Just did OME suspension change on TJ
 

Hi All,

I have just changed, with the help of friend, the stock springs and shocks
on my TJ with:
- Old Man Emu heavy shocks and springs (front and rear)
- JKS disconnects for the front anti-sway bar
- Rear anti-sway bar link extension
- Rear shock relocation bracket

Its given me about 2 3/4 inch lift (probably because I have a hardtop).
The job wasn't difficult, just a bit tedious.

I have not dropped the transmission skid plate (because I don't like the
idea). I am experiencing slight shake as I start rolling from a stop and
also when I do hard acceleration. I do have 1" body lift and 1" motor
mount lift that I am going to install and see if the MML takes the shakes
away. However, the weather has been really bad (very high winds and heavy
rain) for the last couple of days and is expected to remain this way for
another 4 / 5 days. Are the shakes likely to damage something so quickly?
I have been avoiding hard accelerations. I don't have a covered garage to
do the work or else I would have done it.

TW
--
01 TJ Renegade 4.0L Auto Dana 30/44
265/75R16 BFG Muds, JKS discos
2" OME lift (1" Body lift and 1" MML to follow)

Re: Just did OME suspension change on TJ
 

"TW" <a t t w @ w a v e . c o . n z> wrote in message
news:cprnt4$2c4$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Hi All,
>
> I have just changed, with the help of friend, the stock springs and shocks
> on my TJ with:
> - Old Man Emu heavy shocks and springs (front and rear)
> - JKS disconnects for the front anti-sway bar
> - Rear anti-sway bar link extension
> - Rear shock relocation bracket
>
> Its given me about 2 3/4 inch lift (probably because I have a hardtop).
> The job wasn't difficult, just a bit tedious.
>
> I have not dropped the transmission skid plate (because I don't like the
> idea). I am experiencing slight shake as I start rolling from a stop and
> also when I do hard acceleration. I do have 1" body lift and 1" motor
> mount lift that I am going to install and see if the MML takes the shakes
> away. However, the weather has been really bad (very high winds and heavy
> rain) for the last couple of days and is expected to remain this way for
> another 4 / 5 days. Are the shakes likely to damage something so quickly?
> I have been avoiding hard accelerations. I don't have a covered garage to
> do the work or else I would have done it.
>


That shaking is is because you don't like the idea of lowering the skid
plate. The taller motor mounts should fix the problem. You get an option
here, lower the skid plate or raise the motor. I think you have to raise the
body if you raise the motor.

Re: Just did OME suspension change on TJ
 

"TW" <a t t w @ w a v e . c o . n z> wrote in message
news:cprnt4$2c4$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Hi All,
>
> I have just changed, with the help of friend, the stock springs and shocks
> on my TJ with:
> - Old Man Emu heavy shocks and springs (front and rear)
> - JKS disconnects for the front anti-sway bar
> - Rear anti-sway bar link extension
> - Rear shock relocation bracket
>
> Its given me about 2 3/4 inch lift (probably because I have a hardtop).
> The job wasn't difficult, just a bit tedious.
>
> I have not dropped the transmission skid plate (because I don't like the
> idea). I am experiencing slight shake as I start rolling from a stop and
> also when I do hard acceleration. I do have 1" body lift and 1" motor
> mount lift that I am going to install and see if the MML takes the shakes
> away. However, the weather has been really bad (very high winds and heavy
> rain) for the last couple of days and is expected to remain this way for
> another 4 / 5 days. Are the shakes likely to damage something so quickly?
> I have been avoiding hard accelerations. I don't have a covered garage to
> do the work or else I would have done it.
>


That shaking is is because you don't like the idea of lowering the skid
plate. The taller motor mounts should fix the problem. You get an option
here, lower the skid plate or raise the motor. I think you have to raise the
body if you raise the motor.

Re: Just did OME suspension change on TJ
 

"TW" <a t t w @ w a v e . c o . n z> wrote in message
news:cprnt4$2c4$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Hi All,
>
> I have just changed, with the help of friend, the stock springs and shocks
> on my TJ with:
> - Old Man Emu heavy shocks and springs (front and rear)
> - JKS disconnects for the front anti-sway bar
> - Rear anti-sway bar link extension
> - Rear shock relocation bracket
>
> Its given me about 2 3/4 inch lift (probably because I have a hardtop).
> The job wasn't difficult, just a bit tedious.
>
> I have not dropped the transmission skid plate (because I don't like the
> idea). I am experiencing slight shake as I start rolling from a stop and
> also when I do hard acceleration. I do have 1" body lift and 1" motor
> mount lift that I am going to install and see if the MML takes the shakes
> away. However, the weather has been really bad (very high winds and heavy
> rain) for the last couple of days and is expected to remain this way for
> another 4 / 5 days. Are the shakes likely to damage something so quickly?
> I have been avoiding hard accelerations. I don't have a covered garage to
> do the work or else I would have done it.
>


That shaking is is because you don't like the idea of lowering the skid
plate. The taller motor mounts should fix the problem. You get an option
here, lower the skid plate or raise the motor. I think you have to raise the
body if you raise the motor.

Re: Just did OME suspension change on TJ
 

The shakes will kill your u-joints, your pinion and t-case seals and
maybe the bearings inside them so they always will be seepers unless
changed out.

This will happen really fast.

It can also take out a u-joint which can destroy yokes, exhausts, gas
lines, brake lines, punch holes in the floors, etc., when the drive
shaft propellers.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

TW wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have just changed, with the help of friend, the stock springs and shocks
> on my TJ with:
> - Old Man Emu heavy shocks and springs (front and rear)
> - JKS disconnects for the front anti-sway bar
> - Rear anti-sway bar link extension
> - Rear shock relocation bracket
>
> Its given me about 2 3/4 inch lift (probably because I have a hardtop).
> The job wasn't difficult, just a bit tedious.
>
> I have not dropped the transmission skid plate (because I don't like the
> idea). I am experiencing slight shake as I start rolling from a stop and
> also when I do hard acceleration. I do have 1" body lift and 1" motor
> mount lift that I am going to install and see if the MML takes the shakes
> away. However, the weather has been really bad (very high winds and heavy
> rain) for the last couple of days and is expected to remain this way for
> another 4 / 5 days. Are the shakes likely to damage something so quickly?
> I have been avoiding hard accelerations. I don't have a covered garage to
> do the work or else I would have done it.
>
> TW
> --
> 01 TJ Renegade 4.0L Auto Dana 30/44
> 265/75R16 BFG Muds, JKS discos
> 2" OME lift (1" Body lift and 1" MML to follow)

Re: Just did OME suspension change on TJ
 

The shakes will kill your u-joints, your pinion and t-case seals and
maybe the bearings inside them so they always will be seepers unless
changed out.

This will happen really fast.

It can also take out a u-joint which can destroy yokes, exhausts, gas
lines, brake lines, punch holes in the floors, etc., when the drive
shaft propellers.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

TW wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have just changed, with the help of friend, the stock springs and shocks
> on my TJ with:
> - Old Man Emu heavy shocks and springs (front and rear)
> - JKS disconnects for the front anti-sway bar
> - Rear anti-sway bar link extension
> - Rear shock relocation bracket
>
> Its given me about 2 3/4 inch lift (probably because I have a hardtop).
> The job wasn't difficult, just a bit tedious.
>
> I have not dropped the transmission skid plate (because I don't like the
> idea). I am experiencing slight shake as I start rolling from a stop and
> also when I do hard acceleration. I do have 1" body lift and 1" motor
> mount lift that I am going to install and see if the MML takes the shakes
> away. However, the weather has been really bad (very high winds and heavy
> rain) for the last couple of days and is expected to remain this way for
> another 4 / 5 days. Are the shakes likely to damage something so quickly?
> I have been avoiding hard accelerations. I don't have a covered garage to
> do the work or else I would have done it.
>
> TW
> --
> 01 TJ Renegade 4.0L Auto Dana 30/44
> 265/75R16 BFG Muds, JKS discos
> 2" OME lift (1" Body lift and 1" MML to follow)

Re: Just did OME suspension change on TJ
 

The shakes will kill your u-joints, your pinion and t-case seals and
maybe the bearings inside them so they always will be seepers unless
changed out.

This will happen really fast.

It can also take out a u-joint which can destroy yokes, exhausts, gas
lines, brake lines, punch holes in the floors, etc., when the drive
shaft propellers.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

TW wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have just changed, with the help of friend, the stock springs and shocks
> on my TJ with:
> - Old Man Emu heavy shocks and springs (front and rear)
> - JKS disconnects for the front anti-sway bar
> - Rear anti-sway bar link extension
> - Rear shock relocation bracket
>
> Its given me about 2 3/4 inch lift (probably because I have a hardtop).
> The job wasn't difficult, just a bit tedious.
>
> I have not dropped the transmission skid plate (because I don't like the
> idea). I am experiencing slight shake as I start rolling from a stop and
> also when I do hard acceleration. I do have 1" body lift and 1" motor
> mount lift that I am going to install and see if the MML takes the shakes
> away. However, the weather has been really bad (very high winds and heavy
> rain) for the last couple of days and is expected to remain this way for
> another 4 / 5 days. Are the shakes likely to damage something so quickly?
> I have been avoiding hard accelerations. I don't have a covered garage to
> do the work or else I would have done it.
>
> TW
> --
> 01 TJ Renegade 4.0L Auto Dana 30/44
> 265/75R16 BFG Muds, JKS discos
> 2" OME lift (1" Body lift and 1" MML to follow)

Re: Just did OME suspension change on TJ
 

Ditto!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> The shakes will kill your u-joints, your pinion and t-case seals and
> maybe the bearings inside them so they always will be seepers unless
> changed out.
>
> This will happen really fast.
>
> It can also take out a u-joint which can destroy yokes, exhausts, gas
> lines, brake lines, punch holes in the floors, etc., when the drive
> shaft propellers.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: Just did OME suspension change on TJ
 

Ditto!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> The shakes will kill your u-joints, your pinion and t-case seals and
> maybe the bearings inside them so they always will be seepers unless
> changed out.
>
> This will happen really fast.
>
> It can also take out a u-joint which can destroy yokes, exhausts, gas
> lines, brake lines, punch holes in the floors, etc., when the drive
> shaft propellers.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: Just did OME suspension change on TJ
 

Ditto!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> The shakes will kill your u-joints, your pinion and t-case seals and
> maybe the bearings inside them so they always will be seepers unless
> changed out.
>
> This will happen really fast.
>
> It can also take out a u-joint which can destroy yokes, exhausts, gas
> lines, brake lines, punch holes in the floors, etc., when the drive
> shaft propellers.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's