I am sure everyone is sick of seeing or hearing about the Jeep. But I did some more work on it. This time I swapped out the Warrior 1.25″ lift shackles with some M.O.R.E. .75″ lift boomerang shackles. There are a couple of reasons I put shorter shackles on.
First : the lift shackles changes the angle of the front axle and it affects the steering, making it sloppy. Also when the steering is sloppy, it creates a thing called bump steer - thats when you hit a bump, the wheels turn towards the force of the bump… not super safe.
Second: the longer shackles put added stress on the springs. (stock length of the shackle is 4″ bolt-to-bol. The lift shackle is 6.5″ from bolt-to-bolt. To get 1″ of lift you need to lengthen your shackle by 2″. Anyways, the added stress on the springs also does not allow them to flex properly making small bumps very rough to the passengers.
Basiclly I put the shorter stronger shackles on the Jeep to give a softer ride. The downside is that I lost a little less than an inch of lift.
Here is the old shackle:
Here is the new shackle:
Nice jeep. Looks TOTALLY different then when you first got it after all the work you’ve put into it. (tee hee, no it doesn’t really!) I’m just poking fun at you. Don’t be so serious all the time, jeez.
HE he … I didnt want it to look different. I wanted it to drive better :) And now it does.
Jesus. Got a little wiener? CANYONAROOOOOO!
I want you to video yourself in the scene from Rocky, running up those steps at that place in philly and play it with your version of the music behind it.
Do it.
ok. consider it done. (just dont expect me to do it)
no little weiner… i dont think? can you check for me?
I think Bret is asking if you’ve gotten any weiner lately. That is how I interpret it. And, he’s wanting to know if he can give you some of his little weiner, and yell CANYONAROOOOO during. Yes.
Is “give you weiner” American slang for bum trouble?
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