Topic: suspension flex

[brokenwrist21]

ok so i dont know if my jeep is flexing like it should but, i measured the the lowest point of the front fender and at static ride it's 43.25", with the left front tire raised just untill the tire is barely contacting the floor it now sits at  58.75". is 15.5" to little flex or should it be more. i have a rubicon 4" standard duty lift, confer front lift shackels approx 1.5", currie boomerrang rear shackles. the rear shackles are greasable but nothing else is. doestech shocks, came with the lift they have plenty travel. i checked with the sway bar unpinned. what am i missing?

[Jeffy]

Track bars still on?

[neale_rs]

It sounds like it is flexing fine.  The things to check are track bars, like Jeffy mentioned, and see if the shocks aren't limiting the droop. There is not much else to check on a leaf spring suspension although there are other things you could do to improve flex: open up the spring clamps, baja bushings, revolver shackles, etc.

[Bounty Hunter]

15" doesn't sound too bad for an arched spring.  Remember that flatter springs flex better, and repeated overcompression of springs will shorten spring life.  Make sure the bumpstops are properly extended to prevent overcompression.

[brokenwrist21]

shocks, still have a couple more inches of compression and droop all around.

[brokenwrist21]

front and rear track bars removed. poly bushings, going to replace all fronts again with greasable shackle bolts and greasable main eye bolts and bushings. same with rear main eye bolts and bushings. i hab a friend tell me to loosen my shackle bolts then retighten but not to factory torque, leaving them a little loose.

[Jeffy]

If you have nylock nuts for your shackles you can loosen them.  Stock shackles bind alot more then aftermarket as the stock cup the bushing.

[sharpxmen]

what Jeffy ^ said and probably safest way to do it is to go with a/m shackles and poly bushings, in that case the shackle would sit on the bushing sleeve when the bolt is tightened and those sleeves rotate freely in the poly bushings (greased of course)