Ok, so heres the scoop, I have a 96 XJ that ive had for about a year now and never really wheeled it until last week in the snow with my father in law. On the way home I could hear some noise from the rear when turning to the left and this is what i found... It has the JKS Adjustable Cross-Over Shock Mount that is destroyed.






Has anyone ever seen this from a JKS Mount?? What would cause this?
Heres a link to the mount from JKS http://store.jksmfg.com/merchant2/me...ory_Code=Shock

 

Whats goin on here? Did the shock bushing come out of the shock? Thats obviously bad, I dont know what would cause the mount plate to bend though.

 

Yea it pulled its self through... Im new to all the jeeps and 4x4 stuff, but the washer on the outside of the shock was pretty small.. and I think from the mount being bent(pic 3 from the top) everytime the shock would compress it would basically try to push the shock off the mounting stud.... until it finally did? thats what i want to figure out before i have the same issue

 

did your shocks ever bottom out?

judging from the picture, i dont see how else that could have gotten so bent.

 

I've never really wheeled it hard enough to flex it that much and I have never noticed them bottom out... I guess i can try to straighten the mount as much as possible and move it 1 more notch to the middle and see if the new shocks bottom out?

 

unless something was bottoming out or binding there is no reason for that bracket to be bent.

definately check shock length

 

well my plan to move over to the center 1 postion(making the shock mounting points about 2" longer) will not work, because the passanger side has exhaust in the way... not sure how jks planned on using the other half of the mounting points on that side?

 

As stated previously...shocks are the wrong length.

 

Agreed.. so Serious you guys sell this JKS product..http://www.seriousoffroadproducts.co...ducts_id=77865

How do you use the centermost 2 mounting points with the factory exhaust??? As seen in my last picture those other 2 mounting points are worthless on the passenger side.. Isnt that the point of this product so that you can use a longer shock without bottoming out?

 

Keep in mind that not everyone has a stock exhaust.

The mounting configuration is a moot point if the incorrect length shocks are installed.