Ahh should have included that. New everything. Had a tune up not even a year ago

 

 

I would....I've been making them for my buddies around here, but I would not be opposed to making them to sell. I'll take some pictures to show them off.

 

What would cause loosing power at highway cruising speeds? About 60 mph?

Its really random. Ill be driving and all of a sudden the jeep wants to like slow down. Idk if it engine related or not. I dont think the rpm's drop when it happens.

 

PM'd yez.

Looking forward to seeing the pix.

 

A hill.

 

The only times this has happened to me over the years (not in a Jeep) has been fuel related.

...ask me about the time I was in the fast lane on i5 headed into Vacaville (SF Bay area) doing 85 or so in my little white beemer 2002 (the gold fish bowl one: most fun ride evah), and I had to go through 5 lanes to make it over to the shoulder. With no power. Heavy traffic. Rapidly slowing down. Jeezus, my ***** pucker thinking about it 30 years later.

...the fricking fuel line had somehow pulled off the carb'. Gas all over the engine compartment.

...let it sit for a few minutes (while my pulse dropped back down from the 300 range or so), pushed the line back on and twisted a wire around it and off I went: ah, the "fearlessness" (cluelessness!) of bygone jute.

 

Stumbled on this shackle setup. It looks like if setup proper you would have good shackle angle and alot of droop. Has anyone ran a setup like this? Only thing I could see changing is make the shackle lock in for street duty to help keep rear stable then pull a pin for the trails. Pros/cons?

 

Look up teraflex revolver shackles. That's essentially what you're looking at.

Personally I wouldn't run them on the road. I've heard horror stories of them unloading unexpectedly

 

Wouldn't work well on an xj. The shackle is in a box on an xj. That's sketchy on anything IMHO. Just a random pic...

 

Seems incredibly unpredictable.

 

^^ this. Bad idea - terrible setup.

 

Looks more stable than reveolvers. Thats why I said make it so you can lock one of the shakles down for street. Would require removeing box/stock setup.

 

We don't recommend revolvers, either. I sure as hell wouldn't trust it on the trail. Besides the unpredictability, it adds an extra joint. That would exponentially increase the lateral force on the shackles, and I wouldn't want that to break on the trail.

 

this setup if you lock frameside shackle for street duty could provide alot of droop. I don't like revolvers but this setup seems like a better setup and wont have to do shakle reloctors for better angle. Just another shackle, remove stock shackle box weld new mount. Just need a way to lock frameside in for street.