The new ones will be longer. There is no hypothetically about that. The
old ones may not want to come out. Twenty years is a long time for a piece
of metal. If you snap them off, then you have to drill and tap or replace a
welded nut for each snapped off one. Since the frame is pseudo-tubular,
some of the nuts are hard to get at. Don't forget to liberally coat the
threads of the new bolts with anti-seize compound or a thread locker.

Earle

"The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1167539759.738707.284250@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
> Sorry...I just need to make sure I understand fully - so hypothetically
> if I do a body lift I'll be replacing the mounting bolts, which could
> alleviate or at least postpone a potential problem?
>
> Thanks again for all your help
>
> On Dec 30, 10:20 pm, "Earle Horton" <e...@vascongau.usa> wrote:
> > Merg,
> >
> > I mean you'll find out about the stock mounting bolts, or about the
welded
> > nuts they thread into. People here say they tend to snap off, but I
believe
> > too it is a function of the rust factor where you live. You do know
what
> > anti-seize lubricant is, don't you?
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "The Merg" <greg.merg...@gmail.com> wrote in
messagenews:1167530209.192498.166160@a3g2000cwd.go oglegroups.com...
>

 

The new ones will be longer. There is no hypothetically about that. The
old ones may not want to come out. Twenty years is a long time for a piece
of metal. If you snap them off, then you have to drill and tap or replace a
welded nut for each snapped off one. Since the frame is pseudo-tubular,
some of the nuts are hard to get at. Don't forget to liberally coat the
threads of the new bolts with anti-seize compound or a thread locker.

Earle

"The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1167539759.738707.284250@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
> Sorry...I just need to make sure I understand fully - so hypothetically
> if I do a body lift I'll be replacing the mounting bolts, which could
> alleviate or at least postpone a potential problem?
>
> Thanks again for all your help
>
> On Dec 30, 10:20 pm, "Earle Horton" <e...@vascongau.usa> wrote:
> > Merg,
> >
> > I mean you'll find out about the stock mounting bolts, or about the
welded
> > nuts they thread into. People here say they tend to snap off, but I
believe
> > too it is a function of the rust factor where you live. You do know
what
> > anti-seize lubricant is, don't you?
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "The Merg" <greg.merg...@gmail.com> wrote in
messagenews:1167530209.192498.166160@a3g2000cwd.go oglegroups.com...
>

 

Ah ha. gotcha. I'll add 'check body mount bolts' to tomorrow's to-do
list and maybe start spraying 'em.

Thanks again, Earle.


Earle Horton wrote:
> The new ones will be longer. There is no hypothetically about that. The
> old ones may not want to come out. Twenty years is a long time for a piece
> of metal. If you snap them off, then you have to drill and tap or replace a
> welded nut for each snapped off one. Since the frame is pseudo-tubular,
> some of the nuts are hard to get at. Don't forget to liberally coat the
> threads of the new bolts with anti-seize compound or a thread locker.
>
> Earle
>
> "The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1167539759.738707.284250@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
> > Sorry...I just need to make sure I understand fully - so hypothetically
> > if I do a body lift I'll be replacing the mounting bolts, which could
> > alleviate or at least postpone a potential problem?
> >
> > Thanks again for all your help
> >
> > On Dec 30, 10:20 pm, "Earle Horton" <e...@vascongau.usa> wrote:
> > > Merg,
> > >
> > > I mean you'll find out about the stock mounting bolts, or about the
> welded
> > > nuts they thread into. People here say they tend to snap off, but I
> believe
> > > too it is a function of the rust factor where you live. You do know
> what
> > > anti-seize lubricant is, don't you?
> > >
> > > Earle
> > >
> > > "The Merg" <greg.merg...@gmail.com> wrote in
> messagenews:1167530209.192498.166160@a3g2000cwd.go oglegroups.com...
> >

 

Ah ha. gotcha. I'll add 'check body mount bolts' to tomorrow's to-do
list and maybe start spraying 'em.

Thanks again, Earle.


Earle Horton wrote:
> The new ones will be longer. There is no hypothetically about that. The
> old ones may not want to come out. Twenty years is a long time for a piece
> of metal. If you snap them off, then you have to drill and tap or replace a
> welded nut for each snapped off one. Since the frame is pseudo-tubular,
> some of the nuts are hard to get at. Don't forget to liberally coat the
> threads of the new bolts with anti-seize compound or a thread locker.
>
> Earle
>
> "The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1167539759.738707.284250@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
> > Sorry...I just need to make sure I understand fully - so hypothetically
> > if I do a body lift I'll be replacing the mounting bolts, which could
> > alleviate or at least postpone a potential problem?
> >
> > Thanks again for all your help
> >
> > On Dec 30, 10:20 pm, "Earle Horton" <e...@vascongau.usa> wrote:
> > > Merg,
> > >
> > > I mean you'll find out about the stock mounting bolts, or about the
> welded
> > > nuts they thread into. People here say they tend to snap off, but I
> believe
> > > too it is a function of the rust factor where you live. You do know
> what
> > > anti-seize lubricant is, don't you?
> > >
> > > Earle
> > >
> > > "The Merg" <greg.merg...@gmail.com> wrote in
> messagenews:1167530209.192498.166160@a3g2000cwd.go oglegroups.com...
> >

 

Ah ha. gotcha. I'll add 'check body mount bolts' to tomorrow's to-do
list and maybe start spraying 'em.

Thanks again, Earle.


Earle Horton wrote:
> The new ones will be longer. There is no hypothetically about that. The
> old ones may not want to come out. Twenty years is a long time for a piece
> of metal. If you snap them off, then you have to drill and tap or replace a
> welded nut for each snapped off one. Since the frame is pseudo-tubular,
> some of the nuts are hard to get at. Don't forget to liberally coat the
> threads of the new bolts with anti-seize compound or a thread locker.
>
> Earle
>
> "The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1167539759.738707.284250@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
> > Sorry...I just need to make sure I understand fully - so hypothetically
> > if I do a body lift I'll be replacing the mounting bolts, which could
> > alleviate or at least postpone a potential problem?
> >
> > Thanks again for all your help
> >
> > On Dec 30, 10:20 pm, "Earle Horton" <e...@vascongau.usa> wrote:
> > > Merg,
> > >
> > > I mean you'll find out about the stock mounting bolts, or about the
> welded
> > > nuts they thread into. People here say they tend to snap off, but I
> believe
> > > too it is a function of the rust factor where you live. You do know
> what
> > > anti-seize lubricant is, don't you?
> > >
> > > Earle
> > >
> > > "The Merg" <greg.merg...@gmail.com> wrote in
> messagenews:1167530209.192498.166160@a3g2000cwd.go oglegroups.com...
> >

 

I'll take a shackle lift over a body lift any day. Body lift is ugly as
hell, even at 1". Booo for body lift.

Carl


"The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1167544115.453194.59630@k21g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> Ah ha. gotcha. I'll add 'check body mount bolts' to tomorrow's to-do
> list and maybe start spraying 'em.
>
> Thanks again, Earle.
>
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>> The new ones will be longer. There is no hypothetically about that. The
>> old ones may not want to come out. Twenty years is a long time for a
>> piece
>> of metal. If you snap them off, then you have to drill and tap or
>> replace a
>> welded nut for each snapped off one. Since the frame is pseudo-tubular,
>> some of the nuts are hard to get at. Don't forget to liberally coat the
>> threads of the new bolts with anti-seize compound or a thread locker.
>>
>> Earle
>>
>> "The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1167539759.738707.284250@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> > Sorry...I just need to make sure I understand fully - so hypothetically
>> > if I do a body lift I'll be replacing the mounting bolts, which could
>> > alleviate or at least postpone a potential problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks again for all your help
>> >
>> > On Dec 30, 10:20 pm, "Earle Horton" <e...@vascongau.usa> wrote:
>> > > Merg,
>> > >
>> > > I mean you'll find out about the stock mounting bolts, or about the
>> welded
>> > > nuts they thread into. People here say they tend to snap off, but I
>> believe
>> > > too it is a function of the rust factor where you live. You do know
>> what
>> > > anti-seize lubricant is, don't you?
>> > >
>> > > Earle
>> > >
>> > > "The Merg" <greg.merg...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> messagenews:1167530209.192498.166160@a3g2000cwd.go oglegroups.com...
>> >
>

 

I'll take a shackle lift over a body lift any day. Body lift is ugly as
hell, even at 1". Booo for body lift.

Carl


"The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1167544115.453194.59630@k21g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> Ah ha. gotcha. I'll add 'check body mount bolts' to tomorrow's to-do
> list and maybe start spraying 'em.
>
> Thanks again, Earle.
>
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>> The new ones will be longer. There is no hypothetically about that. The
>> old ones may not want to come out. Twenty years is a long time for a
>> piece
>> of metal. If you snap them off, then you have to drill and tap or
>> replace a
>> welded nut for each snapped off one. Since the frame is pseudo-tubular,
>> some of the nuts are hard to get at. Don't forget to liberally coat the
>> threads of the new bolts with anti-seize compound or a thread locker.
>>
>> Earle
>>
>> "The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1167539759.738707.284250@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> > Sorry...I just need to make sure I understand fully - so hypothetically
>> > if I do a body lift I'll be replacing the mounting bolts, which could
>> > alleviate or at least postpone a potential problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks again for all your help
>> >
>> > On Dec 30, 10:20 pm, "Earle Horton" <e...@vascongau.usa> wrote:
>> > > Merg,
>> > >
>> > > I mean you'll find out about the stock mounting bolts, or about the
>> welded
>> > > nuts they thread into. People here say they tend to snap off, but I
>> believe
>> > > too it is a function of the rust factor where you live. You do know
>> what
>> > > anti-seize lubricant is, don't you?
>> > >
>> > > Earle
>> > >
>> > > "The Merg" <greg.merg...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> messagenews:1167530209.192498.166160@a3g2000cwd.go oglegroups.com...
>> >
>

 

I'll take a shackle lift over a body lift any day. Body lift is ugly as
hell, even at 1". Booo for body lift.

Carl


"The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1167544115.453194.59630@k21g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> Ah ha. gotcha. I'll add 'check body mount bolts' to tomorrow's to-do
> list and maybe start spraying 'em.
>
> Thanks again, Earle.
>
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
>> The new ones will be longer. There is no hypothetically about that. The
>> old ones may not want to come out. Twenty years is a long time for a
>> piece
>> of metal. If you snap them off, then you have to drill and tap or
>> replace a
>> welded nut for each snapped off one. Since the frame is pseudo-tubular,
>> some of the nuts are hard to get at. Don't forget to liberally coat the
>> threads of the new bolts with anti-seize compound or a thread locker.
>>
>> Earle
>>
>> "The Merg" <greg.mergner@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1167539759.738707.284250@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com...
>> > Sorry...I just need to make sure I understand fully - so hypothetically
>> > if I do a body lift I'll be replacing the mounting bolts, which could
>> > alleviate or at least postpone a potential problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks again for all your help
>> >
>> > On Dec 30, 10:20 pm, "Earle Horton" <e...@vascongau.usa> wrote:
>> > > Merg,
>> > >
>> > > I mean you'll find out about the stock mounting bolts, or about the
>> welded
>> > > nuts they thread into. People here say they tend to snap off, but I
>> believe
>> > > too it is a function of the rust factor where you live. You do know
>> what
>> > > anti-seize lubricant is, don't you?
>> > >
>> > > Earle
>> > >
>> > > "The Merg" <greg.merg...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> messagenews:1167530209.192498.166160@a3g2000cwd.go oglegroups.com...
>> >
>

 

Carl wrote:
> I'll take a shackle lift over a body lift any day. Body lift is ugly as
> hell, even at 1". Booo for body lift.
>
> Carl

I agree my boss had a 1.5 inch shackle lift on his YJ that cleared 31's
without rubbing that lasted 40k miles or more before the POS 258 gave up
around 125k... the lift was fine even on old original leafs. It never
had an alignment problem. I had roughly the same shackle lift on my YJ
for 2 years and probably 35k miles without a single problem (it later
got a real spring lift to clear 33"s and later still some Heavy duty
slightly longer than stock shackles (1/2" lift) to clear 35"s

No 1.5 inch lift should have problems... if you couldn't lift it that
far without needing to correct castor or drive line angles then we'd
have millions of old Jeeps that can't be aligned because the old springs
settled an inch and a half. Mike loves making mountains out of mole hills.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

 

Carl wrote:
> I'll take a shackle lift over a body lift any day. Body lift is ugly as
> hell, even at 1". Booo for body lift.
>
> Carl

I agree my boss had a 1.5 inch shackle lift on his YJ that cleared 31's
without rubbing that lasted 40k miles or more before the POS 258 gave up
around 125k... the lift was fine even on old original leafs. It never
had an alignment problem. I had roughly the same shackle lift on my YJ
for 2 years and probably 35k miles without a single problem (it later
got a real spring lift to clear 33"s and later still some Heavy duty
slightly longer than stock shackles (1/2" lift) to clear 35"s

No 1.5 inch lift should have problems... if you couldn't lift it that
far without needing to correct castor or drive line angles then we'd
have millions of old Jeeps that can't be aligned because the old springs
settled an inch and a half. Mike loves making mountains out of mole hills.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein