Thing is, he went to a lot of trouble to fix his steering geometry, which he
ended up replacing anyway because the leaf spring conversion interfered with
the steering!! There are a number of kits avaiable to fix highly-lifted
steering issues on XJ/TJ, and I don't know why he calls long-arm kits "trial
and error." I guess a "because I can" is as good a reason as any...

I would be concerned about those front shackles, as the unibody frame was
never designed to have shackles mounted there....

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46fc6634$0$26418$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Considering that it looks like a well set up XJ will go just about
> anywhere anything with wheels can go this seems like a bit of overkill!
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
> nrs wrote:
>> Bill,
>>
>> Do you have this bookmarked?
>>
>> http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billav...sion/leafs.htm
>>

 

Thing is, he went to a lot of trouble to fix his steering geometry, which he
ended up replacing anyway because the leaf spring conversion interfered with
the steering!! There are a number of kits avaiable to fix highly-lifted
steering issues on XJ/TJ, and I don't know why he calls long-arm kits "trial
and error." I guess a "because I can" is as good a reason as any...

I would be concerned about those front shackles, as the unibody frame was
never designed to have shackles mounted there....

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46fc6634$0$26418$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Considering that it looks like a well set up XJ will go just about
> anywhere anything with wheels can go this seems like a bit of overkill!
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
> nrs wrote:
>> Bill,
>>
>> Do you have this bookmarked?
>>
>> http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billav...sion/leafs.htm
>>

 

Thing is, he went to a lot of trouble to fix his steering geometry, which he
ended up replacing anyway because the leaf spring conversion interfered with
the steering!! There are a number of kits avaiable to fix highly-lifted
steering issues on XJ/TJ, and I don't know why he calls long-arm kits "trial
and error." I guess a "because I can" is as good a reason as any...

I would be concerned about those front shackles, as the unibody frame was
never designed to have shackles mounted there....

"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46fc6634$0$26418$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Considering that it looks like a well set up XJ will go just about
> anywhere anything with wheels can go this seems like a bit of overkill!
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
> nrs wrote:
>> Bill,
>>
>> Do you have this bookmarked?
>>
>> http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billav...sion/leafs.htm
>>