So my rear upper shock mounts are messed up. I drilled em out but now i need a tap. I dont have a tap. My question is can I drive it to my school which is about 20 miles away (no freeway) with no rear shocks if I take it easy?
Alright guys I was thinking my ride was terrible after i installed my lift come to find out I was running no shocks lol.
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yea i drove like 30 miles or so with no rear shocks...and vibes...no worriesOriginally Posted by XJ?2010
Alright guys I was thinking my ride was terrible after i installed my lift come to find out I was running no shocks lol.
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Bouncing just like the car in Uncle BuckOriginally Posted by jeepride
It will be very bouncy
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Mine did the same thing what I did was drill them completey out and go thru the luggage area in the back of the jeep remove the carpeting of course. When you have the 2 holes in side your keep User a drill bit and make the hole a tad bigger then drop some 1 inch grade 8 into the shock mounts. You will probably need a buddy becasue they will want to spin. I caulked the holes back up I did both shocks and took about 25 mins and you will not have to worry about this problem again. I have pics if you need them.
Mine did the same thing what I did was drill them completey out and go thru the luggage area in the back of the jeep remove the carpeting of course. When you have the 2 holes in side your keep User a drill bit and make the hole a tad bigger then drop some 1 inch grade 8 into the shock mounts. You will probably need a buddy becasue they will want to spin. I caulked the holes back up I did both shocks and took about 25 mins and you will not have to worry about this problem again. I have pics if you need them.
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Originally Posted by BeastXJ
Bouncing just like the car in Uncle Buck
Haha, just what I was thinkin'!
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Try looking into useing your rear sway bar mounts as bar pin eliminators, wish i would have known before mounted my shocks
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I drilled mine all the way out knocked out the baskets Threw a nut and bolt setup in there and i havn't had a problem since!
Drove it a bit today and let me say whoa is that annoying. I was about to get car sick going over bumps. Im gonna go see what I can do with those rear sway mounts I was reading about that on NAXJA seems like a sweet idea. This is not the first time I have broken bolts up there so I may rig something like 01xj did. I'll post pics when I get it staitened out.
So i drilled out the mounts today.put it right thru the floor pan after pulling back the carpet. I also got new hardware (all grade 8) so now I just have to drill out the sway bar peice to 5/8ths then mount em up. Should work well I'll take pics when complete.