U-Bolt Dimensions...

[Crash_AB]

Hey All,
I am in the middle of installing a 2.5" lift on my 83 Bj60 - Actually, its more like a 5" lift, seeing as the original springs were perfectly flat, maybe even reverse arched a bit.

I have hit a minor snag: Despite some serious soaking in penetrating fluid, I torqued the nuts off of some of the u-bolts. I will be heading to a spring shop here in town to have them bend me some new ones. I'll be measuring them myself tomorrow, but I would like to double check with the mud gurus here to see what the dimensions are for both the rear round ones, and the front square ones.

I have the back springs pretty well in order - I managed to remove two u-bolts without shearing anything, so one side is sitting on rubber while the other side is still on jack stands. I ran out of light and will attack the fronts tomorrow. I'll be replacing all the u-bolts with new ones once I can get them made but I'll have to wait till monday.

The help is appreciated, I'll post before and after pics when I'm through.

[inkpot]

Howdy! I took a couple of my old u-bolts into a local spring shop to get replacements. They just matched the curve and length of the old ones. I even upgraded to the next larger size bolt stock. All I had to do was ream out the holes in the mounting plates to match the new bolts. Cheap and easy. John

[RockDoc]

When you spec the length of new ones, be sure to account for any change in spring pack thickness.