BrianJr
NAXJA Forum User
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- Blacksburg Virginia
I'm in the process of installing a 4.5" lift on my 1999 XJ. Unfortunately all four of my upper rear shock bolts broke. I had even taken people's advice a soaked them a couple of times with PB-Blaster in the days before trying to remove them.
Anyway, I don't want to go through this again. I had heard about using the sway bar mounts as bar-pin eliminators. However, it sounds like I will have to rotate them 90 degrees or risk breaking shocks.
How are you mounting the sway-bar mounts as bar-pin eliminators without using the original bar-pin bolt holes? Can I simply drill and tap holes through the same metal the original holes are in? Can they be welded on?
Thanks,
-Brian
BTW: For those of you that turn up this thread later in a search you might also want to look at these threads:
Modified Par Pin Eliminator Question
upper shock mount bar pin: grrrrrr
Anyway, I don't want to go through this again. I had heard about using the sway bar mounts as bar-pin eliminators. However, it sounds like I will have to rotate them 90 degrees or risk breaking shocks.
How are you mounting the sway-bar mounts as bar-pin eliminators without using the original bar-pin bolt holes? Can I simply drill and tap holes through the same metal the original holes are in? Can they be welded on?
Thanks,
-Brian
BTW: For those of you that turn up this thread later in a search you might also want to look at these threads:
Modified Par Pin Eliminator Question
upper shock mount bar pin: grrrrrr