: Sagging Springs or something worse?


Cowtowner
11-24-2001, 03:27 PM
I finally put my step daughter's YJ together this holiday weekend.

It had a four inch lift kit on it when I bought it, it was also in a front end accident.

After getting the front drivers side main leaf replaced and fixing the TCase that was busted in half, I put a set of 33's on her today and it fianally looks like a Jeep.

Problem is the dang thing is sagging bad on the passengers side, the oppisite side of the acciident. Gonna say about 1 1/2 Inch lower than the drivers side.

I have no idea how old the springs were that were on it, I do know that the Jeep had a snow plow on it at one time.

My thinking is the extra force caused by the snow plow probably torqued the springs on the passenger side.

Am I on to something, or should I start measuring the frame for frame damage. There doesn't appear to be any.

gunracer1
11-24-2001, 03:39 PM
i went through this with a land cruiser a while back. the thing is every spring take a "set" as they get used. i swaped the one spring out and i could never get it to set right. you will more than likely end up getting another front spring to match the new one. sorry i never came up with a good fix for mine. if you had it rearched or just a main leaf replaced your never going to be happy with it. you can pull them both off and go to champion spring and get them matched back up to each other but it just doesn't seem to last. mike

Cowtowner
11-24-2001, 04:31 PM
Thanks Mike, Champion Spring is who did the fix in the first place. I have a used set of BDS springs on the way....hope they sit better than these do.