94 wrangler leaf spring question

[Adventure IQ]

The exhast melted the rubber on my rear leaf spring.... Can I replace it with the rubber piece from an 87 xj leaf spring...and how in the heck do I get the rubber out of them and back in?





Wife not working so I have to use what I have....will get new pipe that fits in the morning from midas....

 

[Adventure IQ]

Exhaust pipe was short so it heated the rubber inside the leaf spring..... $90 at midas to replace the section if pipe that was breaking up.

The rubber piece will need to be ordered from tuff country, with labor and all...about $150 (high end estimate)

Never even thought about the exhaust pipe melting the rubber....tough lesson when all lessons are expensive right now....

 

[irish1371]

go to autozone get a 45 deg piece of exhaust pipe and a clamp to divert the exhaust, about 12 bucks, then get a stock replacement bushing for about 30 bucks. go home burn out or pound out the old one and put in the new one

 

[Desert Dan]

Lucky it didn't melt the gas tank as well.

 

[Adventure IQ]

Going to try to knock the old one out....the pipe was broke as it went over the frame....so replaced it. While on the lift, found a loose bolt that ties the lift and the axle together

 

[Adventure IQ]

Thanks for the input....les scwab got the part ordered....only charged me for the part and $15 labor....so I had them do it....that was time I could put in on second gig and make more anyway so the ROI worked out for me....

 

[Adventure IQ]

Lucky it didn't melt the gas tank as well.

So true.....the melting of the part was a blessing in disguise

 

[billyzj]

another trick i learned cause i didnt have any way to get them out,i took a drill and drilled holes around the edges,it worked

 

[jeepdreamer]

Going to try to knock the old one out....the pipe was broke as it went over the frame....so replaced it. While on the lift, found a loose bolt that ties the lift and the axle togetherView attachment 136106
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That loose bolt appears to be your rear trac bar...I'd need a more inclusive pic to be sure but that's a pretty fair guess. If it is and that is a YJ, you could actually remove that bar all together. A trac bar on a leaf sprung Jeep is pointless. Plus it exerts extra pressure on the frame that isn't needed.

 

[Adventure IQ]

I keep hearing both sides of that....does it help stability on the road though? Will get a better pic posted....

 

[Caoboy]

Any Truck with leaf springs on the rear axle, does not have a track bar to center it.

 

[jeepdreamer]

I keep hearing both sides of that....does it help stability on the road though? Will get a better pic posted....

Not at all! A sway bar would at the cost of flex (just like a front one) but a trac bar on a leaf sprung vehicle does nothing positive for you. Honest. Don't believe me then just disconnect one end and tie it up then drive around a bit. If your running both front and rear TBs I'd yank 'em out. Did just that on my last YJ and never looked back.

 

[goin camping]

I keep hearing both sides of that....does it help stability on the road though? Will get a better pic posted....

Removing my rear bar made no change in on road handling. It did improve axle articulation off road.

 

[brevity_thing]

I ran no track or sway bars for a year starting in 2010. I put the sway bar back on when my springs settled and got softer, hauled the track bars to the dump.