Jonner
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
I've been piecing together an upcountry style replacement lift for my 98 Cherokee Sport (4dr, AW4, 4.0 w/194,000k) for the last year and a half while I worked on other issues with my wife and I's cars. I finally have some vacation time at work and am ready to tackle this. I have all of the right tools (excluding impact, air, or welder which would make things easier). I live in Ohio so rust is inevitable. I wanted something more like a write-up because some of the links I saved for this had X's for pictures.
I'm looking for some last minute pointers on some of the research I've been doing. I've done a suspension/broken bolts on a Honda and have dealt with rust, and replaced most of the steering and front suspension on the Jeep.
I have fasteners to replace all 6 bolts for the shackles/leafs. What can't I immediately sawzall off the leafs? It looks like both the upper shackle mount and front leaf spring mount have a weldnut in the frame rail. I'm prepared to cut the body to access the weldnut if fate has things going that way. I'm interested in speed...everything is worn out 194k and going in the trash (have a sawzall, 4" grinder with cut off wheel, and dremel with hd cutoff wheels.)
For the top bolts on the rear shock mounts, what size do I want to retap for if I inevitably break them? (I have taps, good drill, drill doctor, and drill bits.) The only thing I don't have is replacement bolts for the top rear shock mounts. Pictures below.
Kit:
Front
-Teraflex 3/4" spacers
-Bar Bin Eliminators (brand escapes me)
-Old Man Emu shocks (second hand from Dirk at DPG)
-Day star polyurethane extended bump stops
Rear
-Quadratec (Crown) HD leaf spring packs
-6 New bolts, washers, nuts for leaf spring attachment points
-OE style (Crown) shackles
-OE style (Crown) body & shackle replacement bushings
-New u-bolts, nuts, and washers
-Longer OE style (Crown) bump stops
-Bar Bin Eliminators (brand escapes me)
-Old Man Emu shocks (second hand from Dirk at DPG)
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1706/dscn0366j.jpg
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8629/dscn0365c.jpg
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5011/dscn0362rw.jpg
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/978/dscn0361v.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5209/dscn0360i.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8835/dscn0359k.jpg
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/2263/dscn0356rk.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/922/dscn0355p.jpg
I'm looking for some last minute pointers on some of the research I've been doing. I've done a suspension/broken bolts on a Honda and have dealt with rust, and replaced most of the steering and front suspension on the Jeep.
I have fasteners to replace all 6 bolts for the shackles/leafs. What can't I immediately sawzall off the leafs? It looks like both the upper shackle mount and front leaf spring mount have a weldnut in the frame rail. I'm prepared to cut the body to access the weldnut if fate has things going that way. I'm interested in speed...everything is worn out 194k and going in the trash (have a sawzall, 4" grinder with cut off wheel, and dremel with hd cutoff wheels.)
For the top bolts on the rear shock mounts, what size do I want to retap for if I inevitably break them? (I have taps, good drill, drill doctor, and drill bits.) The only thing I don't have is replacement bolts for the top rear shock mounts. Pictures below.
Kit:
Front
-Teraflex 3/4" spacers
-Bar Bin Eliminators (brand escapes me)
-Old Man Emu shocks (second hand from Dirk at DPG)
-Day star polyurethane extended bump stops
Rear
-Quadratec (Crown) HD leaf spring packs
-6 New bolts, washers, nuts for leaf spring attachment points
-OE style (Crown) shackles
-OE style (Crown) body & shackle replacement bushings
-New u-bolts, nuts, and washers
-Longer OE style (Crown) bump stops
-Bar Bin Eliminators (brand escapes me)
-Old Man Emu shocks (second hand from Dirk at DPG)

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1706/dscn0366j.jpg
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8629/dscn0365c.jpg
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5011/dscn0362rw.jpg
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/978/dscn0361v.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5209/dscn0360i.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8835/dscn0359k.jpg
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/2263/dscn0356rk.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/922/dscn0355p.jpg

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