Installing a yes trailmaster 3" spring under axle lift next week with 1" shackles if the darn kit gets here. Kit includes springs, shocks and pitman with new poly bushings. $600. including freight just couldn't beat the deal based on where I live.
Anyway I see plenty of posts regarding shims and I am absolutley cluesless about the discussion.
What are they, why do or don't I need them and since its over my head who can do this kind of work (tire shop?)
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Re: shims newbie needs some education
The shims in the discussion(s) are castoring shims. they go between the spirng and the axle to correct
(if needed) the castor. You don't need a shop to do this for you. Find a level place to park and if you
have a protractor level use it to check the the axle id tilted back at the top 3-4 degrees.
If you don't have a protractor, dont dispair, here's an old racing trick. Use a torpedo level and
measureing across a point 4" from the contact point. set it to 1/4". 1/4" across 4" is 4 deg.
If you do have to use shims, try to stick with steel ones . The aluminum ones have a tendency to break . Also, that lift rides like crap , you could've gotten a lot better parts and done a spoa , or even spua with better parts .
Sarge
Wish I could have but welding is not an option and the entire package had to cost under $600. and needed to be complete. Tried many zuk shops RRO, TT and others everything is on the west coast and I am in Wisconsin UPS charges ran in excess of $200. on just about everyones packages. No time for that fab stuff this is my ride to work every day and she can't be down for more than a day. The most offroad she'll probually ever see is my front yard
when she's getting washed!
Too bad because I build YJ kits and sell them for $460 Canadian funds, which includes shipping to anywhere in the US or Canada. All you would have had to do was buy the nuts and bolts and a set of used rear YJ springs. Which can be had cheap. And running it spring under, you could have got a few inches of lift. I ran BDS in the past and it was pretty harsh. I didn't mind but I know a lot of others did and said the Trailmaster's were worse. Then again, you may love them! [img]images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Drop some pics here when the lift is done [img]images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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