YJ Wrangler leaf springs kit

Post by **jockrotten** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:04 pm

I recently purchased a kit to fit yj leaf springs to my zuk. I imported it from the states; Rocky Road Outfitters.

Does anyone know why it wont fit!

I have a 94 stockman and Im suspecting that the spring hangers are different on a stockman to a sierra.

So far I have only tried to fit the rears and they dont fit, however I dont want to install the fronts if the rears arent going to fit.

Regrettably I will probably have to sell this kit and the springs if anyone is interested.

Post by **nicbeer** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:33 pm

Bazooked on here used to run this i believe on his SWB.

Nic

Post by **joeblow** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:52 pm

the stockman is the same as a sierra.as far as i know you have to alter the spring hangers as they are wider and longer.and DON'T do a reverse shackle kit.

Post by **zooker** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:20 pm

The front spring hangers on a stockman are the same as a sierra, however the rear spring hangers are totally different. So you would be able to fit the front YJ kit, but the rear YJ kit wont fit unless you make some new hangers of some sort.

Post by **joeblow** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:33 pm

why are they different?please explain.

Post by **Geoffrey Dick** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:56 pm

i have the YJ kit on a 1994 sierra.

Post by **ofr57** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:21 pm

this yj kit sounds interesting

Post by **redzook** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:10 pm

is your stockman a narrow track? if so the fronts wont bolt up becase there different to widetrack hangers

also since it is a lwb the rear hangers are different also

Post by **bazooked** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:38 am

did u get the complete kit with all the spacers and brackets and bushes for the conversion???/, it should all fit, mine did and it was an 89 widetrac.

Post by **mike** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:06 pm

jockrotten wrote:I recently purchased a kit to fit yj leaf springs to my zuk. I imported it from the states; Rocky Road Outfitters.

Does anyone know why it wont fit!

I have a 94 stockman and Im suspecting that the spring hangers are different on a stockman to a sierra.

So far I have only tried to fit the rears and they dont fit, however I dont want to install the fronts if the rears arent going to fit.

Regrettably I will probably have to sell this kit and the springs if anyone is interested.

where did yo find yj springs here? when I looked into doing this, that was the sticking point...

Post by **Geoffrey Dick** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:02 pm

took a while to find the springs, but i think you can buy the 2 inch raised ome springs new in iz

cheers

geoff

Post by **jockrotten** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:56 pm

Sorry Guys, Ive been busy....

The difference in suspension between the the stockman and the sierra seems to be that the rear spring mounts are not aligned with the chassis on the stockman. The spring mounts are a springs width towards the outside of the vehicle.

The kit is designed with a 'u' shaped bracket that bolts to the fixed end of the spring mount, slides up over the chassis and additional bolts are added.

I didnt give up however. I had some 6mm plate laying around so I made some bendy spring hangers to fit over the offset mounts.

Thanks for your concern guys.

I hope that makes sense Im a bit toasty....

Post by **jockrotten** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:04 pm

Hey redzook

how do you tell if its a widetrack?

Have you got this kit?

I havent looked at the front springs but I've just finished the back and they seem ok with my modified brackets.

Post by **redzook** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:49 am

jockrotten wrote:Hey redzook

how do you tell if its a widetrack?

Have you got this kit?

I havent looked at the front springs but I've just finished the back and they seem ok with my modified brackets.

i used to have the trail tough yj kit on the rear of my old car (88 widetrack hardtop)

flairs are normally the dead give away if its a widetrack
u will either have small ones or big ones

Post by **toysuzi** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:40 pm

jockrotten wrote:I recently purchased a kit to fit yj leaf springs to my zuk. I imported it from the states; Rocky Road Outfitters.

Does anyone know why it wont fit!

I have a 94 stockman and Im suspecting that the spring hangers are different on a stockman to a sierra.

So far I have only tried to fit the rears and they dont fit, however I dont want to install the fronts if the rears arent going to fit.

Regrettably I will probably have to sell this kit and the springs if anyone is interested.

what did the kit cost you to your door ??
looking at fitting a kit for a mate
cheers daryl

Post by **jockrotten** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:42 am

too much dude.

I havent driven the car with the springs in it yet but its not that special.

It cost $600 american plus $180AU postage and then I paid $70 a spring.

Then it took weeks to get here and didnt fit my stockman.

This was probably my fault for not checking they were the same properly; I relyied on advice from someone on here.

To add to the dilemma they dont include shock mounts on their kit!

So I ended up with the mig out welding up my own spring hangers and making up my own shock mounts for the spring plates.

I would advise against the kit mainly because they come from america.
They would be a great kit to get if you were in the states where yj springs are plentiful and you dont have to pay so much postage. But because were in Australia Its going to cost you more for what is basically a budget kit.

Post by **KRAWLA** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:07 pm

if u want to u can buy the leafs strait from arb
and u can make ur own mounts and stuff from
hilux brackets like snakeracing or what bbm
sell.

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