Jefe's SAS

[Jefe]

20" of wheel travel in the rear good enough?

Now I just gotta get the solid axle front to match.

 

[section525]

Looks awesome! Let's hurry and get the front going, okay?

 

[ExplSport02]

Sweet Man! Like Section said pop that front in there and get some pics asap

 

[STEVE-O]

Yea, that looks pretty damn good to me. Get the front done!

 

[section525]

What's that tow ball doing on your bumper? You pulling a goose neck with that thing?

 

[Jefe]

Originally posted by section525
What's that tow ball doing on your bumper? You pulling a goose neck with that thing?

LOL. . .well it used to be useful. . .back when I had 31's

 

[BKennedy]

Looks Good!

Are you worried about axle wrap with the spring over setup for the rear?

I just did mine like that and I am a little concerned. Thinking about adding a telescoping track bar that Sky Jacker makes for Heeps to the top of the axle.

 

[taxx]

I run 35s with the SOA and have had no axle wrap problems at all, unless I really get on it on the rocks and start bouncing, but a track bar isn't going to keep anything from breaking when I do that anyways.

 

[BUCHVILLEMAN]

im getting fierce axle wrap with SOA. im building a bar liek this - hopefully this weekend.

 

[Rick]

I'm getting fierce axle wrap also, busted U-joints and yokes from it, and I've bent leaf springs. Time for a traction bar or a four link setup.

 

[John_Rock]

Originally posted by Rick
I'm getting fierce axle wrap also, busted U-joints and yokes from it, and I've bent leaf springs. Time for a traction bar or a four link setup.

Sounds like a bunch of lead foots to me.

 

[taxx]

hmmm

maybe I am not hard enough on the rear end.... Been SOA for a year no problems yet. We shall see though with the 4.88s and 35s.

 

[GJarrett]

Lookin' great Jefe!

 

[tdavis]

The zuk has problems with spring wrap too.. The YJ springs it uses are considered really soft.

To help combat it, I built a special pack - combine sorta like the ranger spring hack. Since then I built the 6leaf pack, I haven't had a problem that I know of yet.

 

[BKennedy]

I just got 5:13's with 35's.

Can't get a 4:88 for the reverse rotation Dana 35.

 

[Jefe]

I'm very concerned with axle wrap, especially with how fatigued my stock leaves are. I have yet to really check it out. Once I get the front where I want it after the testing, I want to get a custom leaf pack built with the lift to match the front. Once thats done we'll see how bad the axle wrap is.

 

[GJarrett]

Jefe, my leaves are also very fatigued. With the Warrior shackles and an addaleaf, I still had lost all lift.

I pulled the leafs off of a mid-80's F150. The second-longest spring in the F150 pack fits under my main leaf perfectly just short of the eyelets and supports it again back to the original curve and height. I also removed my little addaleaf and used the short F150 leaf in place of my original short leaf.

Yes, it rides like a truck. But I got my lift back and some badly-needed assistance for my main leaf, all for $50.

 

[Jefe]

Body lift is out. Its incredible how much better my truck looks now. . .got so used to the frame showing and the rock sliders 3" under the rocker panels. The Atlas fits fine; no mods to the body, or tranny mount like AA warns.

Pictures in the morning (Too dark out right now ).

 

[Jefe]

Originally posted by GJarrett
Jefe, my leaves are also very fatigued. With the Warrior shackles and an addaleaf, I still had lost all lift.

Thats where I'm at right now too (or was before the SOA). I just tell everyone I've got an experimental set of inverted 'W' springs

 

[Jefe]

Body lift gone: