44 conversions in XJs and ZJs. I believe his company offers a mount that does what you're looking for.

 

[xj_man_646]

ok why again would clayton offer something for a leave spring conversion, when you just said he has a good long arm setup...i have no arms...just 2 leaves and 2 shocks, and steering

 

[tealcherokee]

claytons offers nothing for leafs, they make front and rear long arm kits, thats it, no one that works there has a leaf spring on theyre jeep, cept my buddy, and thats cuz he hasnt finished his rear spring kit yet

 

[seymouj]

If you read on www.ifsja.org the fsj guys all say to use Tad's perches to do a spring over.

http://members.cox.net/ttsfabworks/perch.htm

 

[BrettM]

I just welded my perch to the cast housing using pre and post heating. worked fine, still holding up to tons of abuse 2 years later now.