DEVILSTOY

I always had shock boots on my truck so I never noticed this before , but I went to put upper bar pin eliminators on my rear shocks and I took the boots off and when I bolted everything back up I noticed the passenger rear shock has like an inch less shaft showing then the diver side , this is real odd to me , the shocks are the same length and I measured my actual Frame rail both sides to the axel and they measure identical , I can't figure out why the shocks are sitting different , nothing looks bent or tweaked , had anyone ever noticed this or had this issue ?

89eliminator

one mount on the front of the axle and one mount on the back of the axle.

DEVILSTOY

And it changes it that much ? So it's like this on every Cherokee ?

jbsjunk

It would be more with shackles since it rolls the diff.

DEVILSTOY

What do you mean ?

jbsjunk

You are pivoting the diff on the front spring bolts.

DEVILSTOY

What's that gotta do with shock length ? I'm confused about that

FishinXJ

Did you measure from the frame rail to each of the shock mounts on the axle? Or just the tube? Because one of the shock mounts is on the front side of the axle and the other is on the rear side, I'm pretty sure the pinion angle will affect the shock lengths. If you rotate the axle, one shock will extend, while the other compresses.

jbsjunk

The back drops further than the front.

DEVILSTOY

Ahh ok that all makes sense

DEVILSTOY

Well the passenger side mounts to the front and that's the shorter one , the pinion angle deff makes sense