forexfour
12-10-2004, 02:17 PM
Hmm I have a question about a product on a YJ just wondering if any of you might be able to help with any info.
Here is the link to the site http://www.mountainoffroad.com
Need more flex on the YJ.
Have you got a Shackle Reversal System on your Jeep® CJ or YJ and want to get a bit more articulation? Install our unique "Buggy" spring kit on your frame for increased flexibility. All Buggy Spring Systems are for the front suspension only ! They will not work on the rear suspension. The Buggy Spring lays against the frame and acts as a normal shackle mount. The only time the Buggy Spring pulls away from the frame is when it is forced away (one tire stuffed in the fender, the other hanging, trying to reach the ground).
Now, at the rear suspension, if you install a Buggy Spring on the shackle, as you apply throttle, the rear differential wants to pull the Buggy Spring away from the frame, causing severe wheel hop from the Buggy Springs, and rear leaf springs wrapping up and un-loading. This breaks U-joints, axle shafts and is unacceptable. We have spent many hours and countless dollars testing different designs for this and simply put, it does not work. The one-offs you see in magazines with rear Buggy Springs have link bars that connect the axle to the frame to control this wrap-up. Nuff said.
The latest feature that we have added to all of our Buggy Springs is: Several holes in which to mount them. This way, you can move the Buggy Spring fore and aft on the chassis for shackle angle adjustment.
Here is the link to the site http://www.mountainoffroad.com
Need more flex on the YJ.
Have you got a Shackle Reversal System on your Jeep® CJ or YJ and want to get a bit more articulation? Install our unique "Buggy" spring kit on your frame for increased flexibility. All Buggy Spring Systems are for the front suspension only ! They will not work on the rear suspension. The Buggy Spring lays against the frame and acts as a normal shackle mount. The only time the Buggy Spring pulls away from the frame is when it is forced away (one tire stuffed in the fender, the other hanging, trying to reach the ground).
Now, at the rear suspension, if you install a Buggy Spring on the shackle, as you apply throttle, the rear differential wants to pull the Buggy Spring away from the frame, causing severe wheel hop from the Buggy Springs, and rear leaf springs wrapping up and un-loading. This breaks U-joints, axle shafts and is unacceptable. We have spent many hours and countless dollars testing different designs for this and simply put, it does not work. The one-offs you see in magazines with rear Buggy Springs have link bars that connect the axle to the frame to control this wrap-up. Nuff said.
The latest feature that we have added to all of our Buggy Springs is: Several holes in which to mount them. This way, you can move the Buggy Spring fore and aft on the chassis for shackle angle adjustment.