Re: Cal's YJ: First ride!

I know, I was referring to the D60 in the rear. Tera and Dynatrac both came out with custom high clearance, reverse center sections about 6 months after I got these installed.

The D35 is weak enough, you want to go and weaken it more? :-)

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Clearance to keep the driveshaft from hitting the exhaust, I believe.

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Actually, I was thinking of a high pinion D60! LOL, dream on, Jim...

Now THAT would be sweet. Maybe a Dynatrac Roc 60, huh?

For liability reasons they're not inclined to do anything that aids the modification of suspension components, etc. Hell, DC even got sued a few years ago by some guys estate because a home made bumper on an old AMC-era CJ fell off on the freeway. Apparently this poor guy was killed when he hit the junk bumper laying on the highway. DC was charged with negligence in the design of the old Jeep because it was so easy to add a bumper to the thing, etc. (After they bought out AMC, DC became liable for all of the old products.) The jury sided with DC, but it probably cost them $1m in legal fees to defend the case. No one sued the poor idiot who made the bumper, probably didn't have a pot to....well, you know.

Yeah, I know... That kind of stuff just sticks in my craw. ("Not da 'craw'..., da 'craw'!") Everyone seems to look for the deep pockets and the lawyers are the only ones getting rich!

Here lawyers get reprimanded by the judge for wasting the court's time..

Dave Milne, Scotland '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara

: > For liability reasons they're not inclined to do anything that aids the : > modification of suspension components, etc. Hell, DC even got sued a few : > years ago by some guys estate because a home made bumper on an old AMC-era : > CJ fell off on the freeway. Apparently this poor guy was killed when he : hit : > the junk bumper laying on the highway. DC was charged with negligence in : the : > design of the old Jeep because it was so easy to add a bumper to the : thing, : > etc. (After they bought out AMC, DC became liable for all of the old : > products.) The jury sided with DC, but it probably cost them $1m in legal : > fees to defend the case. No one sued the poor idiot who made the bumper, : > probably didn't have a pot to....well, you know. : >

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: > > > >What they *really* needed was a high pinion in the rear! That would : > have : > > > >made small to moderate lifts a *whole* lot easier and cheaper! : > > > >

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Better yet, under UK law the person bringing an unsuccessful suit has to pay the other sides legal fees. Being a scum-sucking trial lawyer himself, our esteemed former President Clinton vetoed this type of law here in the States. The USA, where the biggest & best lawyers annuity is the law!

I knew there was a good reason besides the beer to move to the UK...

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They should have to pay expenses when they come up with these half assed suits. Then, maybe they'd think twice.

That would be perfect. But with an entire government made up of present and former lawyers, there isn't a snowball's chance of that ever happening.

But, then the trail lawyers would actually have to prove fault, rather than just trolling for cash settlements.

What was it that Lee Iaccoca said in "Talking Straight?" from 1950 to 1980's saw an eightfold increase in the number of laywers in the US? Hey, they all gotta eat...

He also repeated the old story, "There was a small town with one lawyer and he was starving. Then another moved into town and they both got rich..."

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a light has dawned so big it dwarfs the sun ... never knew you guys didn't have that.

Dave Milne, Scotland '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara

I would append this to read "Of the Lawyers & Insurance Companies,

Companies," because the insurance companies for the most part pay the settlements on behalf of the insured, and then everyone pays through higher premiums...

In the US attorneys even advertise, look in any phone book and you'll see full page ads with catch phrases like "medical malpractice," "slip and fall," "personal injury," "get every dollar you deserve...", in Detroit, "Attorney Sam Bernstein" has TV ads during the daytime talk shows.

My wife's brother-in-law is an attorney but he's dealt more with criminal defense. His brother, however, is one of those who gives attorneys the bad rap...he's one of those ambulance chasers who screws the insurance companies, but if he loses a case and his clients can't pay his fees (no settlement to take 40% of), he puts a lien on his client's house, etc.

They used to share an office and their practice until his brother had all incoming calls to the office (i.e. new clients) forwarded to his house, so now he's going to start his own practice.

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And IIRC, the US tort system is unique in the world....

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