A friend called complaining about some bad vibes and the steering not 'feeling' right after a 2" skyjacker lift in his TJ.
He is describing u-joint issues and 'death wobble'...
So after quizzing him a bit, he comes up with 'oh, they didn't have time to do the rear spacers so I am just driving around on the front ones with it tilted way nose up.
So I explain the angles to him and shake my head and then he mentions the death wobble. I ask some more questions like what kind of shape is the shocks and sway bar in and.... Well he broke that sway bar link a year ago and this shop told him to just forget it!!!
Ok.... These are the same fools that let him drive away with no axle holding the front hub together so his wheel fell off the first tight turn after a 50 mile highway run... What a bunch of freaking fools!
Anyway, he is coming over with beer this afternoon and I am going to point him the right way to change the rear coil spacers. No worries, he is one of my physio therapists so he 'won't' let me touch a wrench... ;-)
As far as I have read here, all he needs to do is undo the rear sway bar and jack it up so the spring falls out on one side then just swap the spacer.
Is it that simple? Is it easier to do one side first or one at a time or drop them both?
He has bump stop extensions, so they will go on at the same time.
What about shock extensions?
I have seen the 2" extensions for the front shocks that are just an extended end on the rod, but the back shocks have the holes with a bar through it.
Should he just go out and get some cheap 2" lifted already shocks?
I am under the opinion/impression that stock shocks will break things off road by limiting the travel. Am I wrong there?
Thanks,
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's