lift sagging, will AAL's help?
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hey just a quick question if anyone could help me out
i have a 6" lift thats saggin a little in the rear, was just wondering if i threw some 1-2" AAL's in there if it would be a problem
i have a 6" lift thats saggin a little in the rear, was just wondering if i threw some 1-2" AAL's in there if it would be a problem
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ABSOLUTELY DONNOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do shackles or blocks to the rear if your leafs are already starting to sag. Any lift manufacturer will tell you if the leafs are starting to sag shackles or blocks will just put more leverage stress on them and cause them to counter arc much faster. Rusty's Off Road sells a very short AAL that is said to raise the XJ 1.5". My Rusty's 4.5" packs were starting to sag and a set of these AALs leveled my Jeep right back out. I also know that 98CherokeeSport had a set of Rubicon Express 4.5" leafs on his XJ that were doing the same thing and the Rusty's 1.5" baby AAL fixed him up and leveled his Jeep out too. Rusty himself recommended this fix to me. I don't really think any of these self proclaimed experts on the forum here have more experience with what lift works on a Jeep Cherokee than Rusty of Rusty's Off road. These little 1.5" lift AALs are sold at Rusty's for $29.95 plus shipping. It's really not that bad of a deal.
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ABSOLUTELY DONNOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do shackles or blocks to the rear if your leafs are already starting to sag. Any lift manufacturer will tell you if the leafs are starting to sag shackles or blocks will just put more leverage stress on them and cause them to counter arc much faster. Rusty's Off Road sells a very short AAL that is said to raise the XJ 1.5". My Rusty's 4.5" packs were starting to sag and a set of these AALs leveled my Jeep right back out. I also know that 98CherokeeSport had a set of Rubicon Express 4.5" leafs on his XJ that were doing the same thing and the Rusty's 1.5" baby AAL fixed him up and leveled his Jeep out too. Rusty himself recommended this fix to me. I don't really think any of these self proclaimed experts on the forum here have more experience with what lift works on a Jeep Cherokee than Rusty of Rusty's Off road. These little 1.5" lift AALs are sold at Rusty's for $29.95 plus shipping. It's really not that bad of a deal.
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ABSOLUTELY DONNOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do shackles or blocks to the rear if your leafs are already starting to sag. Any lift manufacturer will tell you if the leafs are starting to sag shackles or blocks will just put more leverage stress on them and cause them to counter arc much faster. Rusty's Off Road sells a very short AAL that is said to raise the XJ 1.5". My Rusty's 4.5" packs were starting to sag and a set of these AALs leveled my Jeep right back out. I also know that 98CherokeeSport had a set of Rubicon Express 4.5" leafs on his XJ that were doing the same thing and the Rusty's 1.5" baby AAL fixed him up and leveled his Jeep out too. Rusty himself recommended this fix to me. I don't really think any of these self proclaimed experts on the forum here have more experience with what lift works on a Jeep Cherokee than Rusty of Rusty's Off road. These little 1.5" lift AALs are sold at Rusty's for $29.95 plus shipping. It's really not that bad of a deal.
what if your at stock ride heaight and cant do a lift at all for a couple months and just want to get rid of the sag will these be to much lift in the rear...but then again could do coil spacers to even it out
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yea its already got shackels(4.5 leafs and 1.5 shackels) just a little sagging in the rear, probably gonna go with rustys AAL's, thats what i was lookin into in the first place, im a fan of there products, shipping cn be pricy tho
Go to JeepinOutfitters and order up one or two pairs of old man emu AAL's. These tend to lift the jeep around 1/2" to 1" and don't affect the ride quality like traditional 1/2" thick AAL's do.
Adding a shackle to a sagging leaf pack will probably make it worse because you are flattening the pack even more and allowing the chance for it to invert (if your bumpstops are not set).
By the way, are the bumpstops set properly back there? No bumpstops or lack of is usually the culprit for sagging springs.
Adding a shackle to a sagging leaf pack will probably make it worse because you are flattening the pack even more and allowing the chance for it to invert (if your bumpstops are not set).
By the way, are the bumpstops set properly back there? No bumpstops or lack of is usually the culprit for sagging springs.
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well BUCK i stand corrected, and i mean cmon you kno im no self proclaimed expert hell ive come to you for a ton of help, do you think you could explain more as to why aal are recommended for a sagging rear but no for say a 3 in lift
thanks buddy
btw just a lil jabbin
thanks buddy
btw just a lil jabbin
On our stock 01 XJ to mend the sagging springs until I can afford rear springs we slapped on a set of
that used to be on an old farm truck. Brought the rear almost back to stock ride height. They are a cheap fix even if you dont have some lying around.
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