OME HD at 38" in front.....

[thance]

wouldn't jacking up the lower A-arm reduce the preload better than the spring compressor? or am I missing something?

My spring compressors that I used when installing are the same one's in your picture of what not to use. They worked fine but I was certainly on edge during the process.

On a side not, those were too big for my wife's Libby (KJ), so I had to buy a cheaper autozone set that kept on snapping around and bumping into each other.... never came off, but quite alarming and you have to start over each time as the spring is bent in a U.

[Matt]

You'd put them on with the strut in the car, jack up the lca to compress the spring as much as possible and then use the compressors for more. That'll get a lot of the preload off

Just jacking up from the lca doesnt get much of the preload because you just lift the vehicle.

[thance]

Who was it that mentioned cleaning the lint off the lense? Genius, pure genius!

[thance]

I tightened down the top center strut nut as tight as I could get it using the socket within a socket technique.... 8mm socket on a 1/4" drive inside an 18mm sparkplug socket with a wrench on it. I think it's all the way down now, it seemed to come to a stop before the 18mm slipped off. We should change the original instruction sheet on installing the OME as it states to only pull that nut down a 1/4 inch leaving 4 or 5 threads on top.

It drives over pot holes much better now (lot's of those in jersey this time of year) only banging hard on the occasional disaster. It was smacking hard on nearly all pot holes previously and I was avoiding them like the plague, though often it is impossible.

Matt - you had asked a while back about downward travel.... When I lift up the front, center of hub to fender is 24". With it back on the ground it is about 22 3/4" leaving only slightly over an inch of downward travel. However, after lifting it up and setting it back down I am at 38" (ground to fender) in the front (even after bouncing up and down on the bumper). this seems to lower to 37 1/2" after some driving (unless the discrepancy is coming from something else) which would mean 22 1/4" once it settles and 1 3/4" down travel. .....either way it's not much!

[jumpoffjoe]

Your truck looks great thance! I'm even more excited about mine after viewing your photos.

[thance]

Thanks Joe! I thought I had overdone it at first, but am quickly growing use to it. I have how-to's on the rear tow rings and seudo-sliders as well as the front plow-mount and receiver somewhere, possibly over on jeepcommander.com. I should start up a garage thread someday and get everything together... someday.

[Ross]

Thance, I couldn't find your rear tow ring write up on this site or jeepcommander.com. I am very interested in doing this to gain better rear tow points, if you could post up a how-to it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Ross