Really? Not even a little break???
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Really? Not even a little break???
So I get up this morning all excited and ready to swap out my leafs and shocks. I get started and goi to remove the small bolt in the rear sway bar and it turns a bit hard, no big deal, I spray it down PB tighten it down again and back it off... Snap! it breaks off. That should have been my first clue to just walk away., but no.
I loosen the bolts on top of the retainer plates and they all come off with normal elbow grease and I think Ok, things are looking up! Wrong.
Both front bolts had the inserts rusted to them and just spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off on both sides of the spring.
Both shackle bolts had the inserts rusted to them and also spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off once the back side was clear of the nut.
Leafs off, may as well do the old OE shocks as well! Of course all 4 bolts broke right off.
I didn't plan on having to replace the shackles, bolts etc, so now I am stuck for a couple of days. Lots of time to drill and tap the shock mount holes!
Anyone know a good place to get some shackles with maybe a 1-2" lift that wont rape me on shipping?
I loosen the bolts on top of the retainer plates and they all come off with normal elbow grease and I think Ok, things are looking up! Wrong.
Both front bolts had the inserts rusted to them and just spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off on both sides of the spring.
Both shackle bolts had the inserts rusted to them and also spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off once the back side was clear of the nut.
Leafs off, may as well do the old OE shocks as well! Of course all 4 bolts broke right off.
I didn't plan on having to replace the shackles, bolts etc, so now I am stuck for a couple of days. Lots of time to drill and tap the shock mount holes!
Anyone know a good place to get some shackles with maybe a 1-2" lift that wont rape me on shipping?
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Yeah some will say you should pb blast everything over a few days
Before u start wrenching. Check these out, they say they lower but they lift our xjs
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=204654_0_0_
Also read this thread about them
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f67/au...hackles-79913/
Before u start wrenching. Check these out, they say they lower but they lift our xjs
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=204654_0_0_
Also read this thread about them
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f67/au...hackles-79913/
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So I get up this morning all excited and ready to swap out my leafs and shocks. I get started and goi to remove the small bolt in the rear sway bar and it turns a bit hard, no big deal, I spray it down PB tighten it down again and back it off... Snap! it breaks off. That should have been my first clue to just walk away., but no.
I loosen the bolts on top of the retainer plates and they all come off with normal elbow grease and I think Ok, things are looking up! Wrong.
Both front bolts had the inserts rusted to them and just spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off on both sides of the spring.
Both shackle bolts had the inserts rusted to them and also spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off once the back side was clear of the nut.
Leafs off, may as well do the old OE shocks as well! Of course all 4 bolts broke right off.
I didn't plan on having to replace the shackles, bolts etc, so now I am stuck for a couple of days. Lots of time to drill and tap the shock mount holes!
Anyone know a good place to get some shackles with maybe a 1-2" lift that wont rape me on shipping?
I loosen the bolts on top of the retainer plates and they all come off with normal elbow grease and I think Ok, things are looking up! Wrong.
Both front bolts had the inserts rusted to them and just spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off on both sides of the spring.
Both shackle bolts had the inserts rusted to them and also spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off once the back side was clear of the nut.
Leafs off, may as well do the old OE shocks as well! Of course all 4 bolts broke right off.
I didn't plan on having to replace the shackles, bolts etc, so now I am stuck for a couple of days. Lots of time to drill and tap the shock mount holes!
Anyone know a good place to get some shackles with maybe a 1-2" lift that wont rape me on shipping?
You gotta live up north.I soaked mine for close to 2 months & some were still a pain to remove & I live in the south.
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Kinda, Indianapolis. I dread drilling those shock bolts out. I was thinking about nocking the nuts out like a few on here said, but I don't see how I can fish a bolt through there AND be able to tighten it down...
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It's real easy, just use fishing line, trust me. It sounds difficult, but it's not. The hardest part is knocking the weld nuts out.
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So I get up this morning all excited and ready to swap out my leafs and shocks. I get started and goi to remove the small bolt in the rear sway bar and it turns a bit hard, no big deal, I spray it down PB tighten it down again and back it off... Snap! it breaks off. That should have been my first clue to just walk away., but no.
I loosen the bolts on top of the retainer plates and they all come off with normal elbow grease and I think Ok, things are looking up! Wrong.
Both front bolts had the inserts rusted to them and just spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off on both sides of the spring.
Both shackle bolts had the inserts rusted to them and also spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off once the back side was clear of the nut.
Leafs off, may as well do the old OE shocks as well! Of course all 4 bolts broke right off.
I didn't plan on having to replace the shackles, bolts etc, so now I am stuck for a couple of days. Lots of time to drill and tap the shock mount holes!
Anyone know a good place to get some shackles with maybe a 1-2" lift that wont rape me on shipping?
I loosen the bolts on top of the retainer plates and they all come off with normal elbow grease and I think Ok, things are looking up! Wrong.
Both front bolts had the inserts rusted to them and just spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off on both sides of the spring.
Both shackle bolts had the inserts rusted to them and also spun inside the rubber and had to be cut off once the back side was clear of the nut.
Leafs off, may as well do the old OE shocks as well! Of course all 4 bolts broke right off.
I didn't plan on having to replace the shackles, bolts etc, so now I am stuck for a couple of days. Lots of time to drill and tap the shock mount holes!
Anyone know a good place to get some shackles with maybe a 1-2" lift that wont rape me on shipping?
I just wanted to say thank you for justifying my decision to keep putting this job off, lol.
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Yeah some will say you should pb blast everything over a few days
Before u start wrenching. Check these out, they say they lower but they lift our xjs
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=204654_0_0_
Also read this thread about them
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f67/au...hackles-79913/
Before u start wrenching. Check these out, they say they lower but they lift our xjs
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...er=204654_0_0_
Also read this thread about them
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f67/au...hackles-79913/
Hopefully NAPA has OE ones in stock as neither Autozone nor Advance Auto near me do...
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I found it odd that I brake all kinds of bolts on newer XJ's but on my 86, everything turned right out like it was put in a month ago, not 25 years. Springs and shock bolts were originals too. No matter how much you prelube things, it will still fight you.
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Ok so I got bored about 15min into drilling the shock mount bolts out and got out the impact hammer and knocked them out. I must say, they came out with about 3 pulls of the trigger. That totally surprised me as stuff like that in my experience usually leads to bigger issues. As far as getting new bolts in through the holes, I used an extendable magnet tool and put the bolts in in less than 2 min total.
Anyhow, I took pictures and will post a how to thread in the "How to Section".
Anyhow, I took pictures and will post a how to thread in the "How to Section".
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Yeah, I was surprised at how easy it was.
I needed to replace all 6 of the Leaf spring bolts I cut out so I went looking around yesterday at all of the local hardware stores. The larges any of them had was 12mm X 100mm. You would think that in a city as large as Indianapolis, someone would have 14MM x 130MM 2.0 bolts but no, only the dealer had them. $9.70 a piece and $6.81 per nut.
Here is what $75 worth of bolts looks like...
I needed to replace all 6 of the Leaf spring bolts I cut out so I went looking around yesterday at all of the local hardware stores. The larges any of them had was 12mm X 100mm. You would think that in a city as large as Indianapolis, someone would have 14MM x 130MM 2.0 bolts but no, only the dealer had them. $9.70 a piece and $6.81 per nut.
Here is what $75 worth of bolts looks like...