I have posted this in my other thread but i want to get opinons from other ppl also. i have a 1991 xj, i live in chicago il and was wondering how often the rear shackle weld nut breaks. im trying to save some money and do it myself so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Mine came out fine. I made sure to spray the hell out of it with penetrating oil first and let it soak in.

 

ya after thinking about it im goign to do 2 inch lift blocks until march when it starts to warm up so it will only be a month or so. im planing on goign bigger anyways. even tho iknow how bad lift blocks are and im sure ill get chewed out for it. its temp till i get the time

 

Not to be a dick but if your trying to do this on a budget why waste the money on the the lift blocks and such? I would just spray the bolts down good for a couple days in a row and then have at it! I know the weather sucks around here( I live West of the Windy City).

 

just worried about the bolt inside the frame i have no tools to get to it if it does break

 

I'm adding a 2 inch RC lift whenever it comes in, in about a week. I'm just gonna PB Blaster all the bolts that are gonna need to come off to do the install. I plan on doing it every day from now until the lift comes, so they break free without any problems. Even if you do break the weld nut, that leaf spring isn't going anywhere until you get it out, so you'd be able to drive it to a shop if you really had to, just real slowly. I don't see why you'd waste the time with the lift blocks anyway, you'll be outside in the cold putting them on anyway, might as well do the shackles. If you're that concerned, just wait till the warm weather to put the lift on and leave it stock for now. Just my two cents, though.