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Old 08-05-2011, 09:32 AM
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I just put on a 3 in rustys suspension lift...but now everytime I hit a minor bump the rear hits like somethings going to come through the floor board...any ideas?
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do you have a rear hitch?
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did you tighten your leaf springs and shackles when the Jeep was in the air? or on the ground?
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no hitch...and i torqued it after it was on the ground. 100lb for the front mount, 75 for the u-bolts, 25 for the rear mount
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could the rear shackle be too tight and not allowing it to move back and forth as needed?
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no hitch...and i torqued it after it was on the ground. 100lb for the front mount, 75 for the u-bolts, 25 for the rear mount
what? where did you get those ideas?
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thats what the lift instructions said to do...wrong?
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thats what the lift instructions said to do...wrong?
hell maybe I am wrong... but I have always used 65 ft/lbs never failed me... AND IT RIDES/FLEXES well
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but 25 ft/lbs is the one that worries me
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you used 65lbs on the shackles...maybe ill try and tighten it
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Could be your shocks if you didn't install bar pin eliminators, or it could be like others said your shackles.
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that will not make it ride like you are talking...

take some pictures of the rear springs and shackles...
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