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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by holycaveman
on the jeep with 35's, that looks like 4.5" with extended shackles?

am I wrong?

22" of travel!!?
Im wrong i don't know were that came from its not 22" the shocks im running are 30"extended 17" fully compressed. Im running bds springs they are the 3" with 1" lift shackles
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by lowrange2
Do me a favor and measure from the top of your axle tube to the bottom of the unibody directly above the axle tube.

Please.
why were you wanting this measurment
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by crawdaddy12305
Im wrong i don't know were that came from its not 22" the shocks im running are 30"extended 17" fully compressed. Im running bds springs they are the 3" with 1" lift shackles

Thats still pretty large shocks.

Looks good
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Old Dec 6, 2012 | 08:32 PM
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I can get 37" under one tire and thanks
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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 04:54 PM
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For the hack n tap, I'm considering getting a ZJ shaft. Is it the front shaft? And is there a year or anything else I need to look for?
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Old Dec 7, 2012 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by crawdaddy12305
why were you wanting this measurment
To see exactly how tall you really are.
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 09:47 PM
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CADs and adjustable LCAs came in. What LCA length am I looking for to make them work for the CADs? From eye to eye, it looks like the arms are about 16'' completely screwed all the way down There is a pretty big nut that is eating up some room. Think these will still work?


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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 92XJGuy
CADs and adjustable LCAs came in. What LCA length am I looking for to make them work for the CADs? From eye to eye, it looks like the arms are about 15-16'' completely screwed all the way down There is a pretty big nut that is eating up some room. Think these will still work?
Thats the jam nut to tighten them down, at least thats what i think your talking about... might have to mess with the distance to get the alignment right and the axle centered... Zj front shaft, not the rear cause you need the CV joint and all Zj years should be the same...
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 94XjSport94
Thats the jam nut to tighten them down, at least thats what i think your talking about... might have to mess with the distance to get the alignment right and the axle centered... Zj front shaft, not the rear cause you need the CV joint and all Zj years should be the same...
Would a smaller jam nut help at all, or is that not exist or is it not advised? I'm just worried that these LCAs are too long to work with the CADs. That's the issue I'm running into with my current arms, they're like 17'' or so. At least these are adjustable.
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 92XJGuy

Would a smaller jam nut help at all, or is that not exist or is it not advised? I'm just worried that these LCAs are too long to work with the CADs. That's the issue I'm running into with my current arms, they're like 17'' or so. At least these are adjustable.
My fixed arms for 3-4.5 are at like 15.75 so they should work... Idk what length with the CAD's
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 10:16 PM
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There's a chart at the bottom here that's kinda making me feel nervous:
http://www.yuccaman.com/jeep/re_db.html

If I could use a smaller jam nut, I'd probably be OK. Or maybe just a lot of Loctite.

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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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1/4 inch forward more really shouldnt make TOO big of a difference. Only way to know is to bolt them on. PLEASE do not take out the jam, you need to tighten the jam nut against the short side of the arm so that is cant wobble around and wear out the threads to the point of stripping out.
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Originally Posted by Lead Foot
1/4 inch forward more really shouldnt make TOO big of a difference. Only way to know is to bolt them on. PLEASE do not take out the jam, you need to tighten the jam nut against the short side of the arm so that is cant wobble around and wear out the threads to the point of stripping out.
So you think these will fit then? Do they make smaller jam nuts or is this the only size I can use?
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 11:04 PM
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Jam nut thickness is usually the same in relation to jam nut thread diameter. I think its worth giving them a shot.
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 11:07 PM
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What's the worst that could happen? Bad angle? Not fit at all to mount?
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