Is the JL version 2.5s?
Looks like the same one (single bushing) we were discussing minus the washers and snap ring ?
Great write up and suggestions for others that are considering as DIY. Great to see enjoying after all that work ??I’ve had a few guys ask about my install of long arm kit so I’m gonna go over it here so I can reference it later……. It’s a bit long winded, so you might want to bring a samich, or make sure your coffee’s topped off……
The instructions are really pretty good there’s lots of pics, I like that… the only thing I didn’t like is there’s not instructions for just the long arm upgrade, they’re for the whole lift. I had to skip over some of it to get to what I needed, but sometimes had to read through parts of it to get to the parts I needed. Anyway I read them so many times and watched a couple vids over and over, by the time I got my parts I only had to reference the instructions for suggested control arm lengths, lol.
Im not going to do step by step, because the instructions and videos are readily available. I’m just gonna hit on some things I did, that’s not mentioned or at least I didn’t see it anywhere.
On the rear axle : they give you a tool to locate the lca/shock bracket be sure to rotate it down as far as it will let you, this will help with space between the arm and the body mount bolt. Also it’s not something you have to do but since I was right there, I decided to weld my axle tubes up.
With the track bar bracket they have you put angle finder on the truss and match the reading. If I had it to do over, I would rotate the bracket slightly more forward. With the factory exhaust the track bar is extremely close, and mine makes contact on extreme flex.
On the rear frame side lca brackets they tell you to drill out one of the existing holes in the frame to 1” in diameter. Well the welded nut on the bracket is bigger than that because of the weld so you need to make the hole bigger. Just be careful not to elongate it because the nut fitting in the hole is what puts the bracket in the right spot. I just used a bigger step bit so to keep the hole round as possible.
On the front, the only thing is be sure and wrap the drivers side bracket with as much heat shield as you can. I took this step lightly and noticed that my anti seize was leaking out it was that hot. I smashed out my oem aluminum heat shield and used it as well as the heat shield they provide. It’s not pretty, but is working until I can fab something up….
This is how I had it:
This is how it is now, the heat of the exhaust in that spot is no joke, lol. …….
Flexin!Some pics …….. I let the wife drive this weekend, and I couldn’t get back in the drivers seat……and I had to clean it….. I need to retrace my steps, see where I screwed up…………………………..
All good - lots of travel for work keeping me busy. They have me spending every third week in Germany helping to get things rolling again as we come out of covid. Two weeks home, one week over, and repeat.
