Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
05-08-2004 | 03:28 PM
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Re: Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
In the absence of the shock absorber.
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Mike Romain wrote:
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> I just took one apart Bill.
>
> The shock does 'not' limit the travel, the anti sway bar does.
>
> Mike
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Mike Romain wrote:
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> I just took one apart Bill.
>
> The shock does 'not' limit the travel, the anti sway bar does.
>
> Mike
05-08-2004 | 03:28 PM
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Re: Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
In the absence of the shock absorber.
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Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I just took one apart Bill.
>
> The shock does 'not' limit the travel, the anti sway bar does.
>
> Mike
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Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I just took one apart Bill.
>
> The shock does 'not' limit the travel, the anti sway bar does.
>
> Mike
05-08-2004 | 03:28 PM
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Re: Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
In the absence of the shock absorber.
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Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I just took one apart Bill.
>
> The shock does 'not' limit the travel, the anti sway bar does.
>
> Mike
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Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I just took one apart Bill.
>
> The shock does 'not' limit the travel, the anti sway bar does.
>
> Mike
05-08-2004 | 03:32 PM
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Re: Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
In <409CE10F.3E84E6F9@sympatico.ca> Mike Romain wrote:
> You didn't bother to read the whole thread did you.
>
> Man, lifts and the mechanics involves sure confuse folks sometimes.
I've read the whole thread and I understand the mechanics. This could
be cleared up if you would just answer my question, this being the third
time I have asked it. When you had the Jeep suspended by its frame, and
removed the rear shocks, did they have any further extension left or
were they already at their limit? If they were at their limit, then the
shocks are the limiting factor. If they still had extension left, then
the swaybar was. If it turns out that I am wrong, I will admit it but
not without some proof, which I will trust you to supply accurately.
And yes, I know that using the shocks to limit the travel is not the way
it "should" be done, but that certainly isn't going to stop Jeep from
designing it that way. I know for a fact that the shocks are the
limiter on the front of a stock TJ, because they are all that is keeping
my front driveshaft from hitting my mopar oil pan skid plate at full
extension. I have spacers up there but I kept the stock shocks in place
specifically to avoid dealing with that issue for a while.
On the rear, I am now not as convinced that the shocks are in fact the
limiter on a stock TJ, which is why I am waiting for an answer to my
question.
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> You didn't bother to read the whole thread did you.
>
> Man, lifts and the mechanics involves sure confuse folks sometimes.
I've read the whole thread and I understand the mechanics. This could
be cleared up if you would just answer my question, this being the third
time I have asked it. When you had the Jeep suspended by its frame, and
removed the rear shocks, did they have any further extension left or
were they already at their limit? If they were at their limit, then the
shocks are the limiting factor. If they still had extension left, then
the swaybar was. If it turns out that I am wrong, I will admit it but
not without some proof, which I will trust you to supply accurately.
And yes, I know that using the shocks to limit the travel is not the way
it "should" be done, but that certainly isn't going to stop Jeep from
designing it that way. I know for a fact that the shocks are the
limiter on the front of a stock TJ, because they are all that is keeping
my front driveshaft from hitting my mopar oil pan skid plate at full
extension. I have spacers up there but I kept the stock shocks in place
specifically to avoid dealing with that issue for a while.
On the rear, I am now not as convinced that the shocks are in fact the
limiter on a stock TJ, which is why I am waiting for an answer to my
question.
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05-08-2004 | 03:32 PM
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Re: Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
In <409CE10F.3E84E6F9@sympatico.ca> Mike Romain wrote:
> You didn't bother to read the whole thread did you.
>
> Man, lifts and the mechanics involves sure confuse folks sometimes.
I've read the whole thread and I understand the mechanics. This could
be cleared up if you would just answer my question, this being the third
time I have asked it. When you had the Jeep suspended by its frame, and
removed the rear shocks, did they have any further extension left or
were they already at their limit? If they were at their limit, then the
shocks are the limiting factor. If they still had extension left, then
the swaybar was. If it turns out that I am wrong, I will admit it but
not without some proof, which I will trust you to supply accurately.
And yes, I know that using the shocks to limit the travel is not the way
it "should" be done, but that certainly isn't going to stop Jeep from
designing it that way. I know for a fact that the shocks are the
limiter on the front of a stock TJ, because they are all that is keeping
my front driveshaft from hitting my mopar oil pan skid plate at full
extension. I have spacers up there but I kept the stock shocks in place
specifically to avoid dealing with that issue for a while.
On the rear, I am now not as convinced that the shocks are in fact the
limiter on a stock TJ, which is why I am waiting for an answer to my
question.
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> You didn't bother to read the whole thread did you.
>
> Man, lifts and the mechanics involves sure confuse folks sometimes.
I've read the whole thread and I understand the mechanics. This could
be cleared up if you would just answer my question, this being the third
time I have asked it. When you had the Jeep suspended by its frame, and
removed the rear shocks, did they have any further extension left or
were they already at their limit? If they were at their limit, then the
shocks are the limiting factor. If they still had extension left, then
the swaybar was. If it turns out that I am wrong, I will admit it but
not without some proof, which I will trust you to supply accurately.
And yes, I know that using the shocks to limit the travel is not the way
it "should" be done, but that certainly isn't going to stop Jeep from
designing it that way. I know for a fact that the shocks are the
limiter on the front of a stock TJ, because they are all that is keeping
my front driveshaft from hitting my mopar oil pan skid plate at full
extension. I have spacers up there but I kept the stock shocks in place
specifically to avoid dealing with that issue for a while.
On the rear, I am now not as convinced that the shocks are in fact the
limiter on a stock TJ, which is why I am waiting for an answer to my
question.
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05-08-2004 | 03:32 PM
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Re: Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
In <409CE10F.3E84E6F9@sympatico.ca> Mike Romain wrote:
> You didn't bother to read the whole thread did you.
>
> Man, lifts and the mechanics involves sure confuse folks sometimes.
I've read the whole thread and I understand the mechanics. This could
be cleared up if you would just answer my question, this being the third
time I have asked it. When you had the Jeep suspended by its frame, and
removed the rear shocks, did they have any further extension left or
were they already at their limit? If they were at their limit, then the
shocks are the limiting factor. If they still had extension left, then
the swaybar was. If it turns out that I am wrong, I will admit it but
not without some proof, which I will trust you to supply accurately.
And yes, I know that using the shocks to limit the travel is not the way
it "should" be done, but that certainly isn't going to stop Jeep from
designing it that way. I know for a fact that the shocks are the
limiter on the front of a stock TJ, because they are all that is keeping
my front driveshaft from hitting my mopar oil pan skid plate at full
extension. I have spacers up there but I kept the stock shocks in place
specifically to avoid dealing with that issue for a while.
On the rear, I am now not as convinced that the shocks are in fact the
limiter on a stock TJ, which is why I am waiting for an answer to my
question.
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> You didn't bother to read the whole thread did you.
>
> Man, lifts and the mechanics involves sure confuse folks sometimes.
I've read the whole thread and I understand the mechanics. This could
be cleared up if you would just answer my question, this being the third
time I have asked it. When you had the Jeep suspended by its frame, and
removed the rear shocks, did they have any further extension left or
were they already at their limit? If they were at their limit, then the
shocks are the limiting factor. If they still had extension left, then
the swaybar was. If it turns out that I am wrong, I will admit it but
not without some proof, which I will trust you to supply accurately.
And yes, I know that using the shocks to limit the travel is not the way
it "should" be done, but that certainly isn't going to stop Jeep from
designing it that way. I know for a fact that the shocks are the
limiter on the front of a stock TJ, because they are all that is keeping
my front driveshaft from hitting my mopar oil pan skid plate at full
extension. I have spacers up there but I kept the stock shocks in place
specifically to avoid dealing with that issue for a while.
On the rear, I am now not as convinced that the shocks are in fact the
limiter on a stock TJ, which is why I am waiting for an answer to my
question.
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05-08-2004 | 03:32 PM
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Re: Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
In <409CE10F.3E84E6F9@sympatico.ca> Mike Romain wrote:
> You didn't bother to read the whole thread did you.
>
> Man, lifts and the mechanics involves sure confuse folks sometimes.
I've read the whole thread and I understand the mechanics. This could
be cleared up if you would just answer my question, this being the third
time I have asked it. When you had the Jeep suspended by its frame, and
removed the rear shocks, did they have any further extension left or
were they already at their limit? If they were at their limit, then the
shocks are the limiting factor. If they still had extension left, then
the swaybar was. If it turns out that I am wrong, I will admit it but
not without some proof, which I will trust you to supply accurately.
And yes, I know that using the shocks to limit the travel is not the way
it "should" be done, but that certainly isn't going to stop Jeep from
designing it that way. I know for a fact that the shocks are the
limiter on the front of a stock TJ, because they are all that is keeping
my front driveshaft from hitting my mopar oil pan skid plate at full
extension. I have spacers up there but I kept the stock shocks in place
specifically to avoid dealing with that issue for a while.
On the rear, I am now not as convinced that the shocks are in fact the
limiter on a stock TJ, which is why I am waiting for an answer to my
question.
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> You didn't bother to read the whole thread did you.
>
> Man, lifts and the mechanics involves sure confuse folks sometimes.
I've read the whole thread and I understand the mechanics. This could
be cleared up if you would just answer my question, this being the third
time I have asked it. When you had the Jeep suspended by its frame, and
removed the rear shocks, did they have any further extension left or
were they already at their limit? If they were at their limit, then the
shocks are the limiting factor. If they still had extension left, then
the swaybar was. If it turns out that I am wrong, I will admit it but
not without some proof, which I will trust you to supply accurately.
And yes, I know that using the shocks to limit the travel is not the way
it "should" be done, but that certainly isn't going to stop Jeep from
designing it that way. I know for a fact that the shocks are the
limiter on the front of a stock TJ, because they are all that is keeping
my front driveshaft from hitting my mopar oil pan skid plate at full
extension. I have spacers up there but I kept the stock shocks in place
specifically to avoid dealing with that issue for a while.
On the rear, I am now not as convinced that the shocks are in fact the
limiter on a stock TJ, which is why I am waiting for an answer to my
question.
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05-08-2004 | 03:34 PM
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Re: Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
In <a3jo90pvk9e1r3sfq3fi58oih5o9jddd06@4ax.com> David C. Moller wrote:
> I dunno Bill... if you follow this thread, you'll see that Mike
> removed both rear shocks, stood on one side of the brake drum, and
> still couldn't get the spring out. So it wasn't the shock (in stock
> configuration anyway) that was the limiting factor. He had to
> disconnect the swaybar before he could remove the coil. With my ~2"
> coil spacer lift, I'm using the Edelbrock shocks commonly used for a
> 3" lift.
That only proves that both the shocks and the swaybar must be
disconnected to remove the springs. It doesn't tell anything about
which is the limiter.
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> I dunno Bill... if you follow this thread, you'll see that Mike
> removed both rear shocks, stood on one side of the brake drum, and
> still couldn't get the spring out. So it wasn't the shock (in stock
> configuration anyway) that was the limiting factor. He had to
> disconnect the swaybar before he could remove the coil. With my ~2"
> coil spacer lift, I'm using the Edelbrock shocks commonly used for a
> 3" lift.
That only proves that both the shocks and the swaybar must be
disconnected to remove the springs. It doesn't tell anything about
which is the limiter.
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05-08-2004 | 03:34 PM
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Re: Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
In <a3jo90pvk9e1r3sfq3fi58oih5o9jddd06@4ax.com> David C. Moller wrote:
> I dunno Bill... if you follow this thread, you'll see that Mike
> removed both rear shocks, stood on one side of the brake drum, and
> still couldn't get the spring out. So it wasn't the shock (in stock
> configuration anyway) that was the limiting factor. He had to
> disconnect the swaybar before he could remove the coil. With my ~2"
> coil spacer lift, I'm using the Edelbrock shocks commonly used for a
> 3" lift.
That only proves that both the shocks and the swaybar must be
disconnected to remove the springs. It doesn't tell anything about
which is the limiter.
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> I dunno Bill... if you follow this thread, you'll see that Mike
> removed both rear shocks, stood on one side of the brake drum, and
> still couldn't get the spring out. So it wasn't the shock (in stock
> configuration anyway) that was the limiting factor. He had to
> disconnect the swaybar before he could remove the coil. With my ~2"
> coil spacer lift, I'm using the Edelbrock shocks commonly used for a
> 3" lift.
That only proves that both the shocks and the swaybar must be
disconnected to remove the springs. It doesn't tell anything about
which is the limiter.
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05-08-2004 | 03:34 PM
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Re: Are their any tricks for installing a 2" coil spacer in a TJ?
In <a3jo90pvk9e1r3sfq3fi58oih5o9jddd06@4ax.com> David C. Moller wrote:
> I dunno Bill... if you follow this thread, you'll see that Mike
> removed both rear shocks, stood on one side of the brake drum, and
> still couldn't get the spring out. So it wasn't the shock (in stock
> configuration anyway) that was the limiting factor. He had to
> disconnect the swaybar before he could remove the coil. With my ~2"
> coil spacer lift, I'm using the Edelbrock shocks commonly used for a
> 3" lift.
That only proves that both the shocks and the swaybar must be
disconnected to remove the springs. It doesn't tell anything about
which is the limiter.
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> I dunno Bill... if you follow this thread, you'll see that Mike
> removed both rear shocks, stood on one side of the brake drum, and
> still couldn't get the spring out. So it wasn't the shock (in stock
> configuration anyway) that was the limiting factor. He had to
> disconnect the swaybar before he could remove the coil. With my ~2"
> coil spacer lift, I'm using the Edelbrock shocks commonly used for a
> 3" lift.
That only proves that both the shocks and the swaybar must be
disconnected to remove the springs. It doesn't tell anything about
which is the limiter.
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