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Spring problem??

Old Apr 30, 2012 | 05:51 PM
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Default Spring problem??

New to Jeeps, RK 1.75" spacer lift.
Do I have anything to worry about?

Drivers side:





Passenger:

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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dman1116
New to Jeeps, RK 1.75" spacer lift.
Do I have anything to worry about?

Drivers side:

Passenger:
Can't tell 100%, but it doesn't look like your rubber bushing is between your springs and spacer.
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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 06:53 PM
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The bowed spring re-visited...I had this when I put the TF Leveling kit on my Jeep. Never got it to correct so I took a 1" spacer off and just rolled with a 1" spacer lift. The spring is still slightly bowed but not like it was.

This was the drivers side...bowing is pretty noticeable
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Depending on who you talk to, either you shouldn't drive like that or you aren't going to do anything crazy. I settled for the 1" spacers all around instead of 2" up front 1" in the back. The bowing is still present but not as bad as it looked in the picture. And I still have no fix for it.
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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Delux2769
Can't tell 100%, but it doesn't look like your rubber bushing is between your springs and spacer.
So I may have the spacers in wrong?
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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 07:00 PM
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Default Stock Isolator

Originally Posted by dman1116
So I may have the spacers in wrong?
Did the instructions say to chuck the stock isolators?
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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by dman1116
So I may have the spacers in wrong?
also turn spring so the bottom is in the right place in spring-perch
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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 07:03 PM
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I think you have the positions of factory isolator and TF puck reversed.
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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jereb83

Did the instructions say to chuck the stock isolators?
I ran a TF level kit (pucks) for a year with the factory isolators still in. Ran like a champ.
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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 07:06 PM
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Your coils are not indexed in the perches right. You need to rotate the coils so that the bottom wrap where it ends is up agains the slot in the perch. Basically rotate the coil clockwise until it stops. That'll help a lot.
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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ironhead79
I think you have the positions of factory isolator and TF puck reversed.
yes pic's on the way
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