My '92 XJ has fixed, strait Skyjacker LCA's. When the axle drops all the way down the LCA comes in connect with the LCA/lower shock mount bracket limiting down travel. Has anyone ever trimmed the bracket to get a little more drop out of the front end??

 

yup

 

Yep some have, some run the "bent" lower control arms others run drop brackets and some just say screw it and go long arm you have many options..

 

Gonna grind a little clearance in mine when I swap in the replacement front axle. Just don't take out to much and weaken the shock mount if you decide to do it.

 

I was thinking I'd just grind about 1/2" arch right over the LCA. That should give me the clearance I want.

Drop brackets would be really nice, but I'm thinking I might save a up for a long arm upgrade down the road. Probably well worth the extra $.

 

Was one of the first things I did to my rig.

 

How much did you trim? Do you have any pics?

 

trim'd a fair amount, I'll get picture for you after we see what Santa was up to last night .

 

sorry for the delay... holiday season got the best of me.

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I ground my lower shock mounts for increased droop clearance when I installed my new Rough Country X-Flex Control Amrms. I beat the Jeep just like always and I've had no bending, crackng or any other failure with them. I can post a pic if you need it.

 

how much does it help out to grind the excess metal?

 

post pics please

 

not much

it will give you a little more flex, but its pretty useless flex at that point

 

well, if you are running stock arms it allows usefull droop.

 

Wow. Thats way more than I was thinking of cutting away, but if you're not having any problems I know I'll be ok. Thanks!

Yah, any pics would be great. I'm not sure yet exactly how I'm going to do it so seeing different ways is always helpful.