ecksjay

Ok so I am about to do the 3.5 RE. I have heard horror stories about the front bolt on the leaf spring. I am expecting the worst here. Any thoughts on what to do if the bolt breaks? Anything that I can do to prevent breakage? I am stressed about this a little and I need to calm myself. Any help would be appeciated.

dnaxj

Calm down ,there just nuts and bolts, spray down your hardware with pb blaster and let them soak for a day or so ,you will be fine.If they break just replace. Mines a 94 and I had no problems with them breaking. Just take your time and be patient.

Donnie

Kyle

PB blaster a week ahead of time on all of the bolts, everyday maybe even twice a day if you can.

other then that just take things one step at a time, if something breaks then work from there but there is no sense in worrying about anything before it has happened.

-Kyle

ecksjay

i guess i was just worried about how to get at the bolt inside the frame if it did break. Isn't it a pain to get at? I have heard of people cutting into the floor to get at it.

Kyle

often enough its the weld nut that breaks in which case yes you need to cut to get at it.

-Kyle

ecksjay

yeah i think that was what I was getting at. Do you really have to go through the floorboard?

Kyle

yes you do

-Kyle

ecksjay

OK, got the lift on. No major problems except for the right front of the leaf spring. The collar inside the bushing was seized to the bolt. The spring had to be cut and the bushing melted off of the collar so we could split the collar open. Took about 8 hours all told.

Thanks for all of the advice!

--Neall

Kyle

congrats, now get some pictures up

-Kyle

ecksjay

A few shots. Sorry for the bad photography. I had to do it quickly before work.
She doesn't look much different, but it sits about an inch higher than before.

My neighbor's XJ aspiring to be like mine.






p.s. - the Surco with hi-lift mount is in the mail

Kyle

man i love the colors on your jeep, nice work

-Kyle

ecksjay

thanks, Kyle. A fringe benefit to the RE kit is that the coils match the color scheme that I've got going on.

Tucker

looks good I am hoping to get my 4.5 soon!

Kyle

RE - "the lift that keeps on giving"



-Kyle