Belto

whats so bad about lifting your rear with blocks? many people have told me not to...

muddeprived

Depending on the condition of your rear springs, you can get alot of axle wrap using blocks. Aluminum blocks tend to crack and break in 1/2.

Belto

the thing is, I cant find any local place that will sell a shackle for my xj, and the one on pepboys is 3" wide, 1/4" too wide for the xj, the other options are 2" blocks and this...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mopar...spagenameZWDVW
that I dont know how strong that might be.. and the ones you suggested mud, they dont ship to PR..

muddeprived

I'm surprised RC doesn't ship to PR. Have you tried the RC shackles on ebay and see if the seller would ship them there?

Have you tried www.4wd.com ? I wonder if they would ship to PR. They tend to go above and beyond to satisfy their customers. They got teraflex shackles and i'm sure they can get RC ones too.

Belto

I can buy those like the ones on ebay, that I told you on the prev post and have some one weld a connecting plate, so that make is stronger? would that work?

muddeprived

Do you have the dimensions on those? Will they fit cherokees? That seems do-able though if you can get the backside welded together. You may even be able to make those yourself by getting a long strip of steel, maybe 3" wide and about 1/4" thick and cut four equal length pieces and drill some holes then have a backside welded on it. Might be cheaper than buying shackles and paying shipping unless you actually win those for 99 cents.

muddeprived

Oh i didn't think of this. You will need some type of bushing at the top of it where it bolts to the frame rail. I'm not sure how you would get that to work.

muddeprived

This is from 4wd.com's website:

International Ordering

We will ship your package to you anywhere in the world! All international orders require payment in advance. Due to various rate differences and depending on which items are ordered, freight fees will vary. You may contact our International Sales Department (1-330-482-4924 or 1-330-482-5560) regarding all international orders or by placing your order online a sales associate will contact you with a shipping quote. You can also reach us by e-mail regarding your order. All international orders must have a phone number. All duty and value added taxes are the responsibility of the customer. All special orders and all international sales are final.

For orders going to APO/FPO addresses and U.S. territories, we'll ship via United States Priority Mail. Please allow extra time for delivery. Deliveries to APO/FPO or noncontiguous U.S. state addresses may take up to 30 calendar days with USPS. Please call 1-800-555-3353 for details.

Below is the list the shipping services we offer to our international customers:

Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico:

* USPS Mail: All location are estimated at 3-5 business days. This can vary due to uncontrollable circumstances.
* UPS Air:
o Next day: Estimated delivery time is 2-4 business. Can be delayed by customs.
o Second day: Estimated delivery time is 3-5 business days. Can be delayed by customs.

Overseas:

* Bax Global Air Service: Door-to-door service or freight collect to the airport. The estimated delivery time is 3-5 business days. Delivery can be delayed by customs.
* Bax Global Ocean Freight: Estimated delivery time is 30-45 business days to the port. Delivery time may vary depending on customs.
* UPS Expedited and Express Air Service: The estimated delivery time for Expedited is 5-8 business days and the Express service is 3-5 business days. Delivery time may vary depending on customs.
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http://www.4wd.com/aux_incl/international-orders.aspx

Belto

yeah, just thought of that.. IDK what im going to do,, the thing is the 3" ones of pepboys well the 3" are of the top bushing tube, and it is a lil wider than the actual shackle, so I thing if I grind that down, I can make it fit, but on the other side I will have to really tighten those bolts so that it bends from 3" to the 2 1/4" what do you think of that?

BlueXJ

Buy some stock bushings and build a sleve out of pipe and have it welded in. I could easily see that working.

muddeprived

Or use big washers in between to take up the space instead of forcing it to 2 1/4.

Belto

ok, so I might do that, buy the 3" shackles and grind the bushing tube to the 2 1/4" and put some lil spacers for the rear of the shackles..

muddeprived

If you do that, WRITE-UP Puerto Rican Redneck engineering

Belto

lol, that will be Puerto Rican redneck engineering indeed. lol, wont do a write up but maybe Ill write something on my build thread..

muddeprived

That'll be great. I wanna see how you work this out.