good idea but you will always bend them if your going past flat..let me know what yeah went with and if it worked i got bent ones on my front now as well :awesomework:
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good idea but you will always bend them if your going past flat..let me know what yeah went with and if it worked i got bent ones on my front now as well :awesomework:
CHOP SHOP
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I have no bump stops. At ride height the springs are flat and invert some on uptravel, but mine are third gens. I dont reccomend using 1st/2nd gens at all.
1980cj5
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That is true but going past flat is not what made the last spring bend, the front tire pushing against a rock is what made the last one bend. The truck already has bump stops on it.
crapyota
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x2 good answer! sorry was away this weekend!! like chop shop said is good!!
i just used all toy leafs in my pack,took out the overload,and mixed in a couple other leafs..i also do not have bump stops(should) never put them on. i have definatly seen my springs go beyond flat,and they will catch my pitman arm(should have got a flat arm)
1980cj5
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That is the main reason for the bump stops on this truck is so the springs do not hit the pitman arm.
CHOP SHOP
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On normal occasions I put the steering box way foward and have no contact issues, but on my personal truck it has had a couple sets of front springs and when I put the longer third gens on it I was getting a little contact on the pitman arms tierod end. I took the tierod off (not the draglink) and put a little bend in it till it clears the pitman. works like a champ now.
I know, I know, a bend will make it a little weaker, well it never hits anything and it been fine for a year now. (but im really easy on parts:
So yeah, mine flex past the pitman.
On normal occasions I put the steering box way foward and have no contact issues, but on my personal truck it has had a couple sets of front springs and when I put the longer third gens on it I was getting a little contact on the pitman arms tierod end. I took the tierod off (not the draglink) and put a little bend in it till it clears the pitman. works like a champ now.
I know, I know, a bend will make it a little weaker, well it never hits anything and it been fine for a year now. (but im really easy on parts:
So yeah, mine flex past the pitman.
I wanta push my front axle way forward on my runner. How far can i move the box forward without problems?
CHOP SHOP
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problems? like what? having it stick out further than the bumper like a jeep?
Look at the blue beater thread and you can see I heated up the core support mount and beat it into submission till the box fits snugly into it. DONT use the trail gear box kit, it will put your box at the total wrong angle.
Box placement all depends on springs too. I have box kits available too.
1980cj5
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I picked up some waggy 7 leafs at the swap meet. So for the spring pack we are planning on useing the top two toyota leaves, and the top 4 waggy leafs excludeing the main. We are probably going to leave out the bottom two waggy leafs. As it sits the spring pack staggers down evenly until the bottom spring is about 16-18 inches long. Should we use the bottom 2 short leafs? Do the really short bottom leaves even do much if anything?
