[wngrog]

Originally Posted by Bomar

looks good.

it doesn't take you long to get the lift, tires, and now 4.88's

I am not going to do the 4.88's that is not what I need at all after driving it with the 33's.

Gonna keep the 3.70s until I get an H55

As for the KMs, I thought I was getting the KM2's but they are way backordered. I found these and I jumped on them. I only have 4, I need to find a spare before all of these are gone.

[tanzania cruiser]

I just got my OME lift kit shipped to me from Kurt at Cruiser Outfitters, and have a couple questions:

1) the kit included a small envelope with two washers, around 3/4 inch diameter, 1/2" high, with about a 3/8" diameter. This is a solid metal piece, like nickel or something. What is this for?

2) The front u-bolt plates are showing their age, and the hole that accepts the bolt from the springs has lost its shape (now it's an oval, about an inch long). Can I make this work, or do I need to hit the junk yards?

[cruiseroutfit]

Originally Posted by tanzania cruiser

I just got my OME lift kit shipped to me from Kurt at Cruiser Outfitters, and have a couple questions:

1) the kit included a small envelope with two washers, around 3/4 inch diameter, 1/2" high, with about a 3/8" diameter. This is a solid metal piece, like nickel or something. What is this for?

Those are called center bolt spaces. If your Cruiser came equipped with the rear leaf spring isolators (rubber contraptions bolted around your rear springs at the u-bolts) then you can choose to get rid of those isolators (often rusty and falling apart) but you will need to use the spacers. The hole on your axle will be ~1" but the spring pin heads are only 1/2", that isolator used to take up the gap. Rather than figure out if a customer is going to need them or not, we just include them in all of our kits, it costs us a couple bucks but saves you a bunch of frustration in the long run. If you don't need them, chuck them in your spare bolt bin

Originally Posted by tanzania cruiser

2) The front u-bolt plates are showing their age, and the hole that accepts the bolt from the springs has lost its shape (now it's an oval, about an inch long). Can I make this work, or do I need to hit the junk yards?

I would say hit the wrecking yard or try to repair yours. Could you weld the hole and then re-drill?

[Elbert]

a good tip if you are doing one of these by yourself is to have a small ratchet strap... you can use it to leverage the springs and get things aligned when going back together, which is a little bit of a challenge by yourself. Something thats adjustable and will work in tight spaces.

[Brock]

Nice looking rig and could be a twin sister of different mothers with my blue 84FJ60 that was also bought in Colorado and came east in early 90s. I have the KM2 on mine and love them so far...

[wngrog]

Thanks! I have a ROTM writup for it for January. Done a bit more since these pictures. Loving my 60!

[DmanSA]

hey - where did your front bumper come from?

[wngrog]

Gary Cobberly made a few a while back.

[Waggoner5]

After all these years and you still dont know how to spell my name? Coberly.....1 B

[wngrog]

A) I don't care
B) I thought you dropped it for Waggoner anyway....I can't remember

[ntsqd]

Originally Posted by Elbert

a good tip if you are doing one of these by yourself is to have a small ratchet strap... you can use it to leverage the springs and get things aligned when going back together, which is a little bit of a challenge by yourself. Something thats adjustable and will work in tight spaces.

What I had to do, OE bottle jacks aren't just for changing flats!

[GLTHFJ60]

Originally Posted by ntsqd

What I had to do, OE bottle jacks aren't just for changing flats!

I always use my OE bottle jack for everything except changing tires. With the stock suspension and 33's, the thing didn't even lift a tire off the ground!