Just did OME suspension change on TJ

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.

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

TW wrote:

Thanks for that, I know I need to raise the motor and body. I just did not want to "lower" something after paying for almost everything that is trying to "raise" things :-)

I have gas tank skid plate replacement in mind for next six months. That also needs body lift in some cases.

TW

Thanks for that wonderfully detailed information. I did not drive it after reading your email. Although I had only done about 50 kms since doing the lift. The weather is still bad. I will wait for the weather to improve and then do it. In the meantime, I am now driving my wife's little number (if I need to drive somewhere). Its not the same......

Thanks again for saving me from doing some serious damage. The shakes are definitely there at the start, but not present once rolling till I do hard acceleration.

Cheers, TW

Thank you Bill.

TW

Smart move. Those high vibrations cause massive wear fast.

You can pull the rear driveshaft and just drive with front wheel drive if you really want to. I have driven like that for a while before. If you have a slip yoke into the t-case, you can cover the hole with a half a pop can and hose clamp so fluid doesn't leak out. I believe Jerry or someone once mentioned a top from a can of WD40 covers the hole.

Mike

Thanks. Now my wish list has been re-prioritised!!

TW

I have decided not to drive it till its fixed. Also, my Christmas holidays have started, I have a month off, I am sure one of these days weather will give me enough break to put all the things on.

Is there any way to adjust the rear pinion angle without replacing lower/upper control arms. Can I use an adjustable cam bolt to do some minor tweaking on a TJ with Dana 44? This is not related to the above project, just a hypothetical question.

Thanks TW