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Rick1975 08-21-2007, 12:11 PM I have seen a multitude of beefed up leaf spring mounts from some talented guys here on their builds. Was hoping that people would post up some pics of their fabricated mounts/shackles on their leaf sprung CJ/YJ/FSJ so I can get some ideas for my own project. Thanks in advance. Rick1975 08-21-2007, 12:35 PM Would also like to see some shackle reversal ideas. For example if you integrated the front mount into the bumper or outboarded it or whatever. RoCkSkuLLz 08-21-2007, 12:39 PM Here are some I made for the front shackle reversal. I chopped off a few inches from the frame as well to stub it off. As you can see the winch barely sits on there now. http://www.rockskullz.com/uploads/rockskullz/Pict0747.jpg Rick1975 08-21-2007, 08:16 PM Any problems with that design so far RockSkullz? RoCkSkuLLz 08-21-2007, 10:59 PM no problems at all. Its worked great for a couple rock crawling trips now, many miles of baja style driving offroad and since I did this work a few weeks ago. willysworker 08-22-2007, 07:37 AM http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/willysworker/Red%20Dog/driversidebellypanandfrenchedspring.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/willysworker/Red%20Dog/frenchspringhangermountpassengersid.jpg 2nuts4u 08-22-2007, 08:20 AM thats a cool idea. mud_slinga 08-22-2007, 08:40 AM not really talented but I did this to the rear of my YJ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/rock_crawler/1%20Ton%20swap/rearfrench.jpg Rick1975 08-22-2007, 09:46 AM Is that plating reinforcing the spring mount and what looks like a cage mount to frame Mud_slinga? b4wscrambler 08-22-2007, 09:57 AM Here are a few things I did to mine. http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/b4wscrambler/100_7792.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/b4wscrambler/100_7608.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/b4wscrambler/100_7340.jpg Rick1975 08-22-2007, 11:18 AM Here are a few things I did to mine. http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/b4wscrambler/100_7792.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/b4wscrambler/100_7608.jpg http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/b4wscrambler/100_7340.jpg Does that "orbital" bind the leaf at all at maximum flex to either side? Pretty cool nonetheless. mud_slinga 08-22-2007, 11:26 AM The bar is actually my boatsides I have yet to close in. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/rock_crawler/1%20Ton%20swap/103_2130.jpg on the inner side of the frame I plated it then cut out the hole for the leafspring and put another plate on top of the 1/4" plate so the leaf spring had enough room to fit in there. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/rock_crawler/1%20Ton%20swap/103_2135.jpg I also plated the inside of the frame with 1/4" since I removed so much for the leafspring to fit up in there. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/rock_crawler/1%20Ton%20swap/103_1763.jpg you can sorta tell where the plate is at from the blueing on the metal. HEEPJEEP 08-22-2007, 09:14 PM http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/HEEPJEEP/Frenched%20Frame%20Build/IMG_1360.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/HEEPJEEP/Frenched%20Frame%20Build/IMG_1359.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/HEEPJEEP/Frenched%20Frame%20Build/IMG_1356.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/HEEPJEEP/Frenched%20Frame%20Build/2270085_74_full.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/HEEPJEEP/Frenched%20Frame%20Build/2270085_77_full.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/HEEPJEEP/Frenched%20Frame%20Build/2270085_75_full.jpg My french job... mud_slinga 08-22-2007, 09:34 PM HeepJeep did it the correct way, mine is a sad excuse for one. .poopypants. 08-23-2007, 06:01 AM B4wscrambler... that looks like shit!:flipoff2: b4wscrambler 08-23-2007, 02:34 PM B4wscrambler... that looks like shit!:flipoff2: You still have a Jeep? I thought with the rusty fenders and the :rainbow:compcut you junked it. :flipoff2: bnine 08-23-2007, 03:00 PM Nothing crazy, just a repair on a stock YJ. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/xbninex/Mikes%20Jeep/DSC02783.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/xbninex/Mikes%20Jeep/DSC02784.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/xbninex/Mikes%20Jeep/DSC02786.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/xbninex/Mikes%20Jeep/DSC02788.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/xbninex/Mikes%20Jeep/DSC02789.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/xbninex/Mikes%20Jeep/DSC02796.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l262/xbninex/Mikes%20Jeep/DSC02803.jpg Added small gussets going rearward when we done. Held up fine so far. madisonjam85 08-23-2007, 05:55 PM http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/HEEPJEEP/Frenched%20Frame%20Build/IMG_1360.jpg My french job... don't you mean it was my french job?? I did all the welding, bish :flipoff2: | |