Went offroading today by myself and my rear spring hanger pulled away from the frame. My axle was a little crooked but I chained it up and nursed it 60 miles home. I don't think I can reuse the stock hanger cuz it's a little tweaked. Are after market hangers available? Any ideas?
Rear spring hanger broke today.
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Rear spring hangers from a 76- CJ7 will work. Jeep doc sells them:
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Did you damage the rear crossmember?
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Did you damage the rear crossmember?
Lee, from the picture that hanger looks like it mounts under the frame. My hanger is outside the frame and looks alot different than that. Didn't damage the rear cross member as far as I can tell. Will do a much more more thorough inspection tomorrow once I crawl underneath.
Jerry -
I broke my driver's side front hanger of the rear springs a couple years ago. Took some 3/16" steel and re-did the area and gusseted both sides for strength. Still no problems since. If you don't weld then take it to a local shop you know and trust (both for price and confidence).
I broke my driver's side front hanger of the rear springs a couple years ago. Took some 3/16" steel and re-did the area and gusseted both sides for strength. Still no problems since. If you don't weld then take it to a local shop you know and trust (both for price and confidence).
I've got a pic of what I did for mine in my project pages. Had to make up two pieces and then gusset them up.
www.off-road.com/jeepster/jeepstor.html
www.off-road.com/jeepster/jeepstor.html
Be careful to measure where the spring eye mounts. Mine had been broken and rewelded when I got it, it dog-legged pretty bad, finally found the problem.
Dog-legging is going sideways driving down a straight street - looks funny. The offset of the body from straight was almost 4 inches!
The front spring eye bolt was only 5/8" to the rear of where it should be, - it made that much difference. What happens is the axle gets set set back by that much, making front and rear axles not parallel, result is a sideways cant --- dog-leg. A little bit of inaccuracy goes a loooong way.
Make your measurements "X" style. Measure from a point on right front to left rear axles, then from left front to right rear axles. "X'ing" makes for a more accurate measurement - as long as the axle is centered like the front one.
I had to make up a couple long sticks like 7 foot calipers as guides.
It was a real pain getting it right, but after I compensated for that little 5/8" error it ran straight and handled better - it was worth the effort (and stopped the laughter.)
Dog-legging is going sideways driving down a straight street - looks funny. The offset of the body from straight was almost 4 inches!
The front spring eye bolt was only 5/8" to the rear of where it should be, - it made that much difference. What happens is the axle gets set set back by that much, making front and rear axles not parallel, result is a sideways cant --- dog-leg. A little bit of inaccuracy goes a loooong way.
Make your measurements "X" style. Measure from a point on right front to left rear axles, then from left front to right rear axles. "X'ing" makes for a more accurate measurement - as long as the axle is centered like the front one.
I had to make up a couple long sticks like 7 foot calipers as guides.
It was a real pain getting it right, but after I compensated for that little 5/8" error it ran straight and handled better - it was worth the effort (and stopped the laughter.)
Thanks Tom,
already fixed! Took it over to Mike at Cross Enterprises. He was able to use the stock mount by straighting it and re-welding with some new reinforcements. I'll see if I can take a picture. It looks much stronger. He pointed out where the weak spots were by showing me the poor penitration of the stock welds. Makes me wonder how it lasted as long as it did. I'm having him gusset the other side too. By building these rigs like we do for offroading and putting flexier springs there is so much more pressure put on areas that they weren't originally designed for, couple that with 30+ year old steel and your looking for trouble. Slowly we figure out and build the rigs to meet our expectations. It's all FUN!!!
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already fixed! Took it over to Mike at Cross Enterprises. He was able to use the stock mount by straighting it and re-welding with some new reinforcements. I'll see if I can take a picture. It looks much stronger. He pointed out where the weak spots were by showing me the poor penitration of the stock welds. Makes me wonder how it lasted as long as it did. I'm having him gusset the other side too. By building these rigs like we do for offroading and putting flexier springs there is so much more pressure put on areas that they weren't originally designed for, couple that with 30+ year old steel and your looking for trouble. Slowly we figure out and build the rigs to meet our expectations. It's all FUN!!!
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How did you get Mike (I'll get to it later) Cross to jump on it. I remember it was months before he got your bumpers done.
A guy on "ON THE ROCKS" board said he took his idea to Mike and Mike said he would have his new bumper in 10 days. I told him not to hold his breath. Maybe I was wrong.
A guy on "ON THE ROCKS" board said he took his idea to Mike and Mike said he would have his new bumper in 10 days. I told him not to hold his breath. Maybe I was wrong.
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