Thought I would share.

If I did not own a welder, I would of saved the weekend and called Steve at Sonoran steel and ordered his, but I have to do things the hard way.

This is what I built last sunday.

Parts:
1" of 1.75od .120 wall DOM for a bushing sleeve
1 leaf spring bushing, poly, from an 80s jeep.
1 9/16" bolt (3")
1 7/8" threaded stud from ballistic fab
1 7/8" tube adaptor (ruff stuff or ballistic fab)
2.5 feet of 1.5od .120 wall DOM to sleeve a section of the factory bushing.

I had to cut the leaf spring bushing down to size to fit the super small width of the factory brackets on the axle. Then I had to drill out the existing 12mm bolt to 9/16" to accept the new bolt.




Pre-assembled


The fun part was taking the chop saw to the stock panhard bar, that was the point of no return. :jester:



Sleeve fits like a glove.



Installed.



I've only put 10 miles on it, but it seems better already. Less play from the new bushing probably helps a ton. As far has centering the axle, I could still push it over 1/2" or so to make it perfect but for now its a lot closer to factory than it was.

 

Get ready to sheer zerks off your driveshaft . May want to clearance your gas tank skid before it's too late.

 

Sheared my first zerk off 3 years ago. Took a notch out of the gas tank skid so that would never happen again. So far so good.

 

Nice work.

What rear disc setup do you have? Also, who makes the air bump shown in your pic?


Andreas

 

Its the front range offroad full float setup.

The air bump is from FOA. www.f-o-a.com