cdawall

i have a spare set of ranger upper leafs they are about 54" eyelet to eyelet my stock XJ leaf is like 49" eyelet to eyelet with and extended shackle can i use the ranger upper leaf to fix the **** angle these things have stock?

ericfx1984

might be a little too long... you could always move the front mount forward an inch or 2...

I would say yo got nothing to loose but time... bold them up and let us know!

cdawall

im thinking about it...anyone know the width difference between a ranger shackle bushing and the jeep one? i hear that they are a smidge wider. they are the same as the cheap autozone brand GM lowering shackles.

outkast

The Ranger pack is going to push your axle back about 2.5" that may cause you problems with drive shaft length (probable) and is going to require you to trim your rear fenders farther back.

cdawall

Its not a centered center pin leaf its a couple inches off will have to measure how much exactly

MallCrawlXJ

i use explorer/ranger leafs in the back of most the xjs i have built. stretches the wheelbase 3 inches and makes it so you have to run a shackle relocation brkt.

if you put the ranger leafs in w/out a shackle relocation brkt, your shackle will bottom out on the rear crossmember during compression(longer shackles or not).....thats how you bend leafs.

also have to take about 4 inches out of the back of your wheel well.

ericfx1984

a simple way to fix this would be to make a new shackle mounting point that is further forward

MallCrawlXJ

agreed......this would be this most simple solution.