DIY YJ spring hangers

[JoJon]

Hi my name is Joe and I'm a cheep ass, well I what I mean is I go by the rule of "why buy it when you can build it yourself". I looked into all the YJ conversion for the Samurai and and thought, I can build that. I wanted to go with a shackle reversal and lengthen the frame, adding 6 inches to the wheel base. I read good and bad things about Missing links and decided not to use them, so all I needed to buy was Trail Tough's YJ to Samurai shackles and a pair of Trail-Gear's sloped hangers for the front. For the back I made my own spring mounts out of some 1/4 inch plate I had left over from another project and moved the mounting  hole back 1/2 an inch.

I bolted and welded them in place, then I moved the axle back 1 inch on the spring pad.

I used 2"X4" tubing to lengthen the frame and make my bumper, leaving room for a winch.



I know I'm leaving something's out, so if anyone has some questions please ask.

JJ

[Metal Twister]

Sweet... nice work! I just love this fab stuff. ;D Did you notice much of a difference in the handling of the rig on the street? Much better off road?  Looks good.

[JoJon]

It's smoother on the street do to the longer springs and it flexes nice on the rocks.

[badmoonrising]

am i missing something??? wheres the shackles?

[JoJon]

Here's the shakles..

This is the only one I could find of the rear.

[hurleyup Jr]

Let me ask?
Are you happy with the YJ setup? I am most likely going to YJs with Missing Links. I hear it is a lot of work and getting the set up just right is tricky.

Thanks

[jdjamul]

Looks good jojon keep posting the pics

[JoJon]

Let me ask?
Are you happy with the YJ setup? I am most likely going to YJs with Missing Links. I hear it is a lot of work and getting the set up just right is tricky.

Thanks

I'm very happy with the YJ's, I didn't want missing links do to them opening up on steep climbs. I've seen this happen and the result ended with a trip to the hospital but it depends on how your going to wheel it.

[Shawn198]

With the 6" wheel base extension what did you do for the front drive shaft? Im leaning towards no missing links but still shackles in front.

[JoJon]

With the 6" wheel base extension what did you do for the front drive shaft? I'm leaning towards no missing links but still shackles in front.

I got lucky and found a K.A.D. lengthened shaft on ebay for $100 awhile back but I still added a spacer because of the angle.