xjcrazy

I bought the axle on craigslist and just dicover the screw stripped out where the coil conects to the axle. What should I do? Also do I need a coil spring compressor to put my new old man emu 1 1/2 inch coils in? Thanks

claygrassmann

you may need a spring compressor but you can do it by unbolting the track bar and lower control arms, i would just use the spring compressor tho, as far as the hole for the bracket goes just re thread the hole and get a new bolt to match

blkcherokee

x2

rdeskater

Iron Rock Offroad offers upgraded spring clamps that look pretty sweet to me. in the meantime do as the others said, or use a big self tapper

96Cherokee113

Rusty's also has HD coil spring retainers. http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/merchan...egory_Code=cus They use the hole behind the stock location and a self tapping screw holds it in.

89eliminator

those little clamps really dont do anything. those are mainly used for when the axles were being installed on the assembly lines.

sflxj

x2 these arent really necessary i mean its a little 1/2" clip what is that gonna do haha

4.3L XJ

You should be able to run a longer bolt all the way through and use a nut on it.

xjcrazy

I was thinking the same thing there is so much tension between the unibody and the axle that it would take an act of God to get it to jump off.

98 JeepJeep

or some SERIOUS articulation........I have seen a XJ spring pop out......

ktmracer419

self tapper ,or drill and tap, or run a bolt and nut through it

okcjeeper

What KTM said..I had that issue jsut got a little larger self taping bolt and works like a charm.

claygrassmann

there is several pics of jeeps on here where the coil spring is about to slide off the bump stop if you didnt have those clips if you were to flex that much then the spring would more than likely pop out of the seat and could cause some issues im sure so def keep the clip

bhulty20

totally agree. its there for a reason. my buddies has popped out before.

xjcrazy

After replacing my whole front end this weekend if I ever articulate my jeep enough to pop the coil spring out then I will get out of the jeep and sock myself in the face cause that was a ton of work. I ended up getting a bigger bolt and puttiing it in the clip and it held tight. Thanks for the wisdom.