WTF Happend to my LEAF PACK (Picture)

[fdsa487]

Ok seriously i have not had time to look at it yet... WTF happend to my rear tire... check out the picture. Has this ever happened to you? What broke? How do i fix it and how much is it going to cost? BTW this happened on the street, just driving home from a friends. How do i fix it.

 

[FitchVA]

is your center pin still in tact? or what about the u-bolts?

 

[JeepFreak21]

My guess is, your center pin broke and so your leaf isn't centered on the pad.
Billy

PS - RE sells new center pins for pretty cheap.

 

[cjwalkeriii]

My guess is, your center pin broke and so your leaf isn't centered on the pad.

x2

 

[fdsa487]

PS - RE sells new center pins for pretty cheap.

I can not find center pins on their web site to order... where can i get a center pin with the quickness? Like speed delivery or something, ya know.

 

[orvpark]

any decent parts store should have them. Call RE they should be able to tell you what size it is. If not pull it apart and take the old one with you

 

[olivedrabcj7]

autozone has em. theyre on the HELP! aisle in the "undercar" section. couple different sizes.

 

[JeepFreak21]

I can not find center pins on their web site to order... where can i get a center pin with the quickness? Like speed delivery or something, ya know.

LINK
Four Wheel Parts Wholesalers
(619) 444-8618
542 N Johnson Ave
El Cajon, CA 92020

Billy

 

[cagedxj]

if your U bolts loosened up it could have just slid off the centering pin.

 

[GGR]

Oh!!...
I just thought you had installed a XJ-5150 Hydraulic wheel base decreaser.



Yeah it's prolly the center pin.

 

[massxj]

you can use an allen head bolt as a center pin

 

[JeepFreak21]

you can use an allen head bolt as a center pin

Hopefully a hardened one, considering the situation that he's already in... besides, what're the odds he'd be able to get his hands on one of those any quicker?
Billy

 

[Jeepin Jason]

I can not find center pins on their web site to order... where can i get a center pin with the quickness? Like speed delivery or something, ya know.

http://www.rubiconexpress.com/dynamic/mainpage.asp?folderid=229

Or just go get the right size grade-8 bolt and round the head. Or get an allen-head bolt.

 

[karstic]

Or get an allen-head bolt.

DING DING DING DING DING

We have a winna!!!

Lowes, HD, Ace/True Value

 

[XJ_ranger]

my center pins are grade 8 hex heads ground into a circle...

 

[old_man]

For safety sake, please use an adequate bolt there. Autozone has them. If the bolt gives at high speed on the highway you could wake up dead.

 

[fdsa487]

For safety sake, please use an adequate bolt there. Autozone has them. If the bolt gives at high speed on the highway you could wake up dead.

I would NOT want to wake up dead :laugh3: .... It off to Autozone after work... HEY can i install this center pin w/o having to take the leaf pack off? Do i have to take the tire off? What is the easiest way to do it?

 

[cal]

I would NOT want to wake up dead :laugh3: .... It off to Autozone after work... HEY can i install this center pin w/o having to take the leaf pack off? Do i have to take the tire off? What is the easiest way to do it?

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50083

More or less covers how to take a leaf pack apart and put it together, and will cover the center pin.

It's probably best to remove the pack from the vehicle, but I guess it may not be necessary. Just clamp the pack together good and tight before you start to unbolt the old pin, and watch your hands.

 

[jfiscus]

The leaf spring center pin on an XJ is 5/16".
If you're going to use a non-autoparts store bolt (like hardware store grade-a), make sure the threads go down the bolt far enough to get the leaves tightly clamped together.

 

[OT]

Quick note:
If you're running shims on the leaf pack over the axle, the head of the center pin doesn't always go deep enough into the spring perch to hold on. If your ubolts were a little loose it could have jumped from the perch and this is what you ended up with.

If you don't have shims, it's probably a broken center pin.