fishunterx

Think these will work?

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/pts/2167995358.html

Geo Fry

Those would definitely be good depending on how you use them. I built a bastard pack out of 2 pairs of XJ leaf packs. All depends on how much lift you want and how stiff you need it to be.

fishunterx

Looking for 3-4" Right now I have no positive arch on my leaf's and my shackle is pushed all the way back, not sure if that's how it's supposed to look.

caged

those will work. but leave out the bottom flat overload spring.
just disassemble the pack, cut the eyelets off the main leaf, and install them under your main xj leaf, replacing all other xj leafs in the pack. you can do this without removing your main leaf from your jeep.
you will need new u bolts, center pin and spring wraps, but can be done in an afternoon.
this should net you somewhere from 3-3.5 inches over stock, depending how flat your stock main is.

and don't kid yourself, they will flex pretty good.

Brett

Im a little bit of a drive from you Im in clackamas oregon right off 205 and I have left over springs from the pack I just built over the weekend but you can have em if you want for FREE! just get em out of my jeep lol

alaskan

Two leaves out of that pack should get you where you want to be. Get ready to get familiar with a cutoff wheel and you're in business. I'm running my bastard pack without retainer clips because I couldn't find any 2.5" ones locally and it seems to be staying together pretty well.

You can use a 5/16" grade 8 (8 mm 8.8 metric) allen head bolt for the center pin and then all you'll need is 4 u-bolts. I used these AFCO racing ones from Summit and they are about as big as you can run without drilling out your spring retainer plates:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/AFC-20238/

The stock bolts appear to be 3/8" so these seemed like a nice upgrade for only $20. Plus they're plenty tall to allow for extra leaves in your spring pack.

fishunterx

Hmm.... my dad actually lives in Milwaukee right off of Webster.... I might need to take a trip to visit him. What springs do you have?

Brett

They are my left overs from a dakota I don't know what number springs they are but there is enough to get close to 3 inches if not more lift I only used enough to get 2 on my rig I'll get a pic when I get home and post

fishunterx

Sounds great, are you ever in Beaverton?

tuxfan212

I got 4.5 out of my 01 springs not using the overload. Here is a writeup.

http://pennythejeep.wordpress.com/wr...bastard-packs/

There are also other writeups on there on how to lift the front as well.

x91j

nice write up. but he didnt say if he had to get a new centerpin and if so what size

Brett

That's a negative