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Hey gents, after a nice long and thorough trail ride yesterday, I realized something was wrong on the ride home.
Pulled in the driveway, looked under my rig and boom. Drivers side rear shock was chilling there sideways. The mounting point up top is rotted and mangled so I don't think I'll be reviving this one.
Anyone here have any solutions/fixes? I just took a look at the JKS rear crossmember/attachment point to replace the stock points, anyone have any experience with that piece?
Thanks in advance,
The czar of stupid, Joe.
Last edited by Drstrangelove; 01-17-2015 at 02:53 PM.
Reason: My terrible spelling
If you do a search I believe you will find many people on here that have used that item. I thought about using it but went in a different direction. It looked and still looks like a good solution.
meh, just make up your own and weld them in. it only holds your shock, not a big structural part. as long as it's strong enough metal and welded in good.
heck, you could even do shock hoops and longer shocks, if you don't mind cutting...
meh, just make up your own and weld them in. it only holds your shock, not a big structural part. as long as it's strong enough metal and welded in good. heck, you could even do shock hoops and longer shocks, if you don't mind cutting...
Yeah, I think I'll just weld one up, l looked at it more thoroughly and if the JKS bolts up to the mount than it won't work. Not to mention the other side is starting to rot as well.
Curse these NE winters.
One of the nice things about the JKS unit is that it bolts in so when you find that totally rust free Cherokee to build up you can reuse those bolted in after market parts. Or sell them.
One of the nice things about the JKS unit is that it bolts in so when you find that totally rust free Cherokee to build up you can reuse those bolted in after market parts. Or sell them.
I hear ya, I spent my firsts 20yrs in Upstate NY. I got lucky a couple of years ago and found my present 2 door Cherokee in the Washington DC metro area and it was, and for the most part still is, rust free. A good soak with liquid wrench freed almost every bolt, that made it fun to work on.
Since I live in NW PA, where EVERYTHING rots out, I have a slightly different approach to this. I take two pieces of 1/8" plate 8"x8" and drill holes the same width apart as the bar pin holes for the shock. I then, drill all the way up into the hatch, using the old bolt holes in the cross member as a guide. Then, I lay the plates down over the holes in the floor of the cargo area that I just drilled. Finally, I use 4 long bolts (can't remember for the life of me what size) and run them down through the floor and tack the heads of them to the 1/8" plate. What you're left with is 4 long, stainless steel studs with lock nuts instead of the poor bolt-in design that mopar came up with. I'm about to do it this weekend to the XJ I just picked up. If anyone is interested, I could snap a few pics or even do a write up. It's actually very easy to do.
Since I live in NW PA, where EVERYTHING rots out, I have a slightly different approach to this. I take two pieces of 1/8" plate 8"x8" and drill holes the same width apart as the bar pin holes for the shock. I then, drill all the way up into the hatch, using the old bolt holes in the cross member as a guide. Then, I lay the plates down over the holes in the floor of the cargo area that I just drilled. Finally, I use 4 long bolts (can't remember for the life of me what size) and run them down through the floor and tack the heads of them to the 1/8" plate. What you're left with is 4 long, stainless steel studs with lock nuts instead of the poor bolt-in design that mopar came up with. I'm about to do it this weekend to the XJ I just picked up. If anyone is interested, I could snap a few pics or even do a write up. It's actually very easy to do.
01-17-2015, 02:49 PM
Upper (Rear) Shock mount blown
