The OME H.D. springs alone, 927 and 948 will only net you 2" - 2 1/4" in the front and 2 1/2" in the rear. Add Rancho shocks RSX 17505 front and RSX17004 rear with lifetime warranty. Your ride will be firm with less body roll, not stiff. Throw on a set of 255/70/16's (30") or 245/75/16's (30.7")...
What you have is the Rockfather I.
You can add a set of Rancho 17505's to the front if you wish. The rear shocks have an assortment of steel sleeves for the upper rear shock mount, make sure you get the right fit by measuring the width of the upper mount and cutting the longest sleeves to size...
The clevis fork has to be removed to install the conduit nuts. You could just loosen the upper clevis bolt, have a friend pry up with a crowbar measure 3/8" and tighten the clevis bolt. I've run mine for years that way and it has never slide back down in the clevis.
Lifting has nothing to do with breaking our D-30A. Breakage happens when the front tires are spinning and suddenly grab traction, the sudden torque is what cracks the housing. The housings are weak in the area that contain the front pinion gear and bearings period. Quite a few Stockers with 29"...
Tru trac will need professional instalation, $200.00 - $250.00 labor. Powertrax you can do yourself and comes with an install booklet. If you're not in a rush for a locker, the new Aussie locker for the 8:25 should be out soon. Good reviews!
About a 3 hour job to remove the front spring assembly, disassemble the spring and shock, install spacer, reassemble spring and shock and bolt it all back up. Then go get a front end alignment.
Why would you want a bump stop or anything hitting the upper B.J. period? The proper fix would be Al's A-Arms to gain clearance without any contact to the B.J..
The spring, and strut are held together by the strut plate as one unit right? What you don't see in the pic is the bottom of the strut end sitting down in that gray colored clevis spacer.
Nothing is going to jump out of anywhere. Look at the picture, it's showing the upper BJ discoed. When you connect the BJ everything will be under compression with the clevis bolt tightened and will not move anywhere.
Jack one side of the front up to get the tire off the ground and see if the spring is touching the upper ball joint or very close to it. You should see scrape marks on the spring if it's hitting.
Add 2.5" bump stops to the rear spring perch directly under the spring for your suffing problems. Get Spidertrax 1 1/4" wheel spacers or 16X7 rims with 4.5" backspacing to help with rubbing on the swaybar at full lock and make sure you pound the pinch weld over flat.
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