Jeepineasy

I got some blazer springs I was going to put on my Cherokee but I thought they were the same as an s10. Well an s10 is 26in from front to center and these are 24.5in. I'm not going to get the stretch I wanted so instead so in drilling holes where I want them? There the exact spring as an s10 besides that hole and this would save me some time and money instead on going to the jy and pulling the right ones.

caged

you don't want to drill a new hole and still have the original. this will be way too weak.
i can't see them being different than s-10 springs, considering the jimmy is an s-10. are you sure you're not measuring the wrong side, they are longer on one side.

as for drilling the hole, you only want to drill the existing hole on your xj main spring to match the diameter of the s-10 springs, and use a 3/8 center pin.

just remember, you are drilling spring steel, it is the toughest steel you can think of drilling with a standard drill bit. (grab a few good ones, you'll need 'em).

good luck.

ktmracer419

Never drill new holes in leaf springs, they are much more prone to failure.

You can however safely enlarge the existing hole. Carbide tipped masonry bits in a drill press practically melt through them. Buy a few, they are easy to break.

If you REALLY want to use those junkyard leafs, ruffstuff makes a leaf spring perch kit that adds or subtracts 2 inches of wheelbase. But id just ditch the idea of using those leaves, or just mate them to your existing main leaf spring.

Jeepineasy

Take a look at this
http://littlekeylime.com/MrN/mrnimages/leaf_springs.png

I have the ones from a 2000 and I confirmed that it's 24.5
I'm planing to swap these strait in I already have the ruffstuff plates, I'm using them for fine tuning.

caged

using s-10 springs have been done by many people, many times, including myself many times on friends rides.

you're better to just cut the eyelets off the s-10 main and stick that, including the whole s-10 pack under your main xj leaf.
as mentioned, you will have to drill out your xj main center hole to fit the chev 3/8 center pin.

i've never had a problem doing it this way, matter of fact, one friend still using his to this day after about 7 years of wheeling/daily driving.

Jeepineasy

I don't think you understand. My wheel wells are very large(big enough to fit a 37with no lift) to get the tire centered I need to move the axle back. I planed on using the s10 main and bolting it directly in. I most lily won't even use the xj main at all.

Irongrave

flip the XJ main leaf around. Xjs are not equal length

No4x4Yet

How much stretch are you looking for? The axle is centered pretty well in the wheel well to start.