how easy is it to install lift blocks on my 98 xj

 

Bad idea. Your gonna get axlewrap and break your drive shaft when it happens.
I've learned the hard way.

 

Well, I agree with the above. But Its not to hard, but not even worth the time. If your going to dig into might as well just get 3'in full packs.

 

well i dont go offroadding its just a daily driver
soooo would it be ok

 

I did a bastard pack on mine. I don't go offroading much either, but dammit this is a jeep I shouldn't have to slow down at every railroad crossing & speedbump!

It is a lot of hard work, but well worth the effort. At the very least, a set of helper springs might be better than lift blocks IMHO.

 

Despite what everybody says, I have had 3 inch blocks on mine for like 30k miles on the original leaf packs (220k total). I have never had any problems and have done plenty of mild wheeling. Everyones comments about blocks scare me but Im still running them. Full leaf packs are the best though, get them if you want it done right.

 

Had a friend using the leaf blocks on his ride for only a few miles. The thing was a DD and never saw dirt. The ride was so poor that they were swapped out in a hurry. IMHO even if your getting them for free they are not worth it.

 

i just put my blocks on today and the ride isnt bad it feels pretty good

 

Torque, also called moment or moment of force (see the terminology below), is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis,[1] fulcrum, or pivot. Just as a force is a push or a pull, a torque can be thought of as a twist.


Moment arm diagram

A very useful special case, often given as the definition of torque in fields other than physics, is as follows:

The construction of the "moment arm" is shown in the figure below, along with the vectors r and F mentioned above. The problem with this definition is that it does not give the direction of the torque but only the magnitude, and hence it is difficult to use in three-dimensional cases. If the force is perpendicular to the displacement vector r, the moment arm will be equal to the distance to the centre, and torque will be a maximum for the given force. The equation for the magnitude of a torque, arising from a perpendicular force:

 

i put blocks in mine and twisted the driveshaft out u can do a one inch tranfercase drop on ur cross member and be ok but ur better off buying 3 inch leaf packs

 

or you could go pick up some 2" shackles, it will give you better flex, is cheap and will not give you axle wrap

 

^x2 Anything! is better than blocks. Guys use them because they are cheap, but when you bust stuff and have to replace parts they aren't cheaper anymore.

 

plus most of our jeeps are getting old enough now that the OEM leaf packs are sagging so why prop those "grandma *******" up with chunks of steel/aluminum when you could do a bastard pack or full leaf pack and get some flex back in your ride... I love looking under lifted "big trucks" and seeing huge blocks then laughing at the cheap D-bag for being such a hardcore poser... granted if i forked over 30K for a new truck I wouldn't necessarily want to scrap the cushy OEM leafs.. but thats what shackles or AAL's are for or keep forking over dough and get airbags.